Heys guys. Never expected any of these videos to blow up like they did. Didnt even know the extent of it until I got to my buddies house again this morning. People are asking how they can help and many people have asked for my own personal Venmo to send money. I don’t want a dollar from anyone. If you have money to send please find a go fund me or something similar that really touches your heart and help those people. I can’t bring it upon myself to only post one when there are so so many out there. We still have everything we went into the flood with, our house was on the hill. Help the people who lost everything. will make another update video soon as I see now there’s a lot of people who want to see it. We got an update and believe we were wrong about the neighbors animals. We were told at first none of them made it by a guy who was helping the guy clean up. It didn’t make sense to us because we never saw not one ever try to get to higher ground away from the water. We were told yesterday though that he was up before the sun and loaded them all up and took them to a buddies house where they are all safe. I am forever sorry for getting that part wrong. I can’t reply to all these comments but we all appreciate the kind words more than you can imagine. I understand that one day it will all be cleaned up and back to “normal” as it can be, but it hit me like a ton of bricks when I actually realized where I was standing in that one video and knowing what it was supposed to look like in my head just tore me apart.
Thankyou for documenting what you saw from your perspective and putting it out. People like you are raising awareness and forcing the mainstream news to report on it which will martial prayers and support to your area.
VERY IMPORTANT UPDATE: Whatever you do READ every letter of those FEMA contracts they are requiring people to sign in order to get the whooping $750.00. A FEMA Inspector turned whistleblower just came out and stated the contracts FEMA is making people sign is actually a LOAN not Aid, If they dont pay that money back in 12 months the government can seize their property. Im a Geologist from PA now living in Arizona, your area has some of the biggest Lithium deposits in the country. This sure smells like a land grab, dont abandon your land or they can file emanant domain resulting in the same. Ive been praying for you all and will continue to do so!! Trust in God, hes the only one who can save us!
A victim in Houston said on another YT site that the $750. was just the beginning with FEMA helping people get housing, food and continued to even help with jobs as well for weeks if not months.
I love this State. I would have never thought something like this would happen in WNC. The peidmont adores this part of our state and we are heartbroken to see this happen to yall. To the mentally ill people in the comments, please focus on your own needs instead of distracting efforts in NC.
I live in Jonesborough and my sister in Erwin. Her next door neighbor was swept away leaving his wife and teen son. Our hearts are breaking for all the lives that have been changed forever. I can hear in your voice your love for these hills and the river. May God restore lives and fortunes, and may we again see the Nolichucky calm, steady, and life-giving, the way it was before ❤ Thank you, brother.
The landscape will never be the same. So many will never be found.😢 Many will never be able to afford to build back. I'm sure a large majority have zero flood insurance. Praying for comfort & peace to all who lost everything & for those who are experiencing the loss of friends & family.
No it makes some sense, what other people where saying about documenting everything. That the flooding might be programmed, to make people leave the area.
@@DailyLiving4212 Do you understand the ammount of energy that is needed to control something like a hurricane? Hurricane produce around the same amount of energy as a 10-megaton nuclear bomb every 10 minutes. This means you would need more energy than that to be able to control it. This amount of power is not something that we have the ability to control in any sense or be able to even produce without catastrophic weapons. People need to stop with the conspiracy theories.
God is attacking the USA because they never renounced their sin. Wild fires tornadoes hurricane floods unnamed coming . His Son is not coming to hand out flowers and candy ,He is no hippy
This is the most compelling video on YT right now and I've seen many! I'm in Orlando but had a condo in Seven Devils by Boone and used to white water raft the Nolichucky. Thanks for sharing.
Never ezpected the Nolichucky River to get like this. I live near the dam in Greene county TN, and my wife and I went to look at the flow over that dam around 3pm Friday, when the flow was ~300K gallons/sec, which is normally pretty outrageous. We had no idea that during the night, that the amount of water flow had swelled to ~1.3 MILLION gallons/second, which is nearly twice of Niagara Falls. They said the dam was in imminent risk of failure, but it held. This event is a once in a lifetime event, and I pray for the people affected by it. Thank you for your documenting it.
Watched from over on the other side of the Atlantic from you. SW Cornwall in the United Kingdom. I didn't realise just how beautiful this entire area was before this massive flooding event. What a shame. My heart goes out to everyone affected. Prayers are with you all. By far some of the best coverage I've seen so far. Just a good honest factual video with no screaming and hollering. Just saying it like it is. Subscribed and liked.
@@annehedonia156 It is. I'm happy my parents dragged us over a lot of the country in a camper when we were kids. The first place they took us was down Skyline Drive. I think that's part of The Appalachia Trail. Maybe I'm wrong.
I was told one foot of rain in 12 hours -nothing can resist to that. Such a beautiful Appalachia country. Thoughts and prayers from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
@jack: I heard 24" for a total? 12" here will get everyone inconvenienced. The downward force was incredible, but not surprising! I watch a lot of other events like this . They all look the same, just the body counts and the amount of water change. Hugs brother
It's the cumulative amount. Years ago lived in an area with 4 inches of rainfall. In one area flooding depth was above 12 inches. Downstream a mile some yards beyond the creek were 4-6 feet deep during the flash flood.
