I live in Avery County and have not seen much footage of Watauga County or Avery County honestly. I am glad you have footage for all of us to see what happened. I am gutted to see the devastation everywhere. It was bad here also. Thank you for documenting it!
Amen for documenting it; ditto for me in Unicoi; 10 days before full services restored is a cake walk. How I grieve for my community; how thankful I am at our intrastructure.
Rachel, thank you dear for showing what Helene did to your beautiful area. This citizens of Yadkin County loves our mountains. We all are trying to help WNC rebuild as we can. The grace of God is bringing relief from all over America. Stay strong. Great photography. It brought tears to my heartstrings.
@@Comment_Mommadon’t be stupid after you wreaked the innocent lives of the people who have the right to get high, for brownie points from the pope on welfare 😮
WHERES FEMA AND MILITARY COULD REBUILD BRIDGES IN A WEEK,THERE IS NO EFFORT TO CLEAN UP AND REBUILD WITH GREAT RESOURCES THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT GREEN NEW DEAL PAID FOR-THEY WONT HELP WHITES CAUSE THEY DONT CONSIDER THEM DISADVANTAGED FEMA CHARTER
My heart is so broke. For the people of WNC and Tennessee . I watch so many UA-cam’s to see what and how y’all doing. Breath taking scenery and people of fortitude and virtue. I pray for all of you. Gathering your pawpaws you couldn’t possibly imagine what was in your future . Blessings
Thank you for this video. I spent 3 years working in Boone and its hard to find good footage. The location stamps in the video helped a lot to put it all into perspective. Thank you again!
Was so beautiful there. And so Heartbreaking to see all the destruction and all who lost their lives. I haven’t the words. My small town where Helene made landfall is destroyed to , Lots of farm animals died and the smell of that will stay with me forever. I can’t begin to imagine the emotional trauma of smelling the Death of Human Beings. I’m so sorry this happened to so many and from the sounds of things a lot of Deaths could have been prevented!!
Thank You so much for thinking about us and for your prayers,so sorry for your loss and hope and pray that you will be able to get back to normal soon 💕😢
Your video popped up after I watched a video from Jaybird Aerial Photography. He's in the Western part of Watauga. It's an honor to subscribe and support locals on YT. Things were really bad all over, especially in the Swannanoa and Asheville areas but it was quite horrific here in Watauga County. The road disappeared behind me at the top of Linville Creek in a landslide. God was with my dog and I. I live in town and was flooded out but I was concerned about a friend so I left to take him water and batteries. Had to spend the night at Skateworld while they patched the road up in Vilas. My G-Grandpaw always talked about the flood of 1916 and my Grandpaw talked about the 1940 flood. Now, it's our turn to talk about the Helene flood of 24. I left for my friends house thinking of poor me, till I witnessed the destruction of others. I felt bad because of that. I had no problem compared to others. I was thankful and grateful for my Blessings! I really appreciate you filming this. People can watch videos and news but they'll never understand. I look forward to watching more of your videos. God Bless you and your family 🙏🇺🇸👍
My heart goes out to everyone in our mountains and I think about it all everyday and pray for all every day, both those who lost so much and those who are helping with everything from big machines to small shovels and hard worn hands!
Why aren't the citizens of NC demanding that Gov Cooper, state & local officials allowing their citizens to have tiny homes or trailers on their property?
Thanks for posting, Rachel. Our family lived off the by-pass just up from our church, ABF, for 5 years; my husband was a pharmacist at Walgreens. To see your videos of places I know well was shocking and heart breaking. 2 friends flooded out. My son and I are home bound so this is the only way we can see the level unimaginable devastation. You did a great job of going all around the county, when you could get through. Though my county, Unicoi, was also hard hit, and I'm supporting it through Appalachian Service Project and I'm committed for the next 2 years to support rebuilding through Alliance Bible Fellowship's disaster relief fund . Beside outstanding Samaritan's Purse, people need to know other reliable organizations to which one can donate.
I live in Hampton tn bout 30 mins from Boone and that day is one of the worst days of my life. I kept getting flood warnings and I was watching the water rise all night but didn't take it seriously and then the water came fast and I grabbed my cat and my dog and ran to the car and videoed the water top the mailbox and I got as far as I cld but water was coming everywhere. So many ppl cldnt get away and stayed in their homes thinking they were going to die that's the worst for me
Lonnie, I thought about Hampton, Elizabethan, Mountain City; I knew those areas were hit hard. I thought the video covered Watauga County rather well; however, maybe Rachel is unaware of the Bethel area and Beaver Dam, etc., in western Watauga.
Not all damage was caused by rivers, creeks, and streams. Some houses I observed were damaged by high winds, fallen trees on roof tops, and mud slides. One particular house I have driven by in the past was so damaged that I drove by it without seeing it. It was a few days later I saw a debris pile on the side of the road and in the background the tip of what was left of the roof. I appreciate the videos and still photography provided by others so that we can share in the seeing the damage caused by Hurricane Helene.
Many prayers for all affected by the evil hurricane Helene. 🙏 Thank you for making and sharing this video. Hang on to hope, God will make a way. Unimaginable devastation. It's gut wrenching. Y'all are forever in my heart and in my prayers. Love Melissa in the mountains of Virginia. ❤ Mountain Strong. 🙏
@JanWoods-d3p Thank you. We had minimal flashflooding, some power outages, some trees down because of the high winds, and I only know of one fatality in our neighboring county. A tree fell on a man. We had about 6 inches of deep swift red water running down our street. I could have floated on a tube. It was pretty much gone in about an hour. The kids were out of school because of power outages, but it was restored pretty quickly. My daughter's house got water and had to rip out carpeting/flooring and drywall in those 4 rooms. They had a giant oak that fell on one of their sheds and crushed the trampoline. We faired very well in comparison to so many. My heart just breaks for everyone. Take care. 🙏🫶
So sad something like this to happen. A hurricane Helen to do this much damage this far north. And the insurance companies saying to bad your not covered. And then the local government saying you can live in a tent but not a temporary shelter built on site. Ridiculous shame on you politicians
@Doreen-i9l Start at the top, then go down. joe biden administration First, they're the one's that gave fema money to illegal immigrants. Then, State , County, Local The problem is DEMOCRATS big government
29:19 yeah, it’s all good aside from people living in tents up in the mountains trying to save their property. Freezing & fighting off bears looking for food. Solid structures have been provided by various groups, but Oops! Those are dangerous & don’t meet code. 🙄🙄
And I am so weary of hearing people post how wonderful F?&A has been. It has been verified on all news networks that they CHOSE who to help depending on their "yard decor", Yes, go to the people that have experienced this 1st hand THEN volunteer space in your home for those living in snowy tents
@@LaurenSmith-m5c bull shit. There was no yard decor. What a stupid ass comment. Hell the houses and everything was gone and you talk about yard decor . How stupid .
What a nice video showing the governor acting as if he cared. We saw his true colors come out shortly thereafter. And what about those linemen? They were hired by fema but did they ever get paid? Just some observations. Thanks for putting this video out there
I live in Chimney rock, NC. I am lucky I had a ton of damage but I am able to fix it all by myself but my poor old neighbors are all poor. I watched my neighbors houses float down the river along with their cows, horses and cars. It was horrifying. Being on top of a mountain I see everything . There is no Fema , there is no local cops or national guard. We have helped our neighbors and they cry when we are able to get them out by cutting down trees from their house or in front of their doors. I am so angry at all of the politicians. But the politicians did get some nice photo opps and then leave in their tax payer funded helicopter.
We had no water for 9 days no power for 7 no cell for 15 days no Internet and only ppl there for first week giving us food and water it was awful it's still awful I'm still traumatized the water use to calm me but that day it was a demon
I personally could not build back in the zone of destruction. They say it was a "thousand year flood" but that is just a saying as it could repeat itself at anytime.
I truly hope that when Trump takes over the office he sends the help and financial aid to these families and the counties that were destroyed by the hurricane. From our family here in North East Georgia to those in all of these areas, we have YOU ALL IN OUR HEARTS and PRAYERS , GOD BLESS YOU. 💕❤️🙏
You need to pay Attention to whats going on. Biden tryied to give 86 billion to Helen relief. It passed the house but your senator from Kentucky shot it down . Im sure he will pass it when teump gets in if they can give it out as tax breaks .
@ Don’t hate because your bitch lost the race, face the truth and you’ll finally feel better about yourself along with all the people in North Carolina your so called Biden administration screwed over and now have no way to get them the help they need because they used all the funds to support other countries instead!!!
What are paw paws? As a child I remember singing a song about picking up paw paws, put them in your pocket...but are they a nut, or fruit? I live in OH by way of CT....
A flood in the days of Noah are not comparable to the flood of Helene. Do some research, do some digging, go down a few rabbit holes, before chalking it up to simply an act of God.
It is still an act of God on this sundown town weather you believe it or not judgment has come to your white supremist off grid PREPPER mountains 🌄 town
I live in Avery County and have not seen much footage of Watauga County or Avery County honestly. I am glad you have footage for all of us to see what happened. I am gutted to see the devastation everywhere. It was bad here also. Thank you for documenting it!
Amen for documenting it; ditto for me in Unicoi; 10 days before full services restored is a cake walk. How I grieve for my community; how thankful I am at our intrastructure.
Rachel, thank you dear for showing what Helene did to your beautiful area. This citizens of Yadkin County loves our mountains. We all are trying to help WNC rebuild as we can. The grace of God is bringing relief from all over America. Stay strong. Great photography. It brought tears to my heartstrings.
What a beautiful an sad video 😢🙏
I have no words…only tears and prayers. Y’all aren’t forgotten. Alabama loves you! ❤ We’re paying attention to all posts and spreading the word.
Only tears and prayers.... man, you said it....
@@Comment_Mommadon’t be stupid after you wreaked the innocent lives of the people who have the right to get high, for brownie points from the pope on welfare 😮
WHERES FEMA AND MILITARY COULD REBUILD BRIDGES IN A WEEK,THERE IS NO EFFORT TO CLEAN UP AND REBUILD WITH GREAT RESOURCES THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT GREEN NEW DEAL PAID FOR-THEY WONT HELP WHITES CAUSE THEY DONT CONSIDER THEM DISADVANTAGED FEMA CHARTER
Thank You so much Alabama for your thoughtful prayers and support we love you too 💕😢
My heart is so broke. For the people of WNC and Tennessee . I watch so many UA-cam’s to see what and how y’all doing. Breath taking scenery and people of fortitude and virtue. I pray for all of you. Gathering your pawpaws you couldn’t possibly imagine what was in your future . Blessings
Thank You so much for your thoughts and prayers it brings Comfort to know your thinking about us💕😢
It's still a beautiful place! Love and prayers to NC ❤❤❤
Thank you for this video. I spent 3 years working in Boone and its hard to find good footage. The location stamps in the video helped a lot to put it all into perspective. Thank you again!
Was so beautiful there. And so Heartbreaking to see all the destruction and all who lost their lives. I haven’t the words. My small town where Helene made landfall is destroyed to , Lots of farm animals died and the smell of that will stay with me forever. I can’t begin to imagine the emotional trauma of smelling the Death of Human Beings. I’m so sorry this happened to so many and from the sounds of things a lot of Deaths could have been prevented!!
Thank You so much for thinking about us and for your prayers,so sorry for your loss and hope and pray that you will be able to get back to normal soon 💕😢
~...thank You for doing this...super hard to watch and super needed to see this, too...michael p.~
So sorry ❤ never forget. 💔🙏🏻from UK.
Thank You UK 🇬🇧 for your thoughts and prayers,God Bless You💕😢🇺🇸
Thanks for that coverage of the devestation. The Beautiful music juxtaposed to the scenery was quite moving!
Your video popped up after I watched a video from Jaybird Aerial Photography. He's in the Western part of Watauga. It's an honor to subscribe and support locals on YT. Things were really bad all over, especially in the Swannanoa and Asheville areas but it was quite horrific here in Watauga County. The road disappeared behind me at the top of Linville Creek in a landslide. God was with my dog and I. I live in town and was flooded out but I was concerned about a friend so I left to take him water and batteries. Had to spend the night at Skateworld while they patched the road up in Vilas. My G-Grandpaw always talked about the flood of 1916 and my Grandpaw talked about the 1940 flood. Now, it's our turn to talk about the Helene flood of 24. I left for my friends house thinking of poor me, till I witnessed the destruction of others. I felt bad because of that. I had no problem compared to others. I was thankful and grateful for my Blessings! I really appreciate you filming this. People can watch videos and news but they'll never understand. I look forward to watching more of your videos. God Bless you and your family 🙏🇺🇸👍
very true and well said sir
Hi Ronnie -- I concur. 'Was stunned and felt bad until I saw what others had experienced.
My heart goes out to everyone in our mountains and I think about it all everyday and pray for all every day, both those who lost so much and those who are helping with everything from big machines to small shovels and hard worn hands!
So sorry about what happened to you over here❤. We hope you will recover. Love from Saudi Arabia
Why aren't the citizens of NC demanding that Gov Cooper, state & local officials allowing their citizens to have tiny homes or trailers on their property?
You are in my prayers. You aren’t forgotten
This is heartbreaking. I hope and pray things will get better soon.
Thanks for posting, Rachel. Our family lived off the by-pass just up from our church, ABF, for 5 years; my husband was a pharmacist at Walgreens. To see your videos of places I know well was shocking and heart breaking. 2 friends flooded out. My son and I are home bound so this is the only way we can see the level unimaginable devastation. You did a great job of going all around the county, when you could get through. Though my county, Unicoi, was also hard hit, and I'm supporting it through Appalachian Service Project and I'm committed for the next 2 years to support rebuilding through Alliance Bible Fellowship's disaster relief fund . Beside outstanding Samaritan's Purse, people need to know other reliable organizations to which one can donate.
I live in Hampton tn bout 30 mins from Boone and that day is one of the worst days of my life. I kept getting flood warnings and I was watching the water rise all night but didn't take it seriously and then the water came fast and I grabbed my cat and my dog and ran to the car and videoed the water top the mailbox and I got as far as I cld but water was coming everywhere. So many ppl cldnt get away and stayed in their homes thinking they were going to die that's the worst for me
Lonnie, I thought about Hampton, Elizabethan, Mountain City; I knew those areas were hit hard. I thought the video covered Watauga County rather well; however, maybe Rachel is unaware of the Bethel area and Beaver Dam, etc., in western Watauga.
Not all damage was caused by rivers, creeks, and streams. Some houses I observed were damaged by high winds, fallen trees on roof tops, and mud slides. One particular house I have driven by in the past was so damaged that I drove by it without seeing it. It was a few days later I saw a debris pile on the side of the road and in the background the tip of what was left of the roof. I appreciate the videos and still photography provided by others so that we can share in the seeing the damage caused by Hurricane Helene.
Many prayers for all affected by the evil hurricane Helene. 🙏 Thank you for making and sharing this video. Hang on to hope, God will make a way. Unimaginable devastation. It's gut wrenching. Y'all are forever in my heart and in my prayers. Love Melissa in the mountains of Virginia. ❤ Mountain Strong. 🙏
Thank You so much for your prayers and support I hope things are going well for you 💕😢
@JanWoods-d3p Thank you. We had minimal flashflooding, some power outages, some trees down because of the high winds, and I only know of one fatality in our neighboring county. A tree fell on a man. We had about 6 inches of deep swift red water running down our street. I could have floated on a tube. It was pretty much gone in about an hour. The kids were out of school because of power outages, but it was restored pretty quickly. My daughter's house got water and had to rip out carpeting/flooring and drywall in those 4 rooms. They had a giant oak that fell on one of their sheds and crushed the trampoline. We faired very well in comparison to so many. My heart just breaks for everyone. Take care. 🙏🫶
Three words. Class Action Lawsuit.
So sad something like this to happen. A hurricane Helen to do this much damage this far north. And the insurance companies saying to bad your not covered. And then the local government saying you can live in a tent but not a temporary shelter built on site. Ridiculous shame on you politicians
I don't understand the banning of temp/tiny homes. Can you enlighten any as to why?
