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@misk@sopuli.xyz to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish • 7 months ago

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

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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

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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.
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    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.

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      • @MirthfulAlembic@lemmy.world
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        7•7 months ago

        I believe he had a new in box Apple Newton that sustained a bunch of water damage. Not sure how rare those are.

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      • @sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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        5•7 months ago

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

        • @devilish@lemmy.world
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          16•7 months ago

          He lives in western North Carolina, definitely not an area prone to hurricanes.

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            4•7 months ago

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

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            3•7 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.

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              4•7 months ago

              Yellowstone would only immediately kill people within a certain radius. overall it would be pretty survivable.

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                3•7 months ago

                Huh, I thought it would be bigger than that, what with how massive it is and how much ash would go up into the sky.

                Looks like I would probably survive, but my house wouldn’t, and getting out would royally suck because it would wreck the air intake for my car. But I could probably make it out.

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      6•7 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.

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        6•7 months ago

        Probably being wealthy helps

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