This Is Gilbert. Hes Been Around A While. Attributes His Long Life To Many, Many Years Of Always Getting

This is Gilbert. He’s been around a while. Attributes his long life to many, many years of always getting what he wants

No fucking way I found my little rubber fetus

They should invent hrt that gives you fangs

Mahmoud Helle’s Story

Mahmoud (@hillesmahmoud) I have been speaking, and he asked me to share his story with you all.

Mahmoud is a husband and a father of 4. He lives in Belgium while his kids and wife live in Gaza. His family has been displaced within Gaza multiple times; his family’s home has been damaged multiple times over the years due to Israeli airstrikes. Now, his family has been displaced again. His wife also has a kidney condition that has been worsening due to lack of adequate medical care and access to clean drinking water in Gaza. Mahmoud is constantly in fear for his family’s safety, and he started this GFM to cover the cost of his wife’s treatment and help his family in Gaza.

Currently, Mahmoud’s goal is €37k, and he’s reached €25.2k, which is nearly 70% of his goal. He’s getting closer, but he still needs our help to get his family what they need. Here’s the link to his GFM:

gofundme.com

Donate to Save my children from death, organized by mahmoud hilles

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Please donate what you can; if you don’t have the means, send his GFM link to someone who does. Reblog Mahmoud’s posts and share his fundraiser with others. Let’s get him to his goal as quickly as possible!

Hurricane Helene devastates western North Carolina (Updated)

Things are unimaginably bad in western North Carolina & far eastern Tennessee right now. Whole towns have been swallowed by landslides, mudslides and floods. That's Chimney Rock, NC, below; photos taken from same location after/before the storm.

Interstate 40 is impassible at the Tennessee/North Carolina border, due to the eastbound lanes being washed into the Pigeon River. (See above photo.) Essentially all roads are closed in the region. 400,000+ customers are reported without power, and cell towers are damaged or down, so nobody can reach anyone, and we don't know the full scale of the damage yet.

Shared by North Carolina's Weather Authority page on Fb 9/28:

“I’m sorry to text so early. Our friend, Steve, Black Mountains Police Chief, got home this morning to get some rest and then he’s headed back to Black Mountain. He’s been up for 72 hours evacuating and rescuing. It’s catastrophic in that area. Montreat and Swannanoa are gone. Neighborhoods are gone from flooding or mudslides. They’re having to leave bodies behind, houses are on fire. There’s no communication so people that need to be rescued can’t call for help so they have no idea where to look. The flood current is so strong and they weren’t able to save some people that were in their cars. No one even knows this is going on right now because of having no communication. We’ve been watching the news since we woke up this morning and it hasn’t even been mentioned. So many prayers are needed. My heart is so heavy.”

Area news & info:

North Carolina's Weather Authority (Facebook)

NC Emergency Management Facebook page

Asheville Citizen-Times

Brad Panovich (Chief Meteorologist, WCNC Charlotte, Twitter)

Donations:

(Updated 9/28/24 at 8:20pm Eastern)

Blue Ridge Public Radio has a list of ways to help.

The American Red Cross

They've opened at least 15 shelters, and are the best positioned organization to help the entire region. Make a donation (money or blood, or volunteer) if you can, and please reblog this post.