Cohousing-L Mailing List: Westwood Cohousing (Ashville, NC) one response

[Liz Ryan Cole (lizryancole]

Passing on a message from friends in Westwood Coho

We are safe but without power, phones or internet. If this goes through please 
share with folks that we are safe. The Common House has a generator and we cook 
and eat together there. Lots of devastation- the arts district was hit hard.

That’s all she sent this afternoon.   I hope this is reassuring. 

liz
802.274.1511


> On Sep 28, 2024, at 1:04 PM, Philip Semanchuk <philip [at] semanchuk.com> 
> wrote:
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>> On Sep 28, 2024, at 11:41 AM, Dean smith via Cohousing-L <cohousing-l [at] 
>> cohousing.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Has anyone heard from any of the cohousing projects in the Ashville, NC, 
>> area?  We’re wondering if they need help.
> 
> I have relatives in the Asheville area and from what I can gather, things are 
> pretty rough. I can’t get much info because mobile phone service is spotty 
> (which in and of itself hints at the state of things). In fact, the voicemail 
> that I got from a family member was abbreviated because a stranger was asking 
> to use her phone since she had service and they did not. 
> 
> The NC DOT (https://www.ncdot.gov) says for now, "All roads in Western North 
> Carolina should be considered closed.” 
> 
> So, I’m sure they could use help, but at this early stage it might be hard to 
> get it to them. Right now, I’m waiting for further news to see whether I will 
> have family coming here (to Pacifica Cohousing in Carrboro, NC) to escape the 
> mess in the mountains, or if it would be useful for me to go up there. I 
> don’t want to go up there only to become part of the problem!
> 
> Cheers
> Philip
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