I just looked on Google street view and where you were standing at Beals Flats rd the river should be over 800ft away. It's sad to see all the devastation. Keep safe.
FYI to people who maybe never dealt with flooding before. You think you can take your boat out in that and be ok as long as you avoid obstructions. Nope. One of the biggest issues is all that fine silt suspended in the water. Sooner or later it will clog up your intakes and your engine will burn out. Then you become just another bit of debris at the mercy of the currents.
Thanks for that smart notion, I wouldn't have ever thought of that, so then a craft with an electric toller and maybe a generator to keep the battery up would be the best idea. Sure it's slow but no intakes to care about.
I realized watching this I've never heard someone say "Here comes a shed" lol Prayers for everyone who is going through this disaster. I'm in Ashe county NC and folks have banded together to help each other out as much as they can. The only thing good from this is learning we are surrounded by loving, caring helpful folks when things get bad here in the mountains.
I love the fact that you all were born there, raised there and will go when God calls you home. I love your knowledge of the area and the fine people who live there. Love from Ca.
Wow I feel like this is one of the best videos to explain what y'all went through... not knowing so much more water was to come💔 how very scary! Godspeed! 🙏🏼
Thanks for sharing. I live in Johnson City, but I spent much of my adolescence down by the river. Hunting, fishing, tubing...getting into trouble. Typically, I still get down there as much as possible. I'm still in shock and just deeply saddened. That little part of the world we know and love has been changed forever. Great work documenting for the world. Thank you.
I'm heartbroken seeing this. I can't imagine losing all my favorite fishing spots. I pray that the fish recover quickly for y'all. Along with pretty much everything else. Stay strong brother.
So sorry you all are going through this. And yes, in VT with Irene in 2011 rivers and streams totally rerouted some pretty much empty now except if a flood again and new ones carved out. Some of the dams may not need to be replaced due to that and I'm told they should have been removed decades ago. The US has so many dams like this that are dangerous and really serve no purpose anymore.
yeah it's actually kinda crazy when you realize how many dams we built in this country on seemingly every single river that wasn't wide enough to ship cargo up and down. So, so many people live on or near a river that is dammed, and probably don't even realize it because the dams could be hundreds and hundreds of miles north of them, in a totally different state. And if that one damn 250 miles north fails, all that water is gonna flood the entire river valley all the way down to the ocean or lake.
@@muscleman125 that happened in mid-Michigan a few years back when 2 dams failed and caused flooding of the Titabawassee River, destroying a lot of Sanford, MI and forcing the evacuation of most of Midland. A young man was able to document most of it happening as well as the aftermath and rebuilding process.
I've researched a lot of times where prosperous Indigenous (aka Black or Negro) communities were intentionally flooded over. Lake Lanier comes to mind, and even a spot here in Baltimore area I think called Loch Raven.
@@Derek_Yasharal yes, it’s true. Despicable. One in Pacific NW was just dynamited and salmon can again migrate. They have been working hard to remove those useless dams. Amazing how many there are in the US. Tens of thousands. I visited Loch Raven park once and the dark energy was palpable. Now I understand why. We had to leave within an hour it was so uncomfortable. We inadvertently stayed at a property built on a Native American burial ground once and had those same vibes. Thanks, Derek for putting that info out there.
We have ignored our infrastructure for so many decades together with warnings about climate change and worsening weather patterns. This was bound to happen. So sad.
I heard they had three dams full of water that they released when Helene arrived, which is what caused such tremendous damage. They shouldve been releasing the water in the weeks prior.
😢🙏🙏🏻🙏 So sorry. May God bless, help, and provide for you all. Such a frightening experience, and the trauma of how to put lives back together again. ❤❤❤
This river reminds me of our local beast, the Cheat river of West Virginia, it flooded so bad in 1985 it wiped away every town along the river for hundreds of miles, our local grocery store still has a mural of the 85 flood painted all the way around the inside of the building, cows got stuck in the rafters under a 50 foot tall bridge from the water flow. Devastation
As a kayaker I've paddled the Cheat Canyon both before and after the 85 flood. I still remember the gas station on the river right downstream side of the bridge there. The flood carried it away like it was nothing. Much of WV got hit hard by that flood but I think the Cheat system got the worst of it.
From WC, Good Video It’s Hard to imagine how much devastation there is! Just a little suggestion when you put up some info please leave it up longer as I for one was not able to read it all before it disappeared! Thanks!
Watching these videos from the Pocono mountains of PA. I grew up in SC and visited the mountains of NC many, many times. My heart absolutely breaks for everyone affected my those floods. I can't even imagine something like that happening here.
I don’t think anyone living now will look at these rivers and streams the same again….the danger will stay in our minds for a long time..and probably should.
It's the unfortunate part of living in areas that flash flood and normally don't see a lot of rain. I lived briefly in Virginia and I saw people building in spots I knew would flood if they saw a good rain in the early 2000s. Here it often floods and we see 30 plus inches of rain in a couple days but since it's all sand and mostly flat there's no flash flood risk. This is heart breaking. We lived through Harvey in the worst rain affected area but this is worse and half as much rain.