Those denied assistance need to sue the State.
The Governor must be a soulless human*: for allowing this!
@Doreen-i9l
Start at the top, then go down. joe biden administration First, they're the one's that gave fema money to illegal immigrants. Then, State , County, Local
The problem is DEMOCRATS big government
In my prayers.
Where do they even start with the clean up? Where do they take all the debris? I have no words.
wonderful video, compliments from Germany
29:19 yeah, it’s all good aside from people living in tents up in the mountains trying to save their property. Freezing & fighting off bears looking for food. Solid structures have been provided by various groups, but Oops! Those are dangerous & don’t meet code. 🙄🙄
And I am so weary of hearing people post how wonderful F?&A has been. It has been verified on all news networks that they CHOSE who to help depending on their "yard decor", Yes, go to the people that have experienced this 1st hand THEN volunteer space in your home for those living in snowy tents
@@LaurenSmith-m5c bull shit. There was no yard decor. What a stupid ass comment. Hell the houses and everything was gone and you talk about yard decor . How stupid .
What a nice video showing the governor acting as if he cared. We saw his true colors come out shortly thereafter. And what about those linemen? They were hired by fema but did they ever get paid? Just some observations. Thanks for putting this video out there
I'm supposed to head to Todd in a few days, I've avoided going😢
Awesome video. Thanks for the location stamps. I lived across from the gun club in the 90's.
I live in Chimney rock, NC. I am lucky I had a ton of damage but I am able to fix it all by myself but my poor old neighbors are all poor. I watched my neighbors houses float down the river along with their cows, horses and cars. It was horrifying. Being on top of a mountain I see everything . There is no Fema , there is no local cops or national guard. We have helped our neighbors and they cry when we are able to get them out by cutting down trees from their house or in front of their doors. I am so angry at all of the politicians. But the politicians did get some nice photo opps and then leave in their tax payer funded helicopter.
We had no water for 9 days no power for 7 no cell for 15 days no Internet and only ppl there for first week giving us food and water it was awful it's still awful I'm still traumatized the water use to calm me but that day it was a demon
I personally could not build back in the zone of destruction. They say it was a "thousand year flood" but that is just a saying as it could repeat itself at anytime.
What did Noah see when he got off the ark? The answer: Nothing
Thank You so much for your thoughts and prayers,it will take much time and lots of hard work but eventually I feel we will recover💕😢
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billions for israel and billions for ukraine but very little for the mountain people . Shameful to the max.
That governor should be ashamed
He has no compassion. They don't care.
😢💔🙏
I'd probably be like a hobbit and go walking to the nearest city thats not destroyed!
I truly hope that when Trump takes over the office he sends the help and financial aid to these families and the counties that were destroyed by the hurricane. From our family here in North East Georgia to those in all of these areas, we have YOU ALL IN OUR HEARTS and PRAYERS , GOD BLESS YOU. 💕❤️🙏
You need to pay Attention to whats going on. Biden tryied to give 86 billion to Helen relief. It passed the house but your senator from Kentucky shot it down . Im sure he will pass it when teump gets in if they can give it out as tax breaks .
Too bad the Republicans couldn't just pass the bills in office currently. I'll never forget the help they wouldn't pass
@ yep . 89 billion dollars for helen relief and all the trump worshipers can do is blame biden .
@ Don’t hate because your bitch lost the race, face the truth and you’ll finally feel better about yourself along with all the people in North Carolina your so called Biden administration screwed over and now have no way to get them the help they need because they used all the funds to support other countries instead!!!
Why did they open all five at the damn why did they open all five of them it's like things weren't bad enough they had to add on to it
What you talking about?
There are no dams in this county.
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What are paw paws? As a child I remember singing a song about picking up paw paws, put them in your pocket...but are they a nut, or fruit? I live in OH by way of CT....
A flood in the days of Noah are not comparable to the flood of Helene. Do some research, do some digging, go down a few rabbit holes, before chalking it up to simply an act of God.
It is still an act of God on this sundown town weather you believe it or not judgment has come to your white supremist off grid PREPPER mountains 🌄 town
They wouldnt let me warn you.
Great video, music not so much lol
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