The standard Fox News fare of BS and partisan slurs over reality apparently targeted #Asheville a week or so ago and I had missed it.

They did manage to talk only to Republicans.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/charming-mountain-escape-battling-homelessness-homeowners-say-turned-postcard-city-go-zone

Today, the #AVLWatchdog had a pretty good rejoinder, including the fact that one of the Repubs they had interviewed is not only running for Governor, but also the head of Trump's FEMA, which should be providing funds for the area to recover after Helene:

https://avlwatchdog.org/opinion-i-spent-an-afternoon-in-downtown-asheville-and-lived-to-tell-about-it/

Once-charming mountain escape now battling homelessness homeowners say turned postcard city into no-go zone

Residents say Asheville's downtown has become unsafe due to rising homelessness, public intoxication and encampments worsened by Hurricane Helene.

Fox News
I love my city. #asheville #avl #ashevillenc

RE: https://fediscience.org/@ZLabe/116482270276780250

This is something we're certainly seeing here in #Asheville, and we're nowhere near the regions seeing the biggest time shift.

Soon we won't be able to remark on how unusual this all is.

@ricci @dan

How lovely, both for the people and pets.

There was just an article here in my town that already more than half of our vet clinics have been bought up by the private equity vultures. Don't let this happen in your communities! #Asheville

https://avlwatchdog.org/private-equity-is-reshaping-ashevilles-vet-clinics-theyre-circling-me-like-a-vulture/

Private equity is reshaping Asheville’s vet clinics: ‘They’re circling me like a vulture’

A new query seems to come every day. An email pings in Otto Sharp’s inbox, or the phone rings at Swannanoa Valley Animal Hospital, and though the company on the other end may change, the gist is always the same: Ever thought about selling? “They’re circling me like a vulture,” Sharp said recently. But Sharp, […]

Asheville Watchdog

Gmornin fedifam..

Welp, gonna be a rough one today. I woke up around 8am which is like 3am real people time. Kicked around and fell asleep around 11.. aand here we are feelin nice and beat up with workys comin on like a freight train. Yay.

More coffee..

Weather window says its bright and sunny with a high chance of awesome. Lookin like high around 75(F) and low around 50(F) so get out and do your thang #Asheville

Party On my peeps.. Ill be over here chuggin coffee

#life

For all of us who have forgotten what this stuff is, water falling from the sky is called "rain" and in moderate amounts it is very beneficial.

Up to 0.30" right now which is more than we've had in 6 weeks.

#NCwx #Rain #Asheville

Apparently a damaged building on Lyman in the #Asheville River Arts District burned last night. It was a former paper recycling business and was abandoned even before Helene.

https://wlos.com

#Fire

New drought map today, and the worst areas are expanding, at least in this region. You lucky Texans...

#Asheville #NCwx

https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap.aspx

Current Map | U.S. Drought Monitor

Good morning, #Asheville

Tuesday here starts at 35F which is almost unbelievable after all the early heat the region has had. No frost, probably because it's so incredibly dry.

Warmer soon, but with luck not to the 90's again for a bit. Please send rain...

#NCwx

Closing out my #FP4Party posts with a few more shots from the Graflex up in/near #Asheville. These are from Craggy Pinnacle. They're not perfect but well worth carrying my camera up that trail.

📷 #CrownGraphic
🎞️ #IlfordFP4
🧪 #HC110B 6:35 @ 21.8 C

#FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #BelieveInFilm #DevelopYourOwn #Darktable #LargeFormat