Recommend that everyone get at least a few roadmaps and keep them available, too many people have become completely dependent on cellular service these days and have lost the ability to even use a roadmap. If you’re not familiar with the area you happen be in when shtf having a road map like Rand Mcinally which covers states could help you, and even a compass to orient the map with magnetic north when it’s dark or overcast, cloudy and you don’t know which way is north, south east or west. A lot of people have never done this but just a little time with a compass and a map will get you knowing which way to go. For all the locals that grew up and know where they are and which way is best , that’s even better. I have actually done this working in Fresno the first time before cellphones and it was so foggy you couldn’t even see the sun, there were no shadows. Take care.
What I should have clarified was that when all the cell sites are down, no matter where you are if you are not familiar with the area a regular map can give you some information on possible ways around or back, better yet is to talk to the locals on what is best. I’m near Ft. Bragg and the outer bands were going over us with tornado warnings but it was not anything like what hit the hills. At this time of year I am always scanning for the latest disturbance in the Caribbean and Atlantic. Hope the best for all those that have been affected and pray for those that are going through this tough time. The government needs to get their heads out of their rears and apply maximum effort, I know help is there and coming but it seems nothing has changed much since Katrina.
@@JW007100 I know you meant well, but we're all kind of touchy right now ~ it is UNBELIEVABLE how many bridges are simply gone, not even to mention the roads and highways that are gone. Your advice is very good, thank you. Never too late to start preparing!
im just over in johnson city man.. anywhere near a major watershed got smashed up. itll be years until we get back to anywhere near normal from this one. stay safe man
I'm from Erwin but I moved out of state last year and missed all this. I can't believe the stuff I've seen going on sad to see the people so devastated. Seeing I26 bridges broken was crazy, I remember back when they completed I26 and the first time I drove up it just days after.... Gonna take along time to put the area back together.
Don't break mines all these sundown towns with the history of lynching Israelite's aka the American negro's so-called labeled black people 😡😡 or so-called labeled African Americans going down 👇👎 it's to late y'all wanna keep using ya' little small towns racist peice of 💩 cops to murder us have at it the most high God Yahawah of the Bible and the Israelite's aka the American negro's going to keep kicking yi redneck @$$😡
This just absolutely breaks my heart to see anybody in this kind of situation god bless you and everyone effected by this storm seeing so many places I’ve passed through under water and all the devastation I hope you and your family are alright god bless ❤🙏🏻
It flooded kinda bad back in 2000 there when I was in highschool, maybe it was 2001 people along the river lost their mobile homes especially... I'm from Erwin.
If you would’ve told me that river was going too get that high last week I would’ve called you a liar and told you you were crazy. I would’ve been wrong.
Horrendous raging flood waters. I live in Wisconsin and I follow some AT thru hikers on UA-cam, so I'm familiar with the mountain towns that are so devastated. I'm also familiar with Nolichucky from the hiker videos. So tragic to see all the destruction. Thank you for the video. Prayers for all affected.
great footage and reporting! I would share on whatever platform you use in short-clips form the highlights and the fact that so many animals were displaced as well. I don't think the rest of the country understands how fast this all happened.
Just a little reminder to those that don't understand Mother Nature. She don't care about your feelings and she do what she needs to do to get her soul back to where it's supposed to be. Not what humans assume?
East Tennessee is beautiful and you never run out of places to explore. But man, it rains a crapload. The only time it doesn't rain is when it's hot as heck! Just think of what this place was like before the TVA.
I am on a Florida coast. We get storms all the time, but never raging flash floods. Bless you folks and I am praying for you, besides the material and monetary aid we are sending you. No one else cares about us...certainly not washington.
A local Class 4 river I kayaked for many years had a family of ducks on it decades ago that I called the whitewater ducks. They would fly down to the river at the start of the rapids and when they got to the first long pool they'd just fly back up and "run" the rapids again. If they didn't like a big hole or wave coming at them they'd just fly over it or dive under it. Made me wish I was a duck because I knew just how clumsy and unaclimated I must look to them in a kayak. I witnessed those ducks "running" the river at levels that would make me say no way.
Sad women won't breast feed then when this stuff happens they put their baby in serious danger because they don't feed him/her the way God designed a momma to do.
@@PatrickBaptistnot all women are able to breastfeed. Some do not produce enough milk and some have other health issues that may prevent them from breastfeeding.
Yeah, I think people forget that stress and lack of proper nutrition in a crisis situation make it really difficult for women to breastfeed. Also, some babies refuse to latch on and it’s not the mom’s fault or for lack of trying-another thing that some people refuse to recognize, particularly men. Luckily, it’s not all or most men/people, otherwise we’d be more screwed than we are. Formula is a great resource, especially in a time like this. Babies are in the most danger, overall, largely due to actions and situations that result from misinformation. There are too many people with minimal knowledge about how the female body works, making judgements and assumptions about women/what they choose to do or not do with their bodies. And it’s bloody weird to try to shame women who are trying to care for their children and literally just survive during an event of vast devastation.
