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Hello from the still-beautiful southern Appalachians. Here’s an update on NCEI-Asheville’s status. The punchline is this: all of our people are accounted for, the archives are safe, and we are working on reassembling the pieces needed for operations. “Accounted for” doesn’t mean “fine,” and many of us, like our neighbors and friends in the region, are dealing with significant loss. But we are profoundly fortunate to be more able to support our region’s and institution’s recovery more than i would have guessed a week ago. As a climate scientist, there will be plenty of time to analyze what this “means” and I’m sure this platform is littered with hot takes. Please let me share that right now, support is what has meaning. The people in this region need your thoughtful, spiritual, material and vocal support most of all. I’ll share links below. I invite friends and colleagues here to improve that list. Thank you to the hundreds of people who have reached out to just share their concern and sympathy and support. I can’t keep up with them individually yet, but wow does it matter and does it lend strength. Finally, i want to share about the generosity and ingenuity of NCEIs people in supporting NCEI-NCs recovery. NCEI is a national institution that keeps tens of thousands of irreplaceable treasures. The 591 most valuable have hearts and hands, and almost 300 of those are doing great work - on top of their usual great work - from Boulder and silver spring and Stennis. https://lnkd.in/eFzq7t9x