East TN Historic Flooding Captured (plus Bridge Collapse and Dam Crested) / Storm Helene

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  • Опубліковано 6 лют 2025
  • Nate captures the flooding of the French Broad River and Nolichucky river. Plus bonus footage of the Hwy 107 Kinser Bridge collapse and Nolichucky Dam being crested.
    Official Water Levels
    FRENCH BROAD RIVER:
    The French Broad River Reached at height of 24.66 feet at 6 PM EDT on Sept 27 2024 at the Asheville NC collection site. This flood is the highest the French Broad River has reached. On March 7 1867, the French Broad River reached a height of 24 ft at the Asheville NC collection site. The flooding on Sept 27 and 28th 2024 is a historic flood event.
    Source : waterdata.usgs...
    NOLICHUCKY RIVER:
    The official levels of the Nolichucky levels at the Nolichucky Dam is 64.53 ft at 10:45 PM EDT Sept 27 2024
    ---Source : waterdata.usgs...
    The highest level recorded on the Nolichucky River was in May 21 1901 at Embreeville, reaching a height of 24 feet . At 11:15 AM EDT Sept 27 2024, the water level reached 19.56 ft at Embreeville , making this flood the 3rd highest in history. The 2nd highest was Nov 6 1977 reaching a height of 21.52 feet.
    ---Source : water.noaa.gov...
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  • @TheKraemerLife
    @TheKraemerLife  4 місяці тому +196

    Flood level information has been updated in the description of this video as of 9/30/2024. And yes, I made a mistake in the captions of this video showing 2025 as the year of these events and the date of 1895 for the French Broad River's highest flood event. These were mistakes, and the correct information is in the description above.

  • @FaxonToppafax
    @FaxonToppafax 4 місяці тому +1265

    Boggles the mind how anyone would be driving, parking, standing on this bridge after watching videos of flood waters washing away so many bridges.

    • @tinak8081
      @tinak8081 4 місяці тому +46

      Right these bridges collapse under all that water! That's a BIG No for me!

    • @adamhall5024
      @adamhall5024 4 місяці тому

      Illiterate.

    • @josesardinas7660
      @josesardinas7660 4 місяці тому

      Cannot fix stupid... 😶

    • @Kimik-oy4pc
      @Kimik-oy4pc 4 місяці тому +29

      My thoughts exactly 😮

    • @MadAnthonyI
      @MadAnthonyI 4 місяці тому +27

      That's what I was going to say! Real dumb.

  • @beggar1015
    @beggar1015 4 місяці тому +2716

    Who else is watching this and yelling, "Get off the bridge!"

  • @emilyneal7888
    @emilyneal7888 4 місяці тому +290

    I’m so sorry for all the devastation in your area. Heartbreaking.

    • @cathiwim
      @cathiwim 4 місяці тому

      Thanks.

    • @kttnlvr2bynxylee622
      @kttnlvr2bynxylee622 4 місяці тому

      Thank you!!!

    • @cathyhuddle1769
      @cathyhuddle1769 4 місяці тому +1

      💔 ❤️‍🩹 ♥️ We are TN Volunteers and so many are volunteering to help. I’m a grandma/great grandma and keep the babies for my daughter / grandchildren volunteer in Erwin. My granddaughter in the medical field has been spiritually impacted by what she’s seen. My grandson is a volunteer firefighter, EMT field and a works in a federal government ammunition plant as a firefighter, my granddaughter-in-law is a dispatcher. They are all helping on Erwin TN

  • @3064okrw
    @3064okrw 4 місяці тому +167

    My Dad helped build the Nolichucky Dam.
    With all the pressure it has withstood, all those men that worked on it did an incredible job!!!!
    God gave them wisdom to build it strong enough to withstand all these years to high pressure.

    • @ScottCoontz
      @ScottCoontz 4 місяці тому

      Right now??​@@starfishjennie

    • @grimtt
      @grimtt 4 місяці тому +7

      5:19 so, is there still a TVA? I knew of it of course from the 30’s, 40’s. What is the large building beside the dam? With the 4 stacks on the roof? It is amazing the dams lasted this long, no one back then envisioned this type of flooding in the mtns. Those were some tough hombres who built our infrastructure back in the early 1900s.
      I do think though we need to look to the Romans’ for better concrete. Some of it in Italy still holding up after a couple thousand years. Comparatively, modern stuff is worthless.🫣

    • @teresamcmillan4837
      @teresamcmillan4837 4 місяці тому +7

      I said we need to give a shout the people and engineers at TVA for real these people did have and continue to do their jobs all day everyday.

    • @teresamcmillan4837
      @teresamcmillan4837 4 місяці тому

      ​@@starfishjenniethank you expert

    • @charlesbuchanan697
      @charlesbuchanan697 4 місяці тому +1

      😢​@@starfishjennie

  • @virginiaoflaherty2983
    @virginiaoflaherty2983 4 місяці тому +357

    The onlookers have great faith in the bridge. Yikes!

    • @boxsterman77
      @boxsterman77 4 місяці тому +8

      Because those things never, ever collapse. They are especially structurally sound in the midst of a massive flood with detritus slamming on to it. Things like, oh, massive oak trees.

    • @cathiwim
      @cathiwim 4 місяці тому +7

      I thought that too! It’s the LAST place i would want to be!!

  • @marhlfld1
    @marhlfld1 4 місяці тому +105

    Elizabethton TN here. I'm 10 miles east of Elizabethton, 1/2 way up a mountain. Other than no electric and phone for a day, and a huge mature Walnut tree falling across my lawn, I'm fine, but Elizabethton and surrounding areas were hit hard. Houses floating down rivers, bridges collapsing, Interstate hwy 26 ripped apart, flooding in towns, some completely destroyed. Yeah, not good, but the communities are coming together to help each other. That's what Americans do in times of tragedy. We will rebuild, better than ever.

