MARSHES TO MOUNTAINS – a charity compilation download from Bandcamp

As advertised – “OVER 200 SONGS FROM SAVANNAH MUSICIANS FOR JUST $30 – ALL PROCEEDS GO TO WESTERN NC HURRICANE & FLOOD VICTIMS”

The MARSHES TO MOUNTAINS story:

“On September 27, 2024, cities, towns and remote rural communities in the mountainous region of Western NC were horrifically devastated by unprecedented wind and rain from Hurricane Helene. Described as a “Thousand Year Storm,” it brought tornadoes and almost incomprehensibly swift and savage flash flooding to areas which were in many ways completely unprepared for that sort of extreme weather event.

Over 100 people died, and more than 100,000 homes were severely damaged or completely destroyed. Hundreds of necessary bridges must be replaced, and the rough estimate to repair just the state-owned roads in NC which were damaged by Helene has been placed at “several billion dollars.”

That doesn’t include hundreds more privately owned dirt and gravel roads which have been washed away.

Right now, three months after this natural disaster, thousands of people who were suddenly made homeless (virtually none of whom were insured against such an unforeseen occurrence as a tropical storm or hurricane in this high elevation, inland area), are living outdoors in tents, while temperatures dip into the teens and snow and ice are on the ground.

Folks are quite literally freezing to death.”

There’s more on the Bandcamp website, along with the opportunity to obtain this really excellent compilation in exchange a donation. Thought it might be of interest to some here.

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