Our hospital... ruined... our radio station completely gone... as are other buildings... homes ruined or completely gone. Riverside Church was submerged... people missing... some passed away... water supply comprehensive... sewage plant destroyed... But want to thank the many volunteers who have come from as far away as Canada to help. And all our locals who are working so very hard trying to help everyone... love you all
I am so sorry for all the losses in your area. Just seeing this footage is enough to know there are so many that couldn't make it to high ground in time. Bless those who are helping out and prayers for all your friends and families dealing with this tragedy.
Many don't get flood insurance in this area, quite rare unless you live along side a river or lake. Just pray these folks took out flood insurance anyway.
I can see why people wanted to live in these areas. Lovely mountain views and weather. Despite the ugliness of what has happened, the devastation, the loss of people and animals, i still see the beauty.
I was there alot as a child and played in the water by the covered bridge..climbed the mountain where I remember three crosses…I just checked an hour or so ago though to see if the bridge made it ❤ my dad was from there.
@@delilahskeppe3813Maybe? My Wife was home by herself last Friday morning when the Storm hit Stoney Creek and I was at work...Idk why I went in to work that day? But a little bit of a backstory about my Wife, she's from Iowa and if you don't know Iowa is considered part of Tornado Alley...She told me that it felt like small updrafts and downdrafts as well...Plus our house was being rocked. . she likened it to being shook...She actually believes that maybe a small vorticie happened... Besides you always hear about Hurricanes spawning Tornadoes.. Very good plausibility that one or two touched down...
This is so awful. My heart and prayers are with them all. It is devastating to lose everything you own but to lose a beloved family member is much worse. Not knowing if they are alive or passed on is just gut wrenching. I don't have much i wish i could help them. I know here in middle Tennessee where we live there are local people getting stuff together to help out.
If you're headed into Unicoi/Erwin I can connect you depending on how they're looking to help. I'm sonikbuster on literally everything so just look me up.
@@SonikBuster I am not I have no transportation myself but a man my husband knows is getting supplies together. I am sure he has contacted someone who is in charge.
the Koa, I've lived there, it flooded bad when I was there but didnt come up over the main camp area I was in that area at the top of it and it came in half way up the stairs of the bus and destroyed that lower level but that is NOTHING compared back then the new owners were taking possession, they are such kind people it hurts to see their place ruined....
I gotta say, Hurricane Helene will probably go down as one of the worst tropical cyclones in U.S. history. Idk what the final costs are and ironically NOAA’s NCEI is offline because their HQs are in Asheville, NC, but I won’t be surprised if Helene ends up having caused >$100 billion in damages. This was a disaster waiting to happen, mountain communities believe it or not extremely venerable to fresh water flooding. As we saw in Vermont during the July 2023 floods, the extreme topography amplifies orographic lifting, that part of the Southeast is already ecologically a temperate rainforest, and being cities like Asheville are in valleys at the feet of the mountains, water just cascades down. I really hope for a speedy recovery for all those affected. I wish I could do something to help my fellow Americans. The best I can do is donate and spread the word. I know Americans are pretty divided right now, but I hope those in Helene’s path can unite as communities and work together collectively to rebuild. Mother Nature spares no one, including the scientists that study her and regardless of what you believe at a personal level. But I am extremely thankful for the meteorologists at NOAA. The NWS and NHC forecasts were spot on and definitely saved many more lives from being lost. And thank you for this footage, many Americans, even in NC, I’m sure are unaware how apocalyptic the scene in Western NC, Eastern TN, and Northern GA are.
No dam truly broke. But some dams did experience types of failure. Water coming out from the bottom (like a hydroplant or walled dam), over topping the dam (dam is filled and can't hold more water), or a channel of water was formed around the dam. Rarely do dams, levies, and spillways suffer from complete failures.
There isn't a dam above Erwin. It's farther down the Nolichuky. I heard the wall of water that hit the Chestoa area first was close to 50 ft high. Chestoa bridge was the first concrete structure in its path, no longer. I spread out across the low lying farms, then as it curved, spread out across the valley. The high mountain walls created a monster. I don't see any way of preventing this from happening in the future, except flood walls in the low sections for better containmnent.
@@McTwistedTwisties Oh really?? Well then explain what happened in New Orleans and how the lower wards were destroyed and flooded so quickly from Hurricane Katrina in 2005?!? Pretty sure that Lake Ponchitrains levees busted from the magnitude of water it was being fed..
@@SonikBuster Thank you for the update. When I think of the proximity of those homes along the river, my guts twist. Praying for the lost, God help them.
My best friend lives in Embreeville and I live a rock toss from there...everyone is accounted for and no lives lost in Embreeville or around Little Germany.
Let's all live in Nebraska! Oh, they have rivers .. and tornados! Ok, let's all live in California.... oh wait, earthquakes, fires and mud slides. North Dakota!!!! Oh, cold as hell, no water. New York? Arizona? Massachusetts? New Mexico? Mmmmmm.
Bad time for the ports go on strike these need materials to rebuild their home bad times are coming and we the people are doing it to ourselves another bump up on material if these people decide to go on strike the rich will be richer and the middle class will get bearied I just hate to understand this
I see not one government agency helping our people only our residents helping each other prayer's to those who lost loved ones and lost there homes. Our Senator Marsha Blackburn and our governor Bill Lee they are just great aren't they. Thank God for volunteers from other states etc.
You must not have seen some of the videos I've seen, but it's not exactly easy to get here if you don't already live here with most roads and bridges washed out.
@Aprlmoore I have watched alot of the videos everyday I see NC getting help from there governor etc Florida getting help but our governor and senator are taking helicopter rides wasting our money. Why not land help people out fly in food supplies anything to help our people yet I see them doing nothing. Trust me I have done more media coverage on Tennessee then local news I'm always sending comments to our governor and our Senator Marsha Blackburn she just wants tv coverage and that's it not to help.
@@Go_Play_OutsideNow isn't that quite convenient?! 🙄 All I know is that our own treasonous government isn't even attempting to help Actual American Citizens!!! No real big surprise hearing that...!! Because the current administration is nothing but Communist Fascist/Dictatorship Loving Allow Millions of Unwanted Illegal Moochers Into Our Country And Make Actual American Citizens Pay For The Illegal Moochers So They Can Deplete Our Country Even More!! All While Actual American Citizens Are Suffering And Dying!!! 🥺 This Isn't Right!?! 🤬
Our hospital... ruined... our radio station completely gone... as are other buildings... homes ruined or completely gone. Riverside Church was submerged... people missing... some passed away... water supply comprehensive... sewage plant destroyed...
But want to thank the many volunteers who have come from as far away as Canada to help. And all our locals who are working so very hard trying to help everyone... love you all
Crazy no one had the foresight to not build in a flood plane. Guess it is Appalachia after all.
I am so sorry for all the losses in your area. Just seeing this footage is enough to know there are so many that couldn't make it to high ground in time. Bless those who are helping out and prayers for all your friends and families dealing with this tragedy.
@@Justinoid1special kind of stupid aren't you? These people have lost everything and all you can fond to talk about it is useless bull 💩
@@Justinoid1your ignorance is showing
@@Justinoid1 Surrounded by hills and they build in the valley next to the river never made much sense to me.
Guys......Im just down the road in Hawkins County and my heart goes out to you all. Dont even have the words.....
Just wait till the insurance companies start denying claims then the real scope of the disaster will be known.
It happened after Hugo. Most small companys just declared bankrupcty
They don’t mind taking your money but they don’t want to pay out
Many don't get flood insurance in this area, quite rare unless you live along side a river or lake. Just pray these folks took out flood insurance anyway.
LSM, your videos are imo the best ones of this disaster
Thank you for coverage getting attention where it is needed
Praying for everyone affected and for all those working to help .
I can see why people wanted to live in these areas. Lovely mountain views and weather.
Despite the ugliness of what has happened, the devastation, the loss of people and animals, i still see the beauty.
They call it the Valley Beautiful for a reason
I live right down the road in Elizabethton Tennessee. Our downtown flooded but we mostly got spared. But everyone around us was a disaster.😢
Same here. The Food City area got hit. But out by me, we only had 1 power pole fall over & the power & internet was off for a day.
I was there alot as a child and played in the water by the covered bridge..climbed the mountain where I remember three crosses…I just checked an hour or so ago though to see if the bridge made it ❤ my dad was from there.
Do you think that there was tornadoes involved?
