There was a big motorcycle event called the Honda Hoot in Asheville years ago. I fell in love with the place after the first visit, sorry about all the lives that got messed up by this horrible event.
North of Asheville...one common phrase i have said myself....but i hear it over and over... " this is crazy.....this is unreal". It really is that bad.
@@AVLdrone You gave us a really 'real' video. Not easy to see but important for ALL PEOPLE to witness through the cameras lense. I live in California and have given to many in your area. Hang tough everyone is pulling for you.
Dan, that mud is like brick almost and it's thick as all get out. That's months of work with a shovel and weeks for a bobcat just for a little bit of it.
This is heart breaking. How on earth does anyone fix this? So much business equipment and facilities destroyed. Even if they are insured, it is hard to imagine how the business owners will ever come back to a viable business. Not to mention home owners...
Interesting video. I have seen at least 100 videos since the first day Helene hit. I feel so bad for all the people it has affected physically, mentally and financially. Then when I had heard that insurance companies are trying to get out of paying for what people have been paying for; that really pissed me off. These insurance companies should refund every payment that the people have paid out all these years. The insurance companies enjoyed all the money that came in and now act like a dog by rolling over and pissing in the air. Just glad nobody has filed a complaint about you trespassing on & in properties.
We have no looting here. Our blackbears are protecting their garage can routes. Active 24/7. They can open any not lock door. They have learn to turn on water tote faucets to get clean water to drink. Put out containers to get rainwater for wild critters to drink.
I truly wish these videos would give the streets & cross streets, so we know what we are looking at. I know Asheville & all of these videos are looking the same.
80% of the damage we suffered was from the extremely heavy water that this storm brought to us. I have heard up to 36 inches, in certain areas, at higher elevations fell, due to the convection of moisture that the mountains caused. All that water run off ended up in the Swannanoa, Mills and French Broad Rivers in our area. All the creeks in the area, Garren Creek, Cane Creek and others turned into rivers and swepped away homes, vehicles and farm animals. The heavy winds were destructive more at the higher elevations. It worked with the heavy water flow to cause many land slides and these slides are what caused many of the roads locally to become non-passable. The land slides also destroyed many homes and businesses as well. It was a combination of the wind and rain.
Bears back track and if he wanted u , he would of had you mins ago., he has so much food laying around in those building, he really dont want you at this time., but it could changed,,, them bears down in there are very mean., also in Cherokee nc. I scene a place where it. Was government contro; of bears ina deep concrete hole pit so people could observed them., they had no place to go except in a 20 by 20 square pit approx 20 ft height., so i know them bears are not dead, no way could they come out of them holes unless the were washed out by water, which i do hope that was the case instead of them not getting killed, nature person plus i do have respect for their survival; but hope they dont eat humans
It’s so gut wrenching…so depressing… I don’t know how we can ever come back from this 😭
As a long time local, I can tell others , You just took a very long walk. Thank you for the documentation, it is still hard to believe.
Thank you for watching. Yea, it was a long walk for sure
Thanks for taking time to do this video. I grew up in the area. Was hard to recognize anything, totally destroyed!
There was a big motorcycle event called the Honda Hoot in Asheville years ago. I fell in love with the place after the first visit, sorry about all the lives that got messed up by this horrible event.
Thank you for saying that
Thank you for showing this‼️
North of Asheville...one common phrase i have said myself....but i hear it over and over...
" this is crazy.....this is unreal". It really is that bad.
It is insane to see and hard to comprehend
We're still in shock
I'm Spruce Pine...
When liquid water became a solid mass. Distruction followed. Incredible. TY.
Incredible indeed. Thank you for watching
@@AVLