I just heard somewhat larpy stuff on X but within that potential larp laid out the fact that Asheville has large Wiccan community and tunnels so that peaked my interest...
"In mountains of North Carolina, a witch was one of the most terrifying things you could encounter."
https://www.northcarolinaghosts.com/folk-magic/appalachian-witches/
One of the most famous and globally powerful witches is Gloria Vanderbilt of the famous Biltmore Estate in Asheville, NC...
A less dark take confirms their are tunnels indeed via MSN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx6TCWnUn8Q
In this link one the cities locals mentions that the tunnels run past the Biltmore building and under the Masonic temple https://youtu.be/uBqIyu0hIfk?si=9mDbjL24OlKa8Y1m
https://thebluebanner.net/14802/uncategorized/an-enlightenment-of-witchcraft-in-asheville/
https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/nc/asheville/crime
https://witchesofthecraft.com/tag/asheville-north-carolina/
https://www.hauntedrooms.com/north-carolina/asheville/haunted-places
In short Asheville has a huge wiccan/witchcraft community and is less safe than 99% of US cities. There is a network of tunnels underneath the town that their city counsel won't admit to maintaining but will admit to potentially being used for prohibition reasons. The tunnels run under the masonic temple and past the castle related to of one of the world's most notorious witches, Gloria Vanderbilt (Mother of Anderson Cooper, CNN).
So frens, maybe a lithium mine in Asheville is better than the alternative. Keep your chin up and pray :)
Right after the hurricane two talking points stuck with me about Asheville. One that was that it was in the 83% in the US for lgbtq residents. Two that Asheville sits on many old 'underground railroad' tunnels (which the hurricane followed, so I guess that is 3 things)
I'm starting to feel like the hurricane was targeting Atlanta (the election court cases are hot and heavy right now helping Trump bigly) and the white hats pushed it over the trafficking tunnels....