    • @beavismcdeavis142
      @beavismcdeavis142 4 місяці тому +1

      How crowded is Johnson city getting? Can you get to Unicoi from NC?

    • @maggalvin1339
      @maggalvin1339 4 місяці тому

      Not on 26.

    • @FireballProductions911
      @FireballProductions911 4 місяці тому +3

      We are praying for everyone that was affected by the storms. God bless you all and I hope you get everything that you need quickly. Here in Alabama we know what it's like and it's no fun so we're praying

    • @FireballProductions911
      @FireballProductions911 4 місяці тому +2

      Amen great attitude butt when help doesn't come quick enough it can get scary I know I've been there. We are praying for quick responses to get everybody everything they need

    • @coryartrip8142
      @coryartrip8142 4 місяці тому +4

      I'm over in Bristol. We got some big wind, but not much else. I've heard Damascus got flooded pretty badly.

  • @bjramsey8083
    @bjramsey8083 4 місяці тому +59

    May God help all the residents in Tennessee who are in flood zones and answer their needs quickly. 🙏❤️❤️❤️

  • @gailm1122
    @gailm1122 4 місяці тому +147

    The destruction in your area and Western mountains of North Carolina is unreal! Heartbreaking truly. I keep praying for y'all.

    • @gailm1122
      @gailm1122 4 місяці тому +6

      And very very happy you are safe!

    • @climbergreenO
      @climbergreenO 4 місяці тому +3

      send some money, prayer is not working

    • @caseyconatser7926
      @caseyconatser7926 4 місяці тому +2

      I'm in Tennessee born and raised this is the worst weather event of my lifetime . I've never seen anything like it much less the feelings and emotion that cones with it. People floating away so many wothout electric amd homeless now. So many gone forever now. Others had to watch as they were taken to safty seeing their beloved animals drown and noway to save them.

    • @sheeplebeware9511
      @sheeplebeware9511 4 місяці тому

      ​@@caseyconatser7926Word around the campfire is that there's a large lithium deposit somewhere in the area(s) devastated by this flooding.

    • @ZFern9390
      @ZFern9390 4 місяці тому

      Dumb comment

  • @The_Chosen_None_
    @The_Chosen_None_ 4 місяці тому +32

    Everyone on that bridge put a lot of faith into it's construction, crazy that you're just hanging out on it with all that force from the water hitting it, not to mention the erosion going on under the water. Insane.

    • @francesw.6774
      @francesw.6774 4 місяці тому +2

      No faith or thinking involved, just stupidity.

  • @HoneyHollowHomestead
    @HoneyHollowHomestead 4 місяці тому +173

    Glad you all are high and dry.
    Having watched videos of bridges being swept away by raging flood waters, there is NO WAY I'd be parking on that bridge! I heard of one bridge that was so packed by sight seers that emergency vehicles could not get through.

    • @Madmarsha
      @Madmarsha 4 місяці тому +2

      Yep, that was my thought, too.

    • @jeffmercer9655
      @jeffmercer9655 4 місяці тому

      107 was

    • @sadjaxx
      @sadjaxx 4 місяці тому

      They just cannot believe it.

  • @kekeynovelli3948
    @kekeynovelli3948 3 місяці тому +3

    Happy you all survived this terrible storm. ❤ My prayers go out to those who lost loved ones and their homes and their livelihoods. Praying for quicker restoration. 🙏🏼

  • @davidryan2669
    @davidryan2669 4 місяці тому +222

    People please do not do what these idiots did and park and stand on a flooded bridge. Water eats away the supporting banks underneath which causes bridges to collapse. This is how to lose your life. Do not do it please.

    • @WomensTop20
      @WomensTop20 4 місяці тому

      I work with structual engineers and write about bridges all over the world. You are exactly right. Rushing water washes away the banks and soil around the bridge columns. It's called scour. They are f'ing morons for getting anywhere near that bridge.

    • @leodanryan966
      @leodanryan966 4 місяці тому +14

      You are absolutely correct brother, and I'm not certain, but you just might be my actual brother 😮!

    • @rainymctrixie1
      @rainymctrixie1 4 місяці тому +4

      Very quickly at that 😮.

    • @StrangeScaryNewEngland
      @StrangeScaryNewEngland 3 місяці тому

      @@leodanryan966 Lmao

    • @rodneyvail2908
      @rodneyvail2908 3 місяці тому

      As stupid as stupid gets .

  • @NewMantra12
    @NewMantra12 4 місяці тому +15

    Condolences from eastern Nepal. We had similarly catastrophic flooding on the same day. The scenes look eerily similar and we are on opposite sides of the world.

    • @josephowens4654
      @josephowens4654 4 місяці тому +1

      Sorry to hear of your folks troubles. Hope all your loved ones are safe.

    • @Lindajenkinsnewlife7
      @Lindajenkinsnewlife7 4 місяці тому +2

      🎺✝️REPENT "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the LORD shall be saved" ROMANS 10:13 Amein. 🤍

  • @GoblinsMom
    @GoblinsMom 4 місяці тому +194

    Dear Comment Section,
    If you’re gonna get on a bridge with the water touching the bottom of it while watching a house floating your way, we should probably just let nature run its course.
    Seriously,
    Darwin, Occam & Schrödinger

    • @WomensTop20
      @WomensTop20 4 місяці тому +8

      Amen!!!!!

    • @jgringo5516
      @jgringo5516 4 місяці тому +8

      Yes indeed.

    • @sheeplebeware9511
      @sheeplebeware9511 4 місяці тому +16

      From what I'm reading, the people commenting understand this. The people on the bridge are the ones who have not figured that out yet.

    • @GoblinsMom
      @GoblinsMom 4 місяці тому

      @@sheeplebeware9511 soooo what I’m saying is if we all keep our mouths shut the shallow end of the gene pool will drain itself….like stupid games/stupid prizes…mother nature flushes the toilet and thins the herd…

    • @EdwardM-t8p
      @EdwardM-t8p 4 місяці тому +3

      Exactly!

  • @lovehope423
    @lovehope423 4 місяці тому +15

    Thank God the nolichuckey dam held up🧡🙏 Prayers to ALL affected!

    • @truthserum5310
      @truthserum5310 3 місяці тому

      Thank the engineers and contractor, not your god.

    • @lovehope423
      @lovehope423 3 місяці тому +1

      @@truthserum5310 I'll thank them as well 🧡🙏

  • @jeffbaldwin9842
    @jeffbaldwin9842 4 місяці тому +332

    what kind of idiots park and stand on a bridge that is obviously being compromised? Good footage though.

    • @patrickdunn8918
      @patrickdunn8918 4 місяці тому +1

      Tennessee idiots lol. Trump voters.

    • @michaelangelos5117
      @michaelangelos5117 4 місяці тому +11

      Lots of idiots.
      The kind of idiots who are prevalent in social media today that put priority of the cell phone and the footage you capture on it above any kind of sane logic and life.
      Guaranteed, if the bridge collapsed and he went in the water he would do everything he could to save the cell phone first.

    • @imhorsenaround
      @imhorsenaround 4 місяці тому +2

      Natural selection

    • @trude_in_adelaide
      @trude_in_adelaide 4 місяці тому +1

      Are you calling Nate an idiot 😮😮

    • @Jacaerys1
      @Jacaerys1 4 місяці тому +10

      @@trude_in_adelaidehe was standing on the bridge too… which we do not need him risking his life just for our views/entertainment.

  • @ballardevans8425
    @ballardevans8425 4 місяці тому +16

    I have seen this 2 times in my life 1977 and now. I was 15 yrs old an 62 now . Both times i never thought I needed to be an a bridge in a situation like that.

  • @brens7094
    @brens7094 4 місяці тому +13

    We’re on the Gulf Coast. One of the worse we’ve seen in Tampa Bay since we’ve been here nearly 16 yrs. Prayers for ALL and thank God for those who have survived. Glad y’all are good. Tks for sharing. 💜🙏🏻💜

    • @scottanderson3751
      @scottanderson3751 4 місяці тому

      Be even worse next time,worse after that,worse after that… …be long gone by then but worse after that:notice the issue?

    • @MrQuantom
      @MrQuantom 4 місяці тому +1

      and here comes ANOTHER Hurricanes 🌀 Wednesday 😮😢😮

    • @KassiLyn
      @KassiLyn 4 місяці тому +2

      Unfortunately I'm reading this as cat 5 Milton is slamming Tampa. God be with you

  • @pars5027
    @pars5027 4 місяці тому +217

    What the hell are yall doing on the bridge!

    • @richh650
      @richh650 4 місяці тому +4

      would imagine many were almost in shock at it all....

    • @michellebilodeau3882
      @michellebilodeau3882 4 місяці тому

      No way!

    • @missthang4982
      @missthang4982 4 місяці тому +1

      Right? Clearly they no absolutely nothing about footings. Brutal stupidity in that regard.

  • @Str8tBaked72
    @Str8tBaked72 4 місяці тому +27

    Why would anyone park on that bridge 1:04 I’m a nervous wreck watching lol

    • @Meidas_Lea
      @Meidas_Lea 4 місяці тому +1

      I just thought the same thing ...😅

    • @todydn
      @todydn 3 місяці тому +1

      Yeah you can vidibly see the water is higher further up looks high enough to wash over meaning the bridge has serious drag forces on it damming the water slightly thats generaly the failure point of anything thats not a dam if nit much sooner

    • @tappachaw4067
      @tappachaw4067 3 місяці тому +1

      Unclear on the power of water

    • @jacquelinem6609
      @jacquelinem6609 3 місяці тому +1

      I thought the exact same thing!

  • @lanahundley8625
    @lanahundley8625 4 місяці тому +218

    Why y'all on a bridge that has record high water rushing under it?😮 to many bridges already washed away.
    Stay safe. 😊😊

    • @CaseyMarie11-11
      @CaseyMarie11-11 4 місяці тому +3

      Right!! Way too much confidence in that bridge!!

    • @Martin-l7h
      @Martin-l7h 4 місяці тому +5

      Bridge scour is the removal of streambed material caused by swiftly moving water from around bridge abutments or piers. Scour can become so deep that streambed material is removed from beneath the abutment or pier footings (known as undermining), compromising the integrity and stability of a bridge structure

    • @billybradley1455
      @billybradley1455 4 місяці тому +2

      What YEAR is it..!?

    • @Cokie907
      @Cokie907 4 місяці тому

      @@Martin-l7hCode in East TN (an area prone to massive flooding which necessitated the TVA) requires extra deep pilings for bridge support which minimizes the effects of scour.

    • @ljprep6250
      @ljprep6250 4 місяці тому +1

      I like the guy who was standing in the way of the bridge filming, if it swung before collapsing. People who don't understand any physics principles are downright dangerous, not just IN danger.

  • @thomasjones4570
    @thomasjones4570 4 місяці тому +206

    Yall have no idea the danger you were in on that bridge. Not only because it could have collapsed but because you would have no warning at all of a sudden onrush of oncoming water much higher than what you were seeing.
    With flooding like that, water can rise 2-4 feet in a minute...thats 2-8 feet in just 2 minutes. Enough to trap you on the bridge in 60 seconds and then sweep you away in 60 more.

    • @CaseyMarie11-11
      @CaseyMarie11-11 4 місяці тому +4

      This!!

    • @Martin-l7h
      @Martin-l7h 4 місяці тому +8

      Bridge scour is the removal of streambed material caused by swiftly moving water from around bridge abutments or piers. Scour can become so deep that streambed material is removed from beneath the abutment or pier footings (known as undermining), compromising the integrity and stability of a bridge structure

    • @FireballProductions911
      @FireballProductions911 4 місяці тому +1

      I think this was taken when the water has receded and is continuing to recede I'm not sure but listening to it is what it sounds like

    • @caseyconatser7926
      @caseyconatser7926 4 місяці тому +2

      Yup but that UA-cam fame outweighed the fear. $$ if they hadn't filmed it someone else probably would of. It's a wonder nobody tried to call the cops to go talk to these people. Safety first... No amount of money is worth risking one's life for

    • @billkraemer4710
      @billkraemer4710 4 місяці тому

      Let me guess, you are from the government and you are here to help.

  • @peppernc429
    @peppernc429 4 місяці тому +29

    So glad you are okay!

  • @coltshooter5603
    @coltshooter5603 4 місяці тому +125

    Same folks who stand 5 feet from a bison in Yellowstone taking a selfie

    • @genedejong5513
      @genedejong5513 4 місяці тому +3

      I saw someone once in Yellowstone creeping up on a calf between the cow and bull bison, indian style, I asked the wife if she wanted to stick around to see a goring...

    • @Jpfinn3408
      @Jpfinn3408 4 місяці тому +4

      Exactly. No common sense

    • @Ada-zn3pw
      @Ada-zn3pw 4 місяці тому

      Liberals are the dumbest people on the planet

    • @joannamcpeak7531
      @joannamcpeak7531 3 місяці тому

      Hardly

  • @kathleenmatthews867
    @kathleenmatthews867 4 місяці тому +16

    Been worried for both of you. Nice to see you publish on a Sunday, now I can stop worrying. Hope all the animals fared well also.

  • @carlapierle8623
    @carlapierle8623 4 місяці тому +3

    So glad y'all are okay. This storm was devastating. Sending prayers to all who were affected.

  • @FDDLERSGREEN
    @FDDLERSGREEN 4 місяці тому +4

    I remember in '06 being on a really high bridge with raging flood waters going beneath. Was stuck in traffic on the bridge, and i saw trailers, houses, sheds, buses, and big trees floating on down. Makes you feel very small

  • @MadAnthonyI
    @MadAnthonyI 4 місяці тому +130

    The people on that bridge are the same that would get their whole family out of the car to run up to a Bison or Grizzly cubs at Yellowstone.

    • @bjbutton57
      @bjbutton57 4 місяці тому +11

      Yep I’ve been to Yellowstone and was blown away by utter stupidity.

    • @christinaw9807
      @christinaw9807 4 місяці тому +8

      Ive seen people run up to bear cubs with their momma right there!

    • @WomensTop20
      @WomensTop20 4 місяці тому +5

      Thinning the gene pool.

    • @bodybong
      @bodybong 4 місяці тому

      They are why we have "Do not use inside" on grill instruction manuals

    • @lmarley4730
      @lmarley4730 4 місяці тому +3

      These people are fools to be parked on, or standing on that bridge

  • @t-faith3153
    @t-faith3153 4 місяці тому +14

    💌🙏. Glad you guys are ok. Praying for all

    • @DM-zq8qy
      @DM-zq8qy 4 місяці тому

      No worries. Jesus controls the wind and waves. Right???
      Good people were out helping others on Sunday. Dreamers were busy worshipping the god of the winds.

  • @wrldvw1836
    @wrldvw1836 4 місяці тому +43

    Wow! And people are parked on the bridge. No words…..

    • @lfuentes4098
      @lfuentes4098 4 місяці тому +5

      I have words. GET OFF THAT BRIDGE! 🫣

    • @HeadNtheClouds
      @HeadNtheClouds 4 місяці тому

      😬😬😬😬

    • @Lindajenkinsnewlife7
      @Lindajenkinsnewlife7 4 місяці тому

      🎺✝️REPENT "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the LORD shall be saved" ROMANS 10:13 Amein. 🤍

  • @lela2900
    @lela2900 4 місяці тому +2

    Glad to hear from y’all. Been praying for you & all the animals on your place today & keeping an eye on both of your channels today. Stay safe & thank God you’re all okay!

  • @njs9864
    @njs9864 4 місяці тому +96

    Get off the bridge. You have no idea what's coming.

  • @lindafrank1526
    @lindafrank1526 4 місяці тому +1

    Glad you and Katie are safe. I currently live in Fl and while we had the high winds, we didn’t have the rains that TN and NC received. We’re currently searching for our TN home and am reminded of all the property search videos I watched of you and Katie when you start your journey. I’m hoping it doesn’t take as many!

  • @KingTheseus3
    @KingTheseus3 4 місяці тому +76

    Unless I had a life or death reason to cross that bridge, I would not be on it.

  • @MicDropBBQ
    @MicDropBBQ 4 місяці тому +1

    Heartbreaking to where most of us podcasters aren't talking about it on our channels. Literally makes tears well up in my eyes watching some of these videos. Brave souls out there recording and keeping us all informed. Not all of us could do it and keep our composure.

  • @CM-ey6qy
    @CM-ey6qy 4 місяці тому +131

    Wow, who stands on a bridge like that? So dumb!🙄

    • @trude_in_adelaide
      @trude_in_adelaide 4 місяці тому

      Why watch if you think they are dumb?

    • @Lindajenkinsnewlife7
      @Lindajenkinsnewlife7 4 місяці тому

      🎺✝️REPENT "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the LORD shall be saved" ROMANS 10:13 Amein. 🤍

  • @VladimirBlarp
    @VladimirBlarp 4 місяці тому +18

    It's so sad to think that there's probably bodies in that water, just washing on by, with nobody there to see them.

    • @Yellowrose8
      @Yellowrose8 4 місяці тому

    • @Lindajenkinsnewlife7
      @Lindajenkinsnewlife7 4 місяці тому

      🎺✝️REPENT "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the LORD shall be saved" ROMANS 10:13 Amein. 🤍

  • @paulinenorris4258
    @paulinenorris4258 4 місяці тому +7

    Glad you are ok, hope you didn't get much damage at your place.
    Sending Prayers for the Emergency Crews to have a safe and swift recovery for all those affected.

    • @Lindajenkinsnewlife7
      @Lindajenkinsnewlife7 4 місяці тому

      🎺✝️REPENT "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the LORD shall be saved" ROMANS 10:13 Amein. 🤍

  • @techlady01
    @techlady01 4 місяці тому

    Nate, thanks for your calm reporting of the flooding in your area, pointing out the details of how high the water was. I have found that the "just-the-facts" reports, such as yours, from the flood areas tell me much more than the overhyped media reports that I have seen. Thank you!

  • @KunesRGr8
    @KunesRGr8 4 місяці тому +29

    Hello 👋 Nate and Katie, I believe you’re right Nate, that’s a bear print

    • @Lindajenkinsnewlife7
      @Lindajenkinsnewlife7 4 місяці тому

      🎺✝️REPENT "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the LORD shall be saved" ROMANS 10:13 Amein. 🤍

  • @lrwright8400
    @lrwright8400 4 місяці тому

    It looks like a miracle that the dam held. Stay safe and thanks for posting this.

  • @dawnkrueger9168
    @dawnkrueger9168 4 місяці тому +100

    Get your cars off the bridge! Jezussss

    • @CM-ey6qy
      @CM-ey6qy 4 місяці тому +2

      I don’t think Jesus was on that bridge

    • @donnalayton6876
      @donnalayton6876 4 місяці тому +1

      He'll get yourselves off that bridge.

    • @Lindajenkinsnewlife7
      @Lindajenkinsnewlife7 4 місяці тому

      🎺✝️REPENT "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the LORD shall be saved" ROMANS 10:13 Amein. 🤍

  • @kimberlyearly8918
    @kimberlyearly8918 4 місяці тому

    The power of water is incredible! Glad you guys are safe!

  • @christianwolf68
    @christianwolf68 4 місяці тому +13

    the problem is that insurance companies will increase rates due to this flooding, but this is not just rain flooding from a severe thunderstorm, this is hurricane storm flooding, which is a totally different animal in it's own right. companies and agencies like FEMA need to understand this

    • @luv2luv720
      @luv2luv720 4 місяці тому +5

      They do. They don't care! It's all about the money.

    • @gojobuddy
      @gojobuddy 4 місяці тому +2

      They’ll just tell you, you should have had hurricane insurance as they’re raising your rates.

    • @briansilva4165
      @briansilva4165 4 місяці тому +2

      Yup insurance companies were on that bridge taking inventory. Hey there goes sams roof and isn’t that Mary’s jeep..hmmm.. seems to have some water damage we will have to lower the payout for that. 😂

    • @DM-zq8qy
      @DM-zq8qy 4 місяці тому

      FEMA is just “public insurance” funded by debt on all the future USA citizens through taxes and inflation.
      Stop building next to rivers at the bottom of hills or next to rising oceans. NO-ONE can keep paying for rebuilding in these areas.
      Climate change is REAL. OPEN YOUR EYES PEOPLE!

  • @Boomer04888
    @Boomer04888 4 місяці тому

    What blows my mind the most in these videos is the raw energy in that river. The amount of physical momentum and weight in just a 1" slice of that river is staggering, let alone miles of it. Mother nature has got some crazy muscles.

  • @lanedouglas2165
    @lanedouglas2165 4 місяці тому +6

    Happy to read that all is OK at the Kraemer homestead. I have friends in Hot Springs that had advised me of the high water on the Nolichucky River and French Broad, and I recalled that your property there in Greene County had Nolichucky River frontage.

    • @MRM-Dawn
      @MRM-Dawn Місяць тому

      We just drove through Hot Springs, to go to Greenville, see my in laws, it was so sad to see the town flooded😢

  • @YM-wj2dr
    @YM-wj2dr 4 місяці тому +1

    Great shots of the dam overflow.

  • @kensmith8832
    @kensmith8832 4 місяці тому +12

    I am calling that storm Hell-ene! Upper East TN saw too much damage. There were areas that got 33 inches of rain. Nice bear tracks! The 107 bridge is a great example why you don't stand on a bridge and watch the floodwaters!

    • @pjhoover1
      @pjhoover1 4 місяці тому

      Helene is Greek for Light bearer, Satanic, Lucifer the Light Bearer

  • @tylerbarrett6652
    @tylerbarrett6652 4 місяці тому

    Oh my! I was thinking about you and others in your area - I hope all your hard work has not been effected too badly. Thanks for keeping us posted.

  • @barbarashawley1253
    @barbarashawley1253 4 місяці тому +7

    Glad y’all are safe! Be watchful!

    • @Lindajenkinsnewlife7
      @Lindajenkinsnewlife7 4 місяці тому

      🎺✝️REPENT "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the LORD shall be saved" ROMANS 10:13 Amein. 🤍

  • @BootsandBountyHomestead
    @BootsandBountyHomestead 4 місяці тому +1

    Oh that just makes me sick to my stomach! I'm glad y'all are ok, thanks for sharing! 🙏 From West TN

    • @Lindajenkinsnewlife7
      @Lindajenkinsnewlife7 4 місяці тому

      🎺✝️REPENT "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the LORD shall be saved" ROMANS 10:13 Amein. 🤍

  • @gregmccarter3243
    @gregmccarter3243 4 місяці тому +17

    I cant believe with all the bridges being washed out these people are just standing there on the bridge watching it....WTF

    • @WomensTop20
      @WomensTop20 4 місяці тому +1

      Thinning the gene pool.

    • @Lindajenkinsnewlife7
      @Lindajenkinsnewlife7 4 місяці тому

      🎺✝️REPENT "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the LORD shall be saved" ROMANS 10:13 Amein. 🤍

  • @tylerbarrett6652
    @tylerbarrett6652 4 місяці тому

    I really hope you guys are okay. I saw the upload with footage from the storm... and I didn't know you were right on the Nolichucky River (sp?) - so I'm really eager to see your next upload. I know services... lots of them... are down - and will be down for a while. They are reporting it will be months before service is restored. I can't imagine! My worst storm was Sandy... no power for 29 days - and that was tough enough. I only survived because I had a big 3500 watt inverter and a couple of extra car batteries. I hooked them all up, started the car... the alternators did their thing... and FINALLY I could brew a pot of coffee. I wasn't all that prepared... but you guys seem like you would be better prepared. Just know there are people out here thinking of you... keeping you in our hearts and prayers. God speed!

  • @antoruiz05
    @antoruiz05 4 місяці тому +33

    A guy stands perilously close to a crumbling bridge, the raging water threatening to sweep it away. Instead of moving to safety, he's too busy snapping selfies for Facebook. It’s unbelievable how some people prioritize likes over their own safety!

    • @swl9270
      @swl9270 4 місяці тому

      I live at this bridge and they were on stable ground and not in danger

    • @Lindajenkinsnewlife7
      @Lindajenkinsnewlife7 4 місяці тому

      🎺✝️REPENT "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the LORD shall be saved" ROMANS 10:13 Amein. 🤍

  • @sherryswift1660
    @sherryswift1660 4 місяці тому +1

    So grateful you're ok! ❤

    • @Lindajenkinsnewlife7
      @Lindajenkinsnewlife7 4 місяці тому

      🎺✝️REPENT "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the LORD shall be saved" ROMANS 10:13 Amein. 🤍

  • @vikkimikkola5957
    @vikkimikkola5957 4 місяці тому +21

    Yeah, the bridges break from the edges where the foundation is swept away. Foolhardy to be on a bridge.

  • @lindataylor6512
    @lindataylor6512 4 місяці тому +2

    Prayers for our country and families and friends 💗💗💗💗🙏🙏🙏

    • @Lindajenkinsnewlife7
      @Lindajenkinsnewlife7 4 місяці тому +2

      🎺✝️REPENT "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the LORD shall be saved" ROMANS 10:13 Amein. 🤍

  • @hollyslaughter5505
    @hollyslaughter5505 4 місяці тому +23

    5:00 is dated 2025 😮
    Hopefully not a future prediction

    • @LeTrashPanda
      @LeTrashPanda 4 місяці тому

      Watch out for the superstitious, they are hardly helpful to disaster victims with their hate and judgement. Or they are a bot.

    • @benayahisrael2118
      @benayahisrael2118 4 місяці тому +1

      It’s just a representation on the destruction to come

    • @bocadelcieloplaya3852
      @bocadelcieloplaya3852 4 місяці тому

      @@benayahisrael2118 the 4 Hurricanes of the Apocalypse.

  • @Flowers4Bees.Veggies4Me
    @Flowers4Bees.Veggies4Me 4 місяці тому +1

    Thankful that y’all are okay. Hurricane Helene was horrible. 😢

  • @garykidd4468
    @garykidd4468 4 місяці тому +11

    TDOT spokesperson said the Nolichucky was flowing almost twice Niagra Falls

  • @mz5376
    @mz5376 4 місяці тому

    I’m seeing a lot of people criticizing y’all for being on the bridge. These are your stomping grounds. Keep up the good work and stay safe!!

  • @redline1916
    @redline1916 4 місяці тому +12

    The fact that there are people out there from up northeast making fun of this shit is absolutely disgusting. It seems every time some state or specific zone of the US has life-threatening events occur and lives of men, women and children are needlessly lost, they find it 'funny' simply over political differences. I say it's about high time we just stop trying to coexist around folks like this, let alone much of the northeast, and that's coming from a Canadian stuck in NJ. People up here disgust me.

    • @aloominknottyheadtap900
      @aloominknottyheadtap900 4 місяці тому

      This foolishness exists everywhere. There are people from the South online spewing foolishness about people from WNC.

  • @debbyrogers3722
    @debbyrogers3722 4 місяці тому

    Devastating feeling! Glad you guys are okay thanks for sharing

  • @blackriverjerk7789
    @blackriverjerk7789 4 місяці тому +3

    Look at the speed of that water. The force😞

  • @diannasgardenmenagerie967
    @diannasgardenmenagerie967 4 місяці тому

    So glad you guys are ok🌸🌸🌸

  • @Peppy-Lady
    @Peppy-Lady 4 місяці тому +26

    Please fix your dates. It's not 2025 yet. (Smile)

  • @marciajenkins819
    @marciajenkins819 4 місяці тому

    So glad to see you are safe.

  • @HandiFarmer
    @HandiFarmer 4 місяці тому +15

    Bear print! We had similar damage to your farm in Grainger county, loss of trees and power, but otherwise AOK. Let me know if you find a way we locals can help.

  • @lisarn1961
    @lisarn1961 4 місяці тому

    I'm in upstate SC. We were hit hard with alot of homes destroyed and alot still without power. Thanking God that we are mostly okay. But less than 50 miles from me Lake Lure,, Chimney Rock, on up the mountains into TN entire towns were obliterated. Pray for them. So many lives lost and many still missing.

  • @kellyharbaugh9391
    @kellyharbaugh9391 4 місяці тому +6

    Good grief that is unreal

  • @HiwasseeRiver
    @HiwasseeRiver 4 місяці тому +2

    Wow - Thanks for sharing!

  • @josephastier7421
    @josephastier7421 4 місяці тому +9

    Whoever designed and built that dam knew what they were doing.

  • @coleneritchie5625
    @coleneritchie5625 4 місяці тому

    So sorry for all the loss and damage to my “ home” state. I now live in Michigan, but was born in Tennessee. It will always be “down home” to me. God bless y’all!!

  • @daveshewmake554
    @daveshewmake554 4 місяці тому +11

    WE Need to keep NC & TENNESSEE in FULL PRYWRSI🙏🏻🤲🏻👐🏻🙌🏻

  • @heatherw.2751
    @heatherw.2751 4 місяці тому

    Sending prayer from the NC coast!

  • @marilynmurray3041
    @marilynmurray3041 4 місяці тому +4

    Landslides also could occur when near riverbanks or on land that slopes.

  • @theofficialdiamondlou2418
    @theofficialdiamondlou2418 4 місяці тому

    Wow. I once got 2nd degree sunburns kayaking down the Nulichucky river. Such a beautiful area. Hope y’all were all safe.

  • @reneebunch6007
    @reneebunch6007 4 місяці тому +6

    Nathan it says, 2025 on the video. 😂 That. Ridge that collapsed is where I live. We go over that bridge many times. Greeneville and Greene County got hit hard as did New Port, Erwin, Asheville and all the surrounding areas.

    • @reneebunch6007
      @reneebunch6007 4 місяці тому

      I wondered about you guys knowing how close the Nolichucky is to you. I am so happy you are doing good.

  • @juliesergent6512
    @juliesergent6512 4 місяці тому +2

    Glad you are ok! Been waiting for you to post something!

  • @ritaj.465
    @ritaj.465 4 місяці тому +6

    Have people lost there minds get the heck off that bridge.

  • @trentwatts4913
    @trentwatts4913 3 місяці тому

    In every video I’ve seen, I just can’t get over all the devastation and then just how pretty the sky is.

  • @RoosterCogburn2112
    @RoosterCogburn2112 4 місяці тому +13

    "Where's the bridge, has anybody seen the bridge"

    • @siggc
      @siggc 4 місяці тому +3

      Where’s that confounded bridge

    • @mikemanofleisure
      @mikemanofleisure 4 місяці тому +1

      😂😂😂😂

    • @WomensTop20
      @WomensTop20 4 місяці тому +1

      Time for some Zeppelin now that the song is in my head. 🙂

    • @BabsKaz
      @BabsKaz 4 місяці тому +1

      When the levee breaks...

    • @Rhmadz-s8l
      @Rhmadz-s8l 4 місяці тому

      ⚽THE GOSPEL OF THE WORD OF ALMIGHTY GOD "the last age that Christ brought to purify man with His word"
      (Almighty God, the Ruler of all things, exercises His kingly power from His throne. He rules the universe and all things, and He guides us throughout the world. Everything, from the environment that surrounds us to people, events, and things, exists by the permission of His throne. Praise God in the midst of your sickness and enjoy God in the midst of your sickness and enjoy God in the midst of your praise. Don't lose hope when you get sick keep searching and never give up, and God will shine His light on you. How much faith did Job have? Almighty God is an almighty healer! To dwell in sickness is to be sick, but to dwell in the spirit is to be healed. The resurrected life of Christ is in our will. God's word is truly sweet! God's word is effective medicine! It shames the devils and Satan! His word moves quickly to save our hearts! Faith is like a wooden bridge: Those who hold fast to life will find it difficult to cross, but those who are willing to sacrifice themselves will be able to cross, without falling and without fear. If people harbor timid and fearful thoughts, it is because they have been deceived by Satan, afraid that we will cross the bridge of faith to enter God. We must pray to God every moment that His light shines on us, rely on God every moment to remove Satan's poison from our will, practice in our spirit every moment how to get closer to God, and let the God ofgovernment to our whole being. 🙏)
      Almighty God said
      Almighty God, the Ruler of ALL THINGS, EXERCISES His AUTHORITY as KING from His THRONE. He RULES THE UNIVERSE and ALL THINGS, and He GUIDES us THROUGHOUT THE EARTH. We draw close to Him every moment, and face Him quietly, never wasting a moment, and we have lessons to learn all the time. 🙏
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      It is in our WILL that we LIVE again -- the LIFE of CHRIST. It cannot be denied that our faith in the presence of God is lacking: May GOD grant us the WILL of TRUE FAITH in our WILL. GOD'S WORD IS TRULY SWEET! GOD'S WORD IS EFFECTIVE MEDICINE! 🙏💐
      It SHAMES the DEVIL and SATAN! UNDERSTANDING GOD'S WORD GIVES US SUPPORT. His WORD WORKS FAST to SAVE our HEARTS! 🙏🌷
      It REMOVES ALL THINGS and pacifies EVERYTHING. FAITH is like a wooden BRIDGE: Those who CLING TOO TIGHTLY to LIFE will find it DIFFICULT to CROSS it, BUT those who are WILLING to SACRIFICE themselves CAN CROSS, without FALLING and without FEAR. 🙏🌹
      If MAN harbors SHY and FEARFUL THOUGHTS, it is because SATAN HAS DECEIVED THEM, FEARING THAT WE WILL CROSS THE BRIDGE OF FAITH to ENTER GOD. SATAN TRIES EVERY POSSIBLE way to SEND us these ideas. 😪
      We must PRAY to GOD at every moment that His LIGHT SHINES us, HOPE on GOD at every moment to REMOVE SATAN'S POISON from our WILL, WORK with our SPIRIT at every MOMENT HOW TO BE CLOSE TO GOD, LET GOD HAVE authority toour whole PERSON. 🌹🙏
      From The WORD, Vol. 1. The Manifestation and Work of God. Utterances of Christ at the Beginning Chapter 6
      Fulfillment of (John 1:1) and (Ezekiel 2:9-10), (Revelation 18:9,13)
      The Savior has returned and He or Christ has fulfilled His building of the kingdom/church on top of the rock or standing in the worthy holy place in the air/UA-cam! When He came He fulfilled what was prophesied in the book of Revelation and from there it is recorded that He changed a new name and the name of His city from ("THE CHURCH OF ALMIGHTY GOD" 💐) "The Epistle to the church of Philadelphia" "The one who overcomes is I will make a pillar totemple of my God, and he shall not be removed from it forever. I will engrave on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem that will come down out of heaven from my God. I will also engrave him with my new name. (Revelation 3:12). ... "The Reign of the Prince of Peace" "For a baby boy is born and he will rule over us. He is the wonderful counselor, the Almighty God, the eternal Father, the Prince of peace." (Isaiah 9:6). ... "For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their SHEPHERD. He will lead them to springs of life-giving water; and God will wipe away the tears from their eyes." (Revelation 7:17).
      "They said together, "Salvation comes from the Lamb, and from our God who sits on the throne!" (Revelation 7:10). ... So God's sheep and the right people He created have come to His holy city the New Jerusalem that will only last on earth for 1,000 years "THE CHURCH OF ALMIGHTY GOD"💐
      .

