My car just flooded!
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What had happened was...
Flash flooding is all to common in rural Central Appalachia. On the morning after summer solstice the Sandy Mush Creek rose several feet in under an hour.
Doing the kinds of work I do, there have been several times I’ve almost lost a vehicle to flood waters. This was the first time the water rose faster than I did. This time was just rural happenstance.
I rushed to the gravel lot where I had parked and friends were moving their cars as the water quickly crept towards them. I was not so lucky. Only feet closer to the creek, my car was surrounded by rushing water so deep the driver seat inside was already submerged by 6 inches. Knowing better than to start a car with water so close to the engine’s air intake, we gathered what people we could, popped it in neutral, and pushed the car through thigh deep water over 50 feet to drier and higher land.
I opened the doors and water poured out while an electrical short caused the door locks and country music to flutter on and off. After draining I spent a lot of time scooping water out from the interior.
The damage has proved disabling and permanent.
It’s impacts…
Not only do I use this vehicle in my everyday life to get to and from work, but I use this vehicle to do work supporting communities in crisis.
I've spent years of my life doing mutual aid at floods, hurricanes, city wide uprisings, and land sovereignty disputes. I've put in significant amounts of support work at action camps, court battles, and disaster response distro's.
I like to think my friends and comrades know me as someone who shows the fuck up and runs towards the fire. Without reliable (DRY) transportation I am truly limited on what I can do.
Additionally, even I could find work without transportation, and even if I worked my ass off, it would take a massive amount of hours to replace the car on my own. If I did this, I fear I won’t be able to mobilize for this year’s hurricane season or continue my local organizing.
The Ask…
I need your help so I can keep doing the work at hand.
With $4000 I could replace my sad soggy car with a reliable near flood proof puddle jumper that would further enable me to do disaster response and support communities in crisis. I could get a four wheel drive vehicle to haul supplies, schlep food, and tow trailers even in disaster affected areas. With a little lift kit I could navigate high waters and cruise through debris strewn streets.
Over the years I’ve fed thousands of people. If only 50 of those people donate $80 I’ll meet the $4000 goal. Will you support me so I can support others?
If you've read this far, thanks, it means alot! If you can't donate, you can still help by sharing this page or better yet directly messaging it to 5 people you know.
Thanks y'all for helping!
Flash flooding is all to common in rural Central Appalachia. On the morning after summer solstice the Sandy Mush Creek rose several feet in under an hour.
Doing the kinds of work I do, there have been several times I’ve almost lost a vehicle to flood waters. This was the first time the water rose faster than I did. This time was just rural happenstance.
I rushed to the gravel lot where I had parked and friends were moving their cars as the water quickly crept towards them. I was not so lucky. Only feet closer to the creek, my car was surrounded by rushing water so deep the driver seat inside was already submerged by 6 inches. Knowing better than to start a car with water so close to the engine’s air intake, we gathered what people we could, popped it in neutral, and pushed the car through thigh deep water over 50 feet to drier and higher land.
I opened the doors and water poured out while an electrical short caused the door locks and country music to flutter on and off. After draining I spent a lot of time scooping water out from the interior.
The damage has proved disabling and permanent.
It’s impacts…
Not only do I use this vehicle in my everyday life to get to and from work, but I use this vehicle to do work supporting communities in crisis.
I've spent years of my life doing mutual aid at floods, hurricanes, city wide uprisings, and land sovereignty disputes. I've put in significant amounts of support work at action camps, court battles, and disaster response distro's.
I like to think my friends and comrades know me as someone who shows the fuck up and runs towards the fire. Without reliable (DRY) transportation I am truly limited on what I can do.
Additionally, even I could find work without transportation, and even if I worked my ass off, it would take a massive amount of hours to replace the car on my own. If I did this, I fear I won’t be able to mobilize for this year’s hurricane season or continue my local organizing.
The Ask…
I need your help so I can keep doing the work at hand.
With $4000 I could replace my sad soggy car with a reliable near flood proof puddle jumper that would further enable me to do disaster response and support communities in crisis. I could get a four wheel drive vehicle to haul supplies, schlep food, and tow trailers even in disaster affected areas. With a little lift kit I could navigate high waters and cruise through debris strewn streets.
Over the years I’ve fed thousands of people. If only 50 of those people donate $80 I’ll meet the $4000 goal. Will you support me so I can support others?
If you've read this far, thanks, it means alot! If you can't donate, you can still help by sharing this page or better yet directly messaging it to 5 people you know.
Thanks y'all for helping!
Organizer
Dee Frostbutter
Organizer
Asheville, NC