Not my post, just a screenshot, but I think it should be in this community archive. Posted by user @Thee_K_B on Twitter/X. Here is the link to the post.]]> Anonymous]]> September 28, 2024]]> Anonymous]]> September 28, 2024]]> Digital Photograph]]>
Merrimon Featherstone, pioneer early settler in Buncombe (now Henderson) County built and operated a dam, sash sawmill and grist mill in the early 1800s on what is now known as Featherstone Creek. All was lost in the great flood of 1916. Later, in the 1930s, his descendant, Ambrose Mills Featherstone, rebuilt the dam, a power plant, and a camp that catered to tourists. In the 1940s or '50s, he found the larger mill stone down the creek and returned it to the family property at the entrance of the Brookside Camp, that he ran with his wife Eula. The long-lost smaller grindstone was found downstream of the original sawmills and recovered after Helene. ]]> Anonymous]]> December 14, 2024]]> Digital Photograph]]>
It was a deeply moving exhibition & wonderful to be able to spend that time, one year later, looking with others at all the frozen moments that constituted our friends & neighbors' lives before Helene. I hope that people continue to be connected with these precious mementos.]]> Anonymous]]> September 26, 2025]]> CC0. The creator of this image has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of their rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law.]]> Digital Photograph]]> Anonymous]]> September 27, 2025]]> Digital Document]]> Anonymous ]]> September 29, 2024 ]]> Digital Photograph]]> Anonymous]]> October 1, 2024]]> Digital Photograph]]> Anonymous]]> October 11, 2024]]> Digital Photograph]]>
From the start of the Community Care Stations the mobile team was ready to jump in and serve the community in any way possible. In this photo the mobile team was set up to offer vaccines and county resources/information when Governor Roy Cooper and the director of FEMA stopped by the Swannanoa Ingles.]]> Anonymous]]> October 15, 2024]]> Digital Photograph]]> Anonymous]]> October 13, 2024]]> Digital Photograph]]> Anonymous]]> September 28, 2024]]> CC0. The creator of this image has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of their rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law.]]>
Water began sputtering through taps on October 13, but it was not safe to drink. (That is, it was "nonpotable"--one of the many water-themed words that became new fixtures of our collective vocabulary in the weeks following the storm.)]]> Anonymous]]> October 16, 2024]]> CC0. The creator of this image has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of their rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law.]]> Digital Photograph]]> Anonymous]]> September 28, 2024]]> Digital Photograph]]> Anonymous]]> September 28, 2024]]> Digital Photograph]]> Anonymous]]> September 28, 2024]]> Digital Photograph]]>
A version of this "screenshot scrapbook" is also held in print format at Buncombe County Special Collections, Pack Memorial Library. Printed by Eric William Carroll. ]]> Anonymous]]> September 26, 2024 - November 12, 2024]]> Digital Document]]> Anonymous]]> September 27, 2024]]> Digital Document]]> Anonymous]]> April 10, 2024]]> Digital Audio Recording]]> Anonymous]]> September 30, 2024]]> Digital Photograph]]> Internet access]]>
From there, I quickly fell into a routine of walking here for a daily dose of Internet to catch up on texts, check for updates, scroll, post, scroll... Meanwhile, remote employees like these folks set up an impressive little hub for co-working outside the closed library. We all might not have been able to shower all week, but this was a little semblance of normalcy.

(I asked for permission to take this photo.)]]> Anonymous]]> October 4, 2024]]> CC0. The creator of this image has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of their rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law.]]> Digital Photograph]]>
Bar counters quickly filled up with power strips (lookin' at you, Diatribe and Cellarest!) The weather was nice enough to sit and plug into outlets on the sides of buildings like the West Asheville Library or Firestorm Books (and maybe sort some donated items while you waited). Residents placed folding tables covered in wires outside of their homes for public charging--or, in this case, dangled them from their windows! ]]> Anonymous]]> October 6, 2024]]> CC0. The creator of this image has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of their rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law.]]> Digital Photograph]]> Team Rubicon (Organization)]]> Anonymous]]> November 9, 2024]]> Digital Photograph]]> Team Rubicon (Organization)]]> Anonymous]]> November 8, 2024]]> Digital Photograph]]> Anonymous]]> October 6, 2024]]> CC0. The creator of this image has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of their rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law.]]> Digital Photograph]]> Disaster relief]]> Schools]]> Water-supply]]> Water]]> Anonymous]]> October 3, 2024]]> CC0. The creator of this image has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of their rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law.]]> Digital Photograph]]> Food distribution]]> The Odd]]> Firestorm Books]]> West Asheville (N.C.)]]> Mutual aid]]> Anonymous]]> September 28, 2024]]> CC0. The creator of this image has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of their rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law.]]> Digital Photograph]]>