  • @richardthomas5362
    @richardthomas5362 3 місяці тому

    I am glad we have the bridge collapse caught by the guy further away. We can see the whole thing with context. The guy who was closer would most likely have a closeup of some parts collapsing, but it would be to zoomed in for context.

  • @scottb4579
    @scottb4579 4 місяці тому +4

    According to the timestamp, the 107 bridge will be destroyed 1 year from now. We have plenty of time to get ready.

  • @junecoulthard8942
    @junecoulthard8942 4 місяці тому

    🇨🇦 WoW 😮 107 Bridge, gone, just like that! 😭😭 People are dang lucky that Bridge held up. Thankyou for the Video, sending prayers to all of you wonderful People 🙏🏼

    • @Lindajenkinsnewlife7
      @Lindajenkinsnewlife7 4 місяці тому

      🎺✝️REPENT "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the LORD shall be saved" ROMANS 10:13 Amein. 🤍

    • @junecoulthard8942
      @junecoulthard8942 4 місяці тому

      @@Lindajenkinsnewlife7 go blow your horn 🎷 😤

  • @carolkimbell5174
    @carolkimbell5174 4 місяці тому +7

    WOW WOW WOW!!

  • @emilasmith4279
    @emilasmith4279 4 місяці тому

    Great video! Can’t believe they let folks stand on the bridge as the water rose. Wowie!

  • @jasonlawrence4617
    @jasonlawrence4617 4 місяці тому +7

    and the people park on the bridge.

  • @robinwhitlatch4497
    @robinwhitlatch4497 4 місяці тому

    Glad to hear from you two. Hope the farm came through Helene ok. The height of the water at your property edge is incredible, 40’, glad it is receding. Yep, that is a big adult bear paws tracks.

  • @tooge47
    @tooge47 4 місяці тому +3

    NOW do you realize just how IMPORTANT land line phone service is ?

    • @brody8838
      @brody8838 4 місяці тому

      Seriously? God almighty, you must be a liberal! Lines would have been destroyed just like the electrical grid.

    • @1015SaturdayNight
      @1015SaturdayNight 3 місяці тому

      Actually land lines were out too.

  • @josephastier7421
    @josephastier7421 4 місяці тому +1

    You are very brave to record from the bridge itself. I would have been on shore!

    • @francesw.6774
      @francesw.6774 4 місяці тому +1

      I don't think I'd use the word "brave" to describe them.

  • @camicri4263
    @camicri4263 4 місяці тому +3

    Wow! God help us! So happy youguys are ok! Blessings!

  • @AdroitHomestead
    @AdroitHomestead 4 місяці тому

    Glad you guys are ok!!

  • @audiotomb
    @audiotomb 4 місяці тому +3

    Sasquatch print at 4:22

  • @brendasnow8255
    @brendasnow8255 4 місяці тому

    This is ten miles from my house. I’m very familiar with this entire affected area, one of the most beautiful spots in the country.

  • @paulvirginia8788
    @paulvirginia8788 4 місяці тому +4

    Would not be on that bridge. The footings were not designed for that volume and speed.

  • @49nfs
    @49nfs 4 місяці тому

    Thankful you are ok. The lord was merciful unto you. Praying those who have lost loved ones in this storm and those who have lost homes and property. Thanks for the update.

    • @Lindajenkinsnewlife7
      @Lindajenkinsnewlife7 4 місяці тому

      🤍.
      We saints pray! AMEIN. ✝️🤍🕊🙏.
      🎺If you are NOT SAVED..🎺✝️REPENT "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the LORD shall be saved" ROMANS 10:13 Amein. ❤️😊

    • @Lindajenkinsnewlife7
      @Lindajenkinsnewlife7 4 місяці тому

      We saints also stay REPENTANT!MARANATHA 🤍🕊🙏

  • @tikaanderson8186
    @tikaanderson8186 4 місяці тому +5

    Most definitely a bear print, stay safe

  • @grendel.6.531
    @grendel.6.531 4 місяці тому

    I have traveled from Nebraska to North Carolina so many times I cannot remember the exact count. Always taking the East Tennessee route to 40 through the mountains and Asheville. I’m watching all these beautiful bridges and communities get destroyed. So sad. I used to take my Porsche through the odd little mountain roads and always would meet someone who wanted to race through the mountains on a sunny day. Like living a dream, only now most of those places are gone. 😢