Thanks so much for your generous contributions to our fundraiser for T Berry. As of Friday, we've raised about $4,900 on GoFundMe toward our goal. I've posted an update here. He's truly thankful. Can you help? .

Friends: Our #DavidsonNC neighbor T Berry is in need. A tree recently fell on his house and he's also been ill. He's that guy you've seen around town selling walking sticks, to supplement his tiny income. Can you help?

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On this week's @wdav "Piedmont Arts" podcast, I talk with @TheMintMuseum curator Jonathan Stuhlman about the exhibit "Southern/Modern," which has more than 100 paintings and works on paper by artists who worked in the South a century ago. Listen:

A theme of my recent @whqr series on climate change and the NC coast was rising sea levels. Jennifer Allen of @Coastal_Review reports on a new analysis for the NC Coastal Resources Commission showing the Atlantic could rise 1-1.4 ft by 2050.

Avangrid sells NC's Kitty Hawk offshore wind lease to Dominion Energy for $160 million. Via @Reuters )

Helene wrecked homes. Could updated building codes reduce risks from future storms? Listen to my report on NPR #climate

RT @TownofDavidson: Investigation has been concluded and students are returning to normal activities. The regular dismissal schedule will r….

RT @TownofDavidson: Threat at Davidson Elementary School alleging a bomb was placed at the school. - CMPD K-9 unit was dispatched to the….

Duke Energy says warning sirens around McGuire Nuclear Station on Lake Norman will be tested for 3 minutes today, Oct. 9, between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Sirens may sound more than once to make sure they're working. Only a test - no action required. More info:

RT @CapeHatterasNPS: NEWS RELEASE.Cape Hatteras National Seashore urges visitors to avoid the beach near an unoccupied house collapse in Ro….

I chatted about my @whqr series "Rising Waters" with host @j_tibs on today's "Due South" on WUNC/ North Carolina Public Radio. Listen here:

Cornelius - "Electricities is experiencing a widespread power outage affecting the customers in Cornelius. The cause is a problem on Duke Energy’s main line serving the substation. Duke is aware of the outage and is responding and will have power restored as quickly as possible.".

More on the North Mecklenburg power outage. An unknown number of customers in Electricities territory in Cornelius also are out.

It's dark in downtown Davidson except for traffic, because of a power outage. More than 4,000 customers are without power in our area, from the Exit 30 area to downtown to east Davidson at NC 73. No cause given yet by Duke Energy. An alert says power could be back by 11:15pm.

Out today: My third story in @whqr's 3-part series "Rising Waters," examining the growing problem of high-tide flooding - sometimes called "sunny day flooding." It's worsening with sea level rise due to climate change.

A new theater season is coming up across NC. In this week's Piedmont Arts podcast for @wdav, I preview Blumenthal Arts' Broadway shows (including the return of Hamilton), Children's Theater of Charlotte, and other professional & community theaters.

The practice of rebuilding beaches is getting more frequent and costly for coastal towns, amid erosion and sea level rise due to #climatechange. More in Part 2 of my series "Rising Waters" on @whqr Wilmington.

What if the beach was gone and your house was surrounded by the ocean? An NC task force has been studying the problem for 2 years. A report is due soon with potential solutions. More in Part 1 of my series "Rising Waters" on @whqr #climatechange

Published today: Part 1 of my series "Rising Waters" for @whqr in Wilmington, NC. It's a look at the problem of houses falling into the ocean on the NC coast, like the one last week at Rodanthe. Listen/read on WHQR or other NC public media outlets.

Another OBX house has collapsed in Rodanthe. The Natonal Park Service says other houses on the Outer Banks also were damaged in recent waves and storms. On @WFAE Photo from Chicamacomico fire dept.