Exactly 66 years ago, another Hurricane Helene rocked the Carolinas... Hurricane Helene (1958) is one of the notable hurricanes that originated from the Yucatán Peninsula and intensified into a hurricane. Storms forming directly over land in the Yucatán Peninsula itself are relatively rare, as most tropical cyclones typically develop over warm ocean waters. However, some storms that pass over the Yucatán Peninsula from the Caribbean or develop in the Gulf of Mexico do strengthen into hurricanes after forming or moving through the region. uh huh uh huh
I am originally from Florida and sure I`m use to hurricanes hitting us there but i just live right next door in Hawkins and my sister lives in Greene county and we never expected this either. This is defiantly a once in a 1,000 year storm.
Believe me I knew it was the worst thing I hope I ever seen when I saw it but it had put into more perspective about just how bad it was after reading all the comments and seeing several people from Florida say they have never seen anything this bad before
If u think water 💧 is powerful, u should study and see how powerful winds is. But God favorite force is fire 🔥 asteroid impact is also more powerful then the entire ocean. Don't forget, earthquakes is the strongest 💪 disaster on earth.
Just goes to show you how easily the canyons can form so quickly in places where they thought at first it took thousands of years. Enough water can literally move mountains and form new. It’s just so very rare to actually witness it happening in real time. It is just so sad to see all these beautiful places,ppls dreams and lives washed away. Praying for all
Heys guys. Never expected any of these videos to blow up like they did. Didnt even know the extent of it until I got to my buddies house again this morning. People are asking how they can help and many people have asked for my own personal Venmo to send money. I don’t want a dollar from anyone. If you have money to send please find a go fund me or something similar that really touches your heart and help those people. I can’t bring it upon myself to only post one when there are so so many out there. We still have everything we went into the flood with, our house was on the hill. Help the people who lost everything. will make another update video soon as I see now there’s a lot of people who want to see it. We got an update and believe we were wrong about the neighbors animals. We were told at first none of them made it by a guy who was helping the guy clean up. It didn’t make sense to us because we never saw not one ever try to get to higher ground away from the water. We were told yesterday though that he was up before the sun and loaded them all up and took them to a buddies house where they are all safe. I am forever sorry for getting that part wrong. I can’t reply to all these comments but we all appreciate the kind words more than you can imagine. I understand that one day it will all be cleaned up and back to “normal” as it can be, but it hit me like a ton of bricks when I actually realized where I was standing in that one video and knowing what it was supposed to look like in my head just tore me apart.
Thankyou for documenting what you saw from your perspective and putting it out. People like you are raising awareness and forcing the mainstream news to report on it which will martial prayers and support to your area.
VERY IMPORTANT UPDATE: Whatever you do READ every letter of those FEMA contracts they are requiring people to sign in order to get the whooping $750.00. A FEMA Inspector turned whistleblower just came out and stated the contracts FEMA is making people sign is actually a LOAN not Aid, If they dont pay that money back in 12 months the government can seize their property. Im a Geologist from PA now living in Arizona, your area has some of the biggest Lithium deposits in the country. This sure smells like a land grab, dont abandon your land or they can file emanant domain resulting in the same. Ive been praying for you all and will continue to do so!! Trust in God, hes the only one who can save us!
@@paleogeology9554Can you please show your proof of all of this. people need to know the truth.
A victim in Houston said on another YT site that the $750. was just the beginning with FEMA helping people get housing, food and continued to even help with jobs as well for weeks if not months.
I love this State. I would have never thought something like this would happen in WNC. The peidmont adores this part of our state and we are heartbroken to see this happen to yall.
To the mentally ill people in the comments, please focus on your own needs instead of distracting efforts in NC.
I live in Jonesborough and my sister in Erwin. Her next door neighbor was swept away leaving his wife and teen son. Our hearts are breaking for all the lives that have been changed forever. I can hear in your voice your love for these hills and the river. May God restore lives and fortunes, and may we again see the Nolichucky calm, steady, and life-giving, the way it was before ❤ Thank you, brother.
Praying for y’all
The landscape will never be the same. So many will never be found.😢 Many will never be able to afford to build back. I'm sure a large majority have zero flood insurance. Praying for comfort & peace to all who lost everything & for those who are experiencing the loss of friends & family.
God please help them 🙏🙏❤️
No it makes some sense, what other people where saying about documenting everything. That the flooding might be programmed, to make people leave the area.
Bingo!@@DailyLiving4212
@@DailyLiving4212 Do you understand the ammount of energy that is needed to control something like a hurricane? Hurricane produce around the same amount of energy as a 10-megaton nuclear bomb every 10 minutes. This means you would need more energy than that to be able to control it. This amount of power is not something that we have the ability to control in any sense or be able to even produce without catastrophic weapons.
People need to stop with the conspiracy theories.
People who live in a flood plane are forced by the state to carry flood insurance at the very least.
You are a fine young man. Thank you for sharing. So very sorry the loss of people, animals and homes.
Thanks for taking the time to document this. Prayers for the survivors and victims of this great tragedy.
