One week from today, we'll be hosting author Michael Holcombe for a presentation on his new book, "The Story of Asheville's Water"—the first history of our municipal water, from the 1797 incorporation of the city to post-Helene recovery.

Michael was Asheville's water resources director throughout much of the 1990s and set out to write "The Story of Asheville's Water" after the infamous municipal outage of December 2022. His work uncovers the remarkable degree to which Asheville is a city built on water, from its early beginnings to its promised future as a "climate haven."

This 45 minute presentation will be followed by an audience Q&A and book signing. Full details can be found at https://firestorm.coop/events/3430-the-story-of-ashevilles-water-with-author-michael-l-holcombe.html.

#AshevilleWatershed #HurricaneHelene #ClimateHaven #WaterIsLife #FirestormCoop (- L)

It's been 2 weeks since Hurricane #Helene hit the southern Appalachians, devasting communities across this multi-state region. Areas along the #BlueRidge escarpment -- one of the oldest in the world -- were particularly hard hit. Hundreds of lives lost, thousands of people still unaccounted for. Whole families swept away in mudslides.

All in a place many outsiders claimed, until 2 weeks ago, was a #ClimateHaven, relatively immune from the impacts of human-caused #ClimateChange.

written two years ago:

“From wildfires racing through the drought-stricken west, to heavy flooding in the central and eastern regions of the United States, extreme weather events are spurring many Americans to seek refuge in more environmentally stable cities, so-called ‘climate havens’. On top of a list of identified ideal destinations is the town of Asheville, North Carolina…”

#helene #asheville #climatechange #climatehaven #anthropocene #flooding

https://www.thenewlede.org/2022/08/dubbed-a-climate-haven-a-north-carolina-community-braces-itself/

For anyone who is curious, I live in Pittsburgh. It's a climate haven, we elected a Black progressive mayor after 100 years of nothing but Dems, and it's gorgeous. Move here if you want to live and also have art.

#pittsburgh #climatechange #climatehaven