> One of the most surprising things about disasters might be the way that people who live through them rise to the occasion and come together. In the aftermath of the Helene, with the power and cell service knocked out, Sierra and Jamie walked all around town, talking to their neighbors to try to learn what had happened. People started congregating at the fire station where there was fresh water.
> “It’s hard to put into words what that experience was like, but I’ve never felt more of a community, and really having to lean on my neighbors and feeling like my neighbors were leaning on me,” Isley said.
Gentle reminder that when SHTF, your neighbors are going to be one of the first and most important resources for working through whatever is happening.
SaintOrJannikSinner | 23 hours ago
> One of the most surprising things about disasters might be the way that people who live through them rise to the occasion and come together. In the aftermath of the Helene, with the power and cell service knocked out, Sierra and Jamie walked all around town, talking to their neighbors to try to learn what had happened. People started congregating at the fire station where there was fresh water.
> “It’s hard to put into words what that experience was like, but I’ve never felt more of a community, and really having to lean on my neighbors and feeling like my neighbors were leaning on me,” Isley said.
Gentle reminder that when SHTF, your neighbors are going to be one of the first and most important resources for working through whatever is happening.