God is attacking the USA because they never renounced their sin. Wild fires tornadoes hurricane floods unnamed coming . His Son is not coming to hand out flowers and candy ,He is no hippy
This is the most compelling video on YT right now and I've seen many! I'm in Orlando but had a condo in Seven Devils by Boone and used to white water raft the Nolichucky. Thanks for sharing.
Never ezpected the Nolichucky River to get like this. I live near the dam in Greene county TN, and my wife and I went to look at the flow over that dam around 3pm Friday, when the flow was ~300K gallons/sec, which is normally pretty outrageous. We had no idea that during the night, that the amount of water flow had swelled to ~1.3 MILLION gallons/second, which is nearly twice of Niagara Falls. They said the dam was in imminent risk of failure, but it held.
This event is a once in a lifetime event, and I pray for the people affected by it. Thank you for your documenting it.
Forever thankful the Greenville dam held up. Was already awful, but can only imagine what would have happened if it failed
God bless the TVA!!!
Watched from over on the other side of the Atlantic from you. SW Cornwall in the United Kingdom. I didn't realise just how beautiful this entire area was before this massive flooding event. What a shame. My heart goes out to everyone affected. Prayers are with you all. By far some of the best coverage I've seen so far. Just a good honest factual video with no screaming and hollering. Just saying it like it is. Subscribed and liked.
It's one of the most beautiful areas in our entire country. 😢
6054 thank you for the prayers I am on m.c about 4 hrs away this is so heart breaking thanks for prayers my heart ask God to give them strength
@@annehedonia156 It is. I'm happy my parents dragged us over a lot of the country in a camper when we were kids. The first place they took us was down Skyline Drive. I think that's part of The Appalachia Trail. Maybe I'm wrong.
Thank you for taking the time to make and share this video.
I was told one foot of rain in 12 hours -nothing can resist to that. Such a beautiful Appalachia country. Thoughts and prayers from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
They had 4 to 6 in befor the hurricain ever hit....
@jack: I heard 24" for a total? 12" here will get everyone inconvenienced. The downward force was incredible, but not surprising! I watch a lot of other events like this . They all look the same, just the body counts and the amount of water change. Hugs brother
In some places of nc they got around 32 inches
It's over 30 In 12 hours, that's 3 feet of rain, there have been elevation changes here in certain areas of WNC from the flooding and landslides.
It's the cumulative amount. Years ago lived in an area with 4 inches of rainfall. In one area flooding depth was above 12 inches. Downstream a mile some yards beyond the creek were 4-6 feet deep during the flash flood.
"Them ain't wild dux." So many good country folks out there. Praying for all of you.
I just looked on Google street view and where you were standing at Beals Flats rd the river should be over 800ft away. It's sad to see all the devastation. Keep safe.
Thanks for that perspective for those not familiar with the area. I used to do business with a company in Newport. This devastation is troubling.
FYI to people who maybe never dealt with flooding before. You think you can take your boat out in that and be ok as long as you avoid obstructions. Nope. One of the biggest issues is all that fine silt suspended in the water. Sooner or later it will clog up your intakes and your engine will burn out. Then you become just another bit of debris at the mercy of the currents.
Unless you have a mud motor
Thanks for that smart notion, I wouldn't have ever thought of that, so then a craft with an electric toller and maybe a generator to keep the battery up would be the best idea. Sure it's slow but no intakes to care about.
@@Basscater81 id not want to be the guy that tested this theory... Been on boats all my life to much debri for a prop..
I’m not sure some folks will ever be found. They will just have to declare them deceased. Yet Closure is so important and needed.
This is truly heartbreaking!! So sorry you have lost a place which brings back wonderful childhood memories.God Bless
Your SkyCunt god did it. StupidFckMuch?
Best video of the up to date difference in the water level! It’s absolutely amazing!
Offering shelter to people. Speechless. God bless.
That's insane. No words to describe it.
I realized watching this I've never heard someone say "Here comes a shed" lol
Prayers for everyone who is going through this disaster. I'm in Ashe county NC and folks have banded together to help each other out as much as they can. The only thing good from this is learning we are surrounded by loving, caring helpful folks when things get bad here in the mountains.
I love the fact that you all were born there, raised there and will go when God calls you home. I love your knowledge of the area and the fine people who live there. Love from Ca.
Beautiful, beautiful country. I can't help but notice. What a beautiful place.
Wow I feel like this is one of the best videos to explain what y'all went through... not knowing so much more water was to come💔 how very scary! Godspeed! 🙏🏼
Thanks for sharing. I live in Johnson City, but I spent much of my adolescence down by the river. Hunting, fishing, tubing...getting into trouble. Typically, I still get down there as much as possible. I'm still in shock and just deeply saddened. That little part of the world we know and love has been changed forever. Great work documenting for the world. Thank you.
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This is so tragic and horrific I am truly saddened by the devastation and loss of life!!Much love from 🇵🇷 Via Bushwick Brooklyn!🙏
I'm heartbroken seeing this. I can't imagine losing all my favorite fishing spots. I pray that the fish recover quickly for y'all. Along with pretty much everything else. Stay strong brother.
God Bless y'all man from Missouri
This is so heart wrenching 💔 I'm so sorry ya'll have to go through this. Prayers for you all!!
