*Health and Medical*
- Mercy Urgent Care opened at Asheville and Weaverville locations (didn’t get exact addresses)
- Database of open pharmacies: https://healthcareready.org/RXopen/
- CVS locations open nearby: Smokey Park HWY Asheville, NC 28806 / Asheville HWY Brevard, NC 28712 / Spartanburg HWY, Hendersonville, NC 28792 / Hendersonville Rd, Fletcher, NC 28732 / Russ Ave, Waynesville, NC 28786 / Long Shoals Rd Arden, NC 28704
- Other pharmacies open nearby: Pinnacle Apothecary in Candler at 1388 Sand Hill road open M-F 10-4 for now. Publix Pharmacy at 1830 Hendersonville Rd in Asheville. Publix Pharmacy at 165 Weaverville Blvd in Weaverville. Walgreens at 1835 Hendersonville Rd in Asheville (cash only). Walgreens at 2501 Hendersonville Rd in Arden (cash only). WalMart Supercenter Pharmacies at 60 Airport Rd, 25 Northridge Commons Pkwy, and 1636 Hendersonville Rd.
- Free Emergency Prescription refills through Pardee, Fleming St, Hendersonville, They can refill nearly everything including insulin. There will also be providers there who can see patients!

*Road Openings and Closures*
- I-40 East out of Buncombe County now OPEN
- I-40 West into Buncombe County remains CLOSED to the public
- NCDOT has listed 1-40 East and I-26 East as evacuation routes for people to get out of the area. People should be cautious if they attempt to leave the area.
- U.S. 64 to U.S. 74 ALT just north of Hendersonville is impassable at this time due to landslides. The road is impassable between U.S. 74 ALT and Slick Rock Road according to NCDOT.

*Gas Reports (not all confirmed)*
- Gas station by the Whale in West Asheville (not confirmed)
- Ingles on Long Shoals Road in Arden (cash only)
- BP on Long Shoals Road Arden (cash only)
- QT and Ingles in Flat Rock as of yesterday evening (9/29)
- ⁠ ⁠Shell on Charlotte Street
- ⁠Shell in Weaverville
- ⁠Marathon Gas @ 1210 Asheville Hwy, Brevard, NC 28712 is open and accepting cards, only premium, $20 limit

*Food and Water Distributions*
- Water was available earlier today (10/1) at the following locations: Mule at Devil’s Foot Beverage, Dssolvr, Terra Nova, White Labs, Archetype Brewing.
- Not sure if evening distributions are happening, seem to be daytime so can check back tomorrow if in urgent need of water.
- Free meals at RAD Brewing (started at 1 pm, likely already out for today but they seem to be doing this regularly)

*Grocery Stores*
- Publix on Hendersonville Road is open and reportedly has water
- Black Mountain Ingles is open - cash only
- Sam's Club on Patton is open
- Whole Foods on Tunnel and Merrimon is open
- Ingles on Charlotte Highway is open

*Businesses Serving Meals*
- New from last update: Dominos Pizza on Patton and Hendersonville Road giving out free fresh pizza (date/time not listed — from Tuesday Helene megathread)

*WIFI Locations*
- Citizen Vinyl
- Moxy Hotel
- The Plug Shop
- Center for Craft
- Patton Ave Pet Co
- Mosaic Cafe in Biltmore Park
- Waynesville Lowe's
- North Asheville Library

*Volunteer Opportunities*
- HeleneVolunteers@buncombecounty.org - send an email and you will be prompted to fill out a form. I tried this today and it didn’t give me anything useful, but I assume they are adding names and contacts to a database for later opportunities.
- All four distribution sites requested volunteers. Just show up and they’ll put you to work.
- ^Distribution site locations:
- North Windy Ridge Intermediate School: 20 Doan Rd, Weaverville (URGENT need for volunteers)
- Estes Elementary: 275 Overlook Drive (URGENT need for volunteers)
- Fairview Elementary: 1355 Charlotte Hwy (less urgent)
- Sand Hill Elementary: 154 Sand Hill School Rd (less urgent)
- Welfare check volunteering: Dan and Lane Torrington starting orientation today, contributing tomorrow. He has offered to have people reach out to him if interested. (But my personal commentary is he has a little baby so don’t overwhelm him too much. :)

*Safety and Crime*
- No new updates to report since last update. Generally a good idea to use a buddy system especially after dark.
- Reports of looting have come in from multiple locations

*Other Updates*
- Rumors that it will take 10 weeks now to restore water services. This is not confirmed.