The Death Toll Has Hit 100, And Hit VIRGINIA Btw.

The death toll has hit 100, and hit VIRGINIA btw.

Chimney Rock is flooded. The town, the entire town of Chimney Rock if GONE. Asheville is cut off from the world, all the bridges that lead into the city are flooded. My mother’s house + her mother are some of the only standing houses in their neighborhood. The rest have been crushed by fallen trees and power lines. They have no power, electricity and little contact with the people near them and are housing 10+ people each. Plus pets.

The only aid my mother, brother (who still lives with my mother) and grandmother—who already live in a rural area is from a local dairy farm and one guy who own a helicopter. Trees and power lines are blocking the only road in and out. They have to walk over 13 miles on foot to get basic supplies and support. All these people have no way to contact their family members who are stuck in their own homes. My family lives in lower income area, lots of trees and nature, and my brother is the youngest person there at 20, my mother is in her 40s and the second youngest.

I’ve seen no news coverage about this, and I know there’s more people and families both alive and dead who are trapped and suffering and are getting zero news coverage about it—even on a local level. I’m sure there’s more, and it’s worse, much worse than I can ever convey but I’m just trying to spread the word. I’m lucky to live with my dad in an area that already has, electricity, power, access to food etc., we have no way to get to my family (all the roads are blocked and the roads that are flooded).

And I (personally) think it stems from the idea that people have of the south. “Oh well why didn’t they just leave??” APPALACHIA IS ONE OF THE MOST POVERISHED REGIONS IN AMERICA THEOR ECONOMY IS COAL AND TOURISM. THESE ARE REGULAR EVERYDAY HARDWORKING PEOPLE.

“They still could have left!!” THERE ARE FUCKING MOUNTAINS!!! MY FAMILY LIVES IN THE UPSTATE AND THEY ARE ALMOST COMPLETELY CUT OFF FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD!! I HAVE SPENT TWO DAYS WORRYING FOR MY FAMILY WONDERING IF THEY WERE ALIVE!!!WONDERING IF MY PHYSICALLY DISABLED GRANDFATHER WHO LIVES EVEN FURTHER IN THE COUTRY THAN THEN IS ALIVE!!

PEOPLE ARE STUCK!! PEOPLE ARE TRAPPED WITH NO ACCESS TO A HOSPITAL!!! TENNESSEE WAS HIT, THEY AREN’T NEAR THE FUCKING COAST!!! WHY WOULD THEY EXPECT TO GET HIT??? ENTIRE TOWNS DONT EXSIST ANYMORE!!!

AND NOBODY IS TALKING ABOUT IT OTHER THAN OTHER SOUTHERNERS!! BUT IF THIS HURRICANE HIT THE NORTH PEOPLE WOULD TALK ABOUT FOR WEEKS, BE DEVASTATED AND OFFER AND AID THEY CAN!! BUT BECAUSE ITS HITTING THE SOUTH NOBODY IS TALKING ABOUT IT OTHER THAN US!!!

I learned a long time ago about the concept of mountain strong. And I really truly believe it not, our government has failed us and we only have each other to help each other out. For the days leading up to this, we heard about the impact and to be ready if we some wind and rain. I can’t get a reliable source of contact with my mother, brother, grandmother and maternal grandfather. The only reason I know their alive is because someone at the dairy farm had my dads email address and sent him an email.

Have you ever lived in fear of your family—a reasonable size for my family too—being dead? Have you ever stayed up for two night and eaten a can of beans for dinner over a camping stove only to throw it back up because your so afraid of your family being dead? Have you ever cried so hard you threw up and passed out because you were scared your last conversation with any of them ended in a fight?? And have you ever had to see the exact storm that they built up for weeks get no news coverage??? Can you imagine the fear??? The anger??

So yeah, I’m pissed as hell. And I don’t know if this will get any traction, or if anyone will read all this, but I need to spread the word any way I can.

“everyone interprets characters differently” unfortunately so true! thankfully I was blessed with an intense preternatural insight into their core beings (watched and paid attention) and I don’t have to worry

Well since this quest was very dangerous they likely would have planned to come in slowly, as to not draw attention to themselves. Since by this time they Dwarven race, specifically those of Erebor were mostly living in the wilds and wandering around for any money they could get to send back to family who lived in the Blue Mountains (which im pretty sure is where Thorin settled his surviving people). Like what I think happened Dwalin and Balin. Dwalin is much more wild looking, and heavily armed aswell as more scary looking. While Balin has clothes that aren’t too worn, and could even be relatively new, and he also is physically much older (and is the oldest in the movies) and not as heavily armed as his brother.

Or they could have traveled together (minus Thorin who went North first) but either separated or got lost and only reunited at Bag-end. (Except for Bifur, Bofur, Bombur, Ori, Nori, and Dori who could have found each other and went to Bag-end together). But I do adore the idea of them playing the middle earth equivalent of rock paper scissors to figure who should go first, or just straight up fighting it out.

it always confused why everyone would arrive at bilbo’s house separately if they all traveled to the shire together but then i realized. that trick gandalf pulls on beorn. where he has everyone come in slowly instead of all at once. its the same thing hes doing to bilbo.

now the question remains: is this gandalf’s go-to plan when trying to make someone okay with having 13 dwarves in their house, or does he view bilbo and beorn as both uniquely unhinged individuals who need to be handled like a wild animal that could bite at any minute? i need to Know

This is genuine question I have, that i technically could google but i don’t feel like it, so I’ll ask the strangers in my phone instead.

Why is it that when I discover a celebrity that everyone else seems to know, I get so…angry? I’ll click on a comment and the people replying to it will be like “Notice me senpai!!!1!” Or whatever and I’m left to simmer in my own thoughts and confusion over who this person is. It’s like “Who are you???” Because all the people are like “I’ve been following you since 1845!! Love your stuff!!!” Or whatever and I feel so angry and almost embarrassed that I don’t know who that person is. I’m sure these a physiological explanation or maybe it’s my intense fear of being left out. Idk.

It’s the one instance I can’t blame something on my parents divorce and I struggle to make jokes about it..bc how do you make jokes about that kind of situation???

Reblog if the ending of botfa never happened for you and they all lived happily ever after because they did yes they did they all lived and died of old age in fact no they never died they’re all immortal legends that definitely didn’t die because they didn’t not even joking

“It’s been a long week,” I say in the middle of the day on Monday.