So sorry you all are going through this. And yes, in VT with Irene in 2011 rivers and streams totally rerouted some pretty much empty now except if a flood again and new ones carved out. Some of the dams may not need to be replaced due to that and I'm told they should have been removed decades ago. The US has so many dams like this that are dangerous and really serve no purpose anymore.
yeah it's actually kinda crazy when you realize how many dams we built in this country on seemingly every single river that wasn't wide enough to ship cargo up and down.
So, so many people live on or near a river that is dammed, and probably don't even realize it because the dams could be hundreds and hundreds of miles north of them, in a totally different state. And if that one damn 250 miles north fails, all that water is gonna flood the entire river valley all the way down to the ocean or lake.
@@muscleman125 that happened in mid-Michigan a few years back when 2 dams failed and caused flooding of the Titabawassee River, destroying a lot of Sanford, MI and forcing the evacuation of most of Midland. A young man was able to document most of it happening as well as the aftermath and rebuilding process.
I've researched a lot of times where prosperous Indigenous (aka Black or Negro) communities were intentionally flooded over. Lake Lanier comes to mind, and even a spot here in Baltimore area I think called Loch Raven.
@@Derek_Yasharal yes, it’s true. Despicable. One in Pacific NW was just dynamited and salmon can again migrate. They have been working hard to remove those useless dams. Amazing how many there are in the US. Tens of thousands. I visited Loch Raven park once and the dark energy was palpable. Now I understand why. We had to leave within an hour it was so uncomfortable. We inadvertently stayed at a property built on a Native American burial ground once and had those same vibes. Thanks, Derek for putting that info out there.
We have ignored our infrastructure for so many decades together with warnings about climate change
and worsening weather patterns. This was bound to happen. So sad.
Watching from Colorado. I am truly sorry you are going through this. Be safe.
Amazing documentation. What a beautiful place. Cheers from England!
My heart goes out to you all. I pray for your healing. 🇮🇪🙏🏻
That last image is absolute insanity. May the best of fortunes follow these communities for the rest of their days.
Thanks for the coverage. Pretty amazing stuff. Surprised to see no kayak hotdogs out there... 😆
Best wishes to those who have lost so much there.
I heard they had three dams full of water that they released when Helene arrived, which is what caused such tremendous damage. They shouldve been releasing the water in the weeks prior.
OMG…! (I survived hurricanes, BUT…even after I lost my house…it was NOTHING like THIS; GOD BLESS…. 🥰‼️🙏
😢🙏🙏🏻🙏 So sorry. May God bless, help, and provide for you all. Such a frightening experience, and the trauma of how to put lives back together again. ❤❤❤
You’re so sweet to people. I love it.
I’m from those mountains in North Carolina. Moved up north with the VA in Kentucky! I wish I could be back down South to Help! God bless y’all!!
I lived in Vilas, NC in 2004...so this really hits home.
I hope everyone can make it through this terrible time!
This river reminds me of our local beast, the Cheat river of West Virginia, it flooded so bad in 1985 it wiped away every town along the river for hundreds of miles, our local grocery store still has a mural of the 85 flood painted all the way around the inside of the building, cows got stuck in the rafters under a 50 foot tall bridge from the water flow. Devastation
As a kayaker I've paddled the Cheat Canyon both before and after the 85 flood. I still remember the gas station on the river right downstream side of the bridge there. The flood carried it away like it was nothing. Much of WV got hit hard by that flood but I think the Cheat system got the worst of it.
Fantastic documentation. Thank you for capturing this footage and connecting with your community. Absolutely devastating, stay safe and stay helpful 🙏
solid documenting, super eerie with the blue skies.
Nice video. Well done. You did a really nice job of documenting these tough times. ❤
From WC, Good Video It’s Hard to imagine how much devastation there is! Just a little suggestion when you put up some info please leave it up longer as I for one was not able to read it all before it disappeared! Thanks!
Heartbreaking! Sending love from Canada!
So sad. God bless the folks that are affected by this. So sad.
Watching these videos from the Pocono mountains of PA. I grew up in SC and visited the mountains of NC many, many times. My heart absolutely breaks for everyone affected my those floods. I can't even imagine something like that happening here.
Praying from California, amazing footage. Thank you.
OMG this is so scary… I’m so sorry this happened to everyone 😢
Wow, Great video. Thanks for recording this historical event.
I used to live right up the road from there about 50 years ago. Good video brother!
My heart and prayers goes out to all who are dealing with this, and those grieving loss of loved ones.
Feel sorry for all people affected by this typhoon May you have the strength to carry on and May the Love of God be with all of you 🙏🙏🙏
I don’t think anyone living now will look at these rivers and streams the same again….the danger will stay in our minds for a long time..and probably should.
It's the unfortunate part of living in areas that flash flood and normally don't see a lot of rain. I lived briefly in Virginia and I saw people building in spots I knew would flood if they saw a good rain in the early 2000s. Here it often floods and we see 30 plus inches of rain in a couple days but since it's all sand and mostly flat there's no flash flood risk. This is heart breaking. We lived through Harvey in the worst rain affected area but this is worse and half as much rain.
