YouTuber LGR felt 'numbness at how powerless I was' as his one-of-a-kind retro PC collection took a direct hit from hurricane Helene, but seeing most of the trove survive now has him eager to share it with others
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Retro PC YouTuber LGR was relieved to find much of his collection intact, but told me that "more than ever that there's a need to redistribute a lotta this stuff" to ensure its preservation.
  • you_are_dust@lemm.eeEnglish
    421·
    2 months ago

    I watched his video doing a walkthrough of the damage yesterday. It’s really sad. Not just his collection of all this stuff that he is so passionate about, but his whole house. So much damage caused by nature. I hope he’s able to get things back to semi-normal soon.

      • PriorityMotif@lemmy.worldEnglish
        71·
        2 months ago

        I recently volunteered at a community recycling drive where people could drop off old tvs and broken things. You would not believe the amount of valuable stuff people brought. An old lady had a box with an nes and about 15 games plus a PS1 and who knows what else. I asked her if she wanted to keep it as it’s valuable, she said no. I left it in her trunk.

        Next time I’m going to stand a block or so away with a sign asking for old computers and stuff, it’s ridiculous how muxh valuable old tech gets thrown away.

      • sugar_in_your_teaEnglish
        52·
        2 months ago

        Yeah, and we probably should discourage storing them in areas prone to hurricanes.

          • sugar_in_your_teaEnglish
            4·
            2 months ago

            My bad, I’m not familiar with NC, so I guess I assumed Ashville was near the coast.

          • sugar_in_your_teaEnglish
            3·
            2 months ago

            So far, things seem to be prety decent where I’m at in Utah, but we do have the looming risk of “the big one” Earthquake. But to be fair, that has a pretty high chance of causing Yellowstone to erupt, which would probably kill everyone on the planet, so I guess I prefer a quicker death to starvation.

            But yeah, Ashville is way in there, no wonder he was surprised.

    • MirthfulAlembic@lemmy.worldEnglish
      61·
      2 months ago

      I have no clue how he’s this quickly been able to have such a positive attitude and sense of humor about it. I’d be despondent in his shoes.

      I suppose I shouldn’t be too surprised; Clint always brings such enthusiasm and positivity to his videos. He’s a go-to when I’m sick. He’s like chicken noodle soup in video form.

  • Hyrulian@lemmy.worldEnglish
    38·
    2 months ago

    Can we talk about how he is directing people to not donate to him, but instead donate to help others in his area. Absolute Chad.

  • TriflingToad@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    2 months ago

    That hurts in the same way as the time I saw someone on reddit say that an early 3d printer fire burnt their house down… and their cat.

    • BrundleFly2077English
      4·
      2 months ago

      WTF. That took a turn. Poor moggy. I wonder now what he was printing.

  • jdeath@lemm.eeEnglish
    0·
    2 months ago

    my wife won’t live in a house with any trees within striking distance. i can see why

    • mtchristo@lemm.eeEnglish
      0·
      2 months ago

      Your problem are not falling trees, but flimsy houses! A concrete or steel structure would have cut that tree in half. The roof tile would have been damaged but that’s cheaper to fix.

      • jdeath@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        can’t say i would argue! but when all the houses are that way, i can’t really buy a concrete/steel construction house in any normal price range

  • Etterra@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1334·
    2 months ago

    He’s a thought: move away from hurricane territory. Seriously, wtf is wrong with people. You live in a disaster-prone region.