@@delilahskeppe3813Maybe? My Wife was home by herself last Friday morning when the Storm hit Stoney Creek and I was at work...Idk why I went in to work that day? But a little bit of a backstory about my Wife, she's from Iowa and if you don't know Iowa is considered part of Tornado Alley...She told me that it felt like small updrafts and downdrafts as well...Plus our house was being rocked. . she likened it to being shook...She actually believes that maybe a small vorticie happened...
Besides you always hear about Hurricanes spawning Tornadoes..
Very good plausibility that one or two touched down...
I used to drive through here all the time to get to my mom's house. Last time was September just a couple days before Helene.
Doesn’t look much different today. I can’t believe it’s been a month already 🙏🏻
Omg my heart is broken 🙏
This is so awful. My heart and prayers are with them all. It is devastating to lose everything you own but to lose a beloved family member is much worse. Not knowing if they are alive or passed on is just gut wrenching. I don't have much i wish i could help them. I know here in middle Tennessee where we live there are local people getting stuff together to help out.
If you're headed into Unicoi/Erwin I can connect you depending on how they're looking to help. I'm sonikbuster on literally everything so just look me up.
@@SonikBuster I am not I have no transportation myself but a man my husband knows is getting supplies together. I am sure he has contacted someone who is in charge.
Besides the hospital rescue, Erwin hasn’t received much coverage in national news. I hope you get every resource you need and quickly, too.❤
Sad situation for all of these people. I cannot even imagine.
Sending prayers from Houston. 🫂😇
likes that's going to help anything
@@jonesy4588 she should bitch about joe biden instead?
@@jonesy4588
If you don't have anything nice to say...
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Yep. We as an Americans must come together 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
@@DoyleFMthey are right, prayers don’t mean a dam. Help is what is needed
Just delivered a truck load of supplies to erwin Wednesday. It is a mess!
I'm shocked. It's unrecognizable...😢
the Koa, I've lived there, it flooded bad when I was there but didnt come up over the main camp area I was in that area at the top of it and it came in half way up the stairs of the bus and destroyed that lower level but that is NOTHING compared back then the new owners were taking possession, they are such kind people it hurts to see their place ruined....
This is on 81, right? The little road that connects 107 to Erwin?
I will never live near a river or waterway
I live in Elizabethton and we got it bad, but not this bad!
I gotta say, Hurricane Helene will probably go down as one of the worst tropical cyclones in U.S. history. Idk what the final costs are and ironically NOAA’s NCEI is offline because their HQs are in Asheville, NC, but I won’t be surprised if Helene ends up having caused >$100 billion in damages.
This was a disaster waiting to happen, mountain communities believe it or not extremely venerable to fresh water flooding. As we saw in Vermont during the July 2023 floods, the extreme topography amplifies orographic lifting, that part of the Southeast is already ecologically a temperate rainforest, and being cities like Asheville are in valleys at the feet of the mountains, water just cascades down.
I really hope for a speedy recovery for all those affected. I wish I could do something to help my fellow Americans. The best I can do is donate and spread the word.
I know Americans are pretty divided right now, but I hope those in Helene’s path can unite as communities and work together collectively to rebuild. Mother Nature spares no one, including the scientists that study her and regardless of what you believe at a personal level.
But I am extremely thankful for the meteorologists at NOAA. The NWS and NHC forecasts were spot on and definitely saved many more lives from being lost.
And thank you for this footage, many Americans, even in NC, I’m sure are unaware how apocalyptic the scene in Western NC, Eastern TN, and Northern GA are.
Praying 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼💙
WEATHER WEAPONS
So bad…. Hard to believe my eyes. Like a bomb explosion. I’m glad your family is ok.
Do you have any videos up the road a little bit around jonesborough road/canah hollow?
It's nice to see that starlink dish
ELON BRAINCHIP UR ARSE.. SO MANY RETARDS
Weather WARFARE
Totally correct you are.
Absolutely 😮
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Just a tragedy. Very sad. Unfortunately these freak storms will be our new normal.
@ 0:45 ... Saved by a mere ten feet of elevation above river crerst.