The young will say this. Nothing is new again. The danger should stay in your mind, yes.
Thanks for making the video and sharing it with us from Hamilton Ohio 👍
Thanks for the best coverage!
Praying fir all
Recommend that everyone get at least a few roadmaps and keep them available, too many people have become completely dependent on cellular service these days and have lost the ability to even use a roadmap.
If you’re not familiar with the area you happen be in when shtf having a road map like Rand Mcinally which covers states could help you, and even a compass to orient the map with magnetic north when it’s dark or overcast, cloudy and you don’t know which way is north, south east or west. A lot of people have never done this but just a little time with a compass and a map will get you knowing which way to go. For all the locals that grew up and know where they are and which way is best , that’s even better. I have actually done this working in Fresno the first time before cellphones and it was so foggy you couldn’t even see the sun, there were no shadows. Take care.
Honey our roads and bridges were washed out within a matter of two or less hours
Road maps only work if there are roads my guy.... most of our roads got washed away, even the major highways
What I should have clarified was that when all the cell sites are down, no matter where you are if you are not familiar with the area a regular map can give you some information on possible ways around or back, better yet is to talk to the locals on what is best. I’m near Ft. Bragg and the outer bands were going over us with tornado warnings but it was not anything like what hit the hills. At this time of year I am always scanning for the latest disturbance in the Caribbean and Atlantic. Hope the best for all those that have been affected and pray for those that are going through this tough time. The government needs to get their heads out of their rears and apply maximum effort, I know help is there and coming but it seems nothing has changed much since Katrina.
@@JW007100Thank you brother, for both of your posts concerning orienteering.
@@JW007100 I know you meant well, but we're all kind of touchy right now ~ it is UNBELIEVABLE how many bridges are simply gone, not even to mention the roads and highways that are gone. Your advice is very good, thank you. Never too late to start preparing!
Thank you for taping this.
im just over in johnson city man.. anywhere near a major watershed got smashed up. itll be years until we get back to anywhere near normal from this one. stay safe man
I'm from Erwin but I moved out of state last year and missed all this. I can't believe the stuff I've seen going on sad to see the people so devastated. Seeing I26 bridges broken was crazy, I remember back when they completed I26 and the first time I drove up it just days after.... Gonna take along time to put the area back together.
This is either a land grab or the take out of the Bible belt. Both hurricanes were man made.
Thank you for sharing , be careful and God protect you and all those devastated 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Thank you for sharing this!
All this breaks my heart ❤️ and I’m am praying for everyone 😢😢
Easy up on the praying and stop the driving, this is climate change.
Don't break mines all these sundown towns with the history of lynching Israelite's aka the American negro's so-called labeled black people 😡😡 or so-called labeled African Americans going down 👇👎 it's to late y'all wanna keep using ya' little small towns racist peice of 💩 cops to murder us have at it the most high God Yahawah of the Bible and the Israelite's aka the American negro's going to keep kicking yi redneck @$$😡
😢😢😢😢💔💔💔💔stay strong people we can't possibly comprehend this horrible disaster 😢 😔 😞
I've seen a lot of videos of these floods recently, and they never cease to amaze me.
Condolences to everyone involved.
"If it keeps on raining,
Levee's going to break..."
This just absolutely breaks my heart to see anybody in this kind of situation god bless you and everyone effected by this storm seeing so many places I’ve passed through under water and all the devastation I hope you and your family are alright god bless ❤🙏🏻
Early 1900's was last time the TN mountains had anything like this.
In the geological time line that is nothing.
In human time, it's about a century. And your point is?
It flooded kinda bad back in 2000 there when I was in highschool, maybe it was 2001 people along the river lost their mobile homes especially... I'm from Erwin.
Everyone is still in prayer for our families and friends God bless you all ❤️🙏🙏🙏❣️
Keeping ya’ll in my thoughts and prayers. I no longer live in that area, but it’s crazy to see the destruction.
If you would’ve told me that river was going too get that high last week I would’ve called you a liar and told you you were crazy. I would’ve been wrong.
Horrendous raging flood waters. I live in Wisconsin and I follow some AT thru hikers on UA-cam, so I'm familiar with the mountain towns that are so devastated. I'm also familiar with Nolichucky from the hiker videos. So tragic to see all the destruction. Thank you for the video. Prayers for all affected.
great footage and reporting!
I would share on whatever platform you use in short-clips form the highlights and the fact that so many animals were displaced as well. I don't think the rest of the country understands how fast this all happened.
So sorry & sad for all of u! Praying u get help to rebuild your homes & life asap! 🙏🏼❤️
"Mamma said don't go near that river don't be hangin' roun no Catfish John". I pray everyone stays safe and rebuilds Above the New Flood Line.
There will be no rebuilding this time. Selah.
The loss of the animals too 😢😢😢
When thinking about the people, animals just don't matter anymore, there are alot of lost people that went to hell, animals don't ever go there.
There will be dead cows, pigs, chickens and horses rising to surface in the pools and eddies for a matter of weeks.
Man that’s crazy getting that on film.
Some say No warning was ever given which is so hard to believe. This Hurricane had decreased to a Tropical storm at the point.
Sounds familiar, actually.
Just a little reminder to those that don't understand Mother Nature. She don't care about your feelings and she do what she needs to do to get her soul back to where it's supposed to be. Not what humans assume?
East Tennessee is beautiful and you never run out of places to explore. But man, it rains a crapload. The only time it doesn't rain is when it's hot as heck! Just think of what this place was like before the TVA.
River will be the same. We've been flooded, the cleanup is the hardest part.
Thank you for sharing. 🙏🙏
I am on a Florida coast. We get storms all the time, but never raging flash floods. Bless you folks and I am praying for you, besides the material and monetary aid we are sending you. No one else cares about us...certainly not washington.
This comment aged badly.
@@Cloudy_Berry79 You do know there is a difference between a storm surge and a downstream flash flood? Well, probably not.
@@williamcarl4200 yes I know there's a difference, but the end result is the same.
In south florida a few months ago there was nonstop rain for days on end and streets ive never seen flooded before were waist deep under water.
Rivers change their course, and the course of the human lives they touch
Well Done young man, So Sorry for all 😔
Me yelling at the screen to get out of there! Knowing it only gets worse 😪💔
Hear my Cry, O God, listen to my prayer; 🙏 from the end of the earth I call to You when my heart ❤️ is faint….Ps 61:1-2
The ducks are like... "we got this"
They were like ‘c,mon let’s go ‘ !
Looks like the geese love this also.
A local Class 4 river I kayaked for many years had a family of ducks on it decades ago that I called the whitewater ducks. They would fly down to the river at the start of the rapids and when they got to the first long pool they'd just fly back up and "run" the rapids again. If they didn't like a big hole or wave coming at them they'd just fly over it or dive under it. Made me wish I was a duck because I knew just how clumsy and unaclimated I must look to them in a kayak. I witnessed those ducks "running" the river at levels that would make me say no way.
This is so terrifying. I'm so sorry.🙏
Winter is coming. We need blankets, coats, gloves, shoes, hats, baby items, baby formula, food, and water. In NC and TN stateline...
Sad women won't breast feed then when this stuff happens they put their baby in serious danger because they don't feed him/her the way God designed a momma to do.
@@PatrickBaptistnot all women are able to breastfeed. Some do not produce enough milk and some have other health issues that may prevent them from breastfeeding.
Yeah, I think people forget that stress and lack of proper nutrition in a crisis situation make it really difficult for women to breastfeed. Also, some babies refuse to latch on and it’s not the mom’s fault or for lack of trying-another thing that some people refuse to recognize, particularly men. Luckily, it’s not all or most men/people, otherwise we’d be more screwed than we are. Formula is a great resource, especially in a time like this.
Babies are in the most danger, overall, largely due to actions and situations that result from misinformation.
There are too many people with minimal knowledge about how the female body works, making judgements and assumptions about women/what they choose to do or not do with their bodies.
And it’s bloody weird to try to shame women who are trying to care for their children and literally just survive during an event of vast devastation.
Addresses?
Sorry for your loss.
Exactly 66 years ago, another Hurricane Helene rocked the Carolinas... Hurricane Helene (1958) is one of the notable hurricanes that originated from the Yucatán Peninsula and intensified into a hurricane. Storms forming directly over land in the Yucatán Peninsula itself are relatively rare, as most tropical cyclones typically develop over warm ocean waters. However, some storms that pass over the Yucatán Peninsula from the Caribbean or develop in the Gulf of Mexico do strengthen into hurricanes after forming or moving through the region. uh huh uh huh
They meant to spell it Hellene. It's biblical.
I am originally from Florida and sure I`m use to hurricanes hitting us there but i just live right next door in Hawkins and my sister lives in Greene county and we never expected this either. This is defiantly a once in a 1,000 year storm.
Believe me I knew it was the worst thing I hope I ever seen when I saw it but it had put into more perspective about just how bad it was after reading all the comments and seeing several people from Florida say they have never seen anything this bad before
High water will force all the snakes up onto higher ground.
Yikes
Unreal.
Water is still the most destructive force God has ever created.
Water is life ❤
Not even close but ok 😂😂😂
@@jeffhall768 elucidate
If u think water 💧 is powerful, u should study and see how powerful winds is.
But God favorite force is fire 🔥 asteroid impact is also more powerful then the entire ocean.
Don't forget, earthquakes is the strongest 💪 disaster on earth.
Can you say " SuperNova"?
I suppose that having an AM FM radio is a great idea for staying informed when you lose cellular and Internet
get a hand crank radio am/fm and SW with a solar panel.
Just goes to show you how easily the canyons can form so quickly in places where they thought at first it took thousands of years.
Enough water can literally move mountains and form new.
It’s just so very rare to actually witness it happening in real time.
It is just so sad to see all these beautiful places,ppls dreams and lives washed away.
Praying for all
Do you know if it got up to the old restaurant The Rivers edge at what used to be Cherokee Adventures?
This is soo scary....
Pat Boone sang the hit " Moody River" and it keeps rolling through my mind.
Praying for you guys 🙏🙏🙏 be safe!