😮😔😪😪😪🙏🙏🙏🙏
Did a dam break or was this the result of 30” rain
No dam truly broke. But some dams did experience types of failure. Water coming out from the bottom (like a hydroplant or walled dam), over topping the dam (dam is filled and can't hold more water), or a channel of water was formed around the dam. Rarely do dams, levies, and spillways suffer from complete failures.
@@McTwistedTwisties thanks for the response!
30 inches of rain after several inches they'd already gotten for the previous two days.
There isn't a dam above Erwin. It's farther down the Nolichuky. I heard the wall of water that hit the Chestoa area first was close to 50 ft high. Chestoa bridge was the first concrete structure in its path, no longer. I spread out across the low lying farms, then as it curved, spread out across the valley. The high mountain walls created a monster. I don't see any way of preventing this from happening in the future, except flood walls in the low sections for better containmnent.
@@McTwistedTwisties Oh really?? Well then explain what happened in New Orleans and how the lower wards were destroyed and flooded so quickly from Hurricane Katrina in 2005?!?
Pretty sure that Lake Ponchitrains levees busted from the magnitude of water it was being fed..
Is everyone in Bumpus Cove area safe and accounted for? I haven't heard much about that area.
My brother is friends with a family over there that got out, but there are still people unaccounted for.
@@SonikBuster Thank you for the update. When I think of the proximity of those homes along the river, my guts twist. Praying for the lost, God help them.
My best friend lives in Embreeville and I live a rock toss from there...everyone is accounted for and no lives lost in Embreeville or around Little Germany.
Man...
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Another reason to not live next to a river or down in the bottoms!
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wOw
Mother Nature!
DUMBARSS. US MILITARY WEAPONS CONTROL THE WEATGER
Of course the Kudzu survived...🙄 why couldn't Mother Nature destroy it??
mountains , rivers and homes are a bad combination
Let's all live in Nebraska! Oh, they have rivers .. and tornados! Ok, let's all live in California.... oh wait, earthquakes, fires and mud slides.
North Dakota!!!! Oh, cold as hell, no water.
New York? Arizona? Massachusetts? New Mexico?
Mmmmmm.
@@zekragash4294 Yes, there risks in living anywhere. It may not happen often, but eventually EVERYONE's number comes up.
@@Aprlmoore
This was a response to the original poster. Point made?
@Aprlmoore
Very astute observation. How did you....I'm in awe.
Unfortunately no State in our Country is really truly spared from Mother Nature!!
Bad time for the ports go on strike these need materials to rebuild their home bad times are coming and we the people are doing it to ourselves another bump up on material if these people decide to go on strike the rich will be richer and the middle class will get bearied I just hate to understand this
Joelle Tunnel
Kerluke Hollow
War on the people.
Palma Drive
I see not one government agency helping our people only our residents helping each other prayer's to those who lost loved ones and lost there homes. Our Senator Marsha Blackburn and our governor Bill Lee they are just great aren't they. Thank God for volunteers from other states etc.
You must not have seen some of the videos I've seen, but it's not exactly easy to get here if you don't already live here with most roads and bridges washed out.
@Aprlmoore I have watched alot of the videos everyday I see NC getting help from there governor etc Florida getting help but our governor and senator are taking helicopter rides wasting our money. Why not land help people out fly in food supplies anything to help our people yet I see them doing nothing. Trust me I have done more media coverage on Tennessee then local news I'm always sending comments to our governor and our Senator Marsha Blackburn she just wants tv coverage and that's it not to help.
Congress is on vacay, prior to this disaster, until after the election.
@@Go_Play_OutsideNow isn't that quite convenient?!
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All I know is that our own treasonous government isn't even attempting to help Actual American Citizens!!!
No real big surprise hearing that...!! Because the current administration is nothing but Communist Fascist/Dictatorship Loving Allow Millions of Unwanted Illegal Moochers Into Our Country And Make Actual American Citizens Pay For The Illegal Moochers So They Can Deplete Our Country Even More!!
All While Actual American Citizens Are Suffering And Dying!!! 🥺
This Isn't Right!?! 🤬
Its electric ⚡️
Kirlin Stream
It didn’t even rain that much.
Yes it did!! !!!!!!! 3” an hour……
Are just spamming crappy comments?
How much would be "That much" to you? I think two feet of rain is quite a lot, personally.
2 feet of Rainwater is most definitely a lot!!! 🙄
Idk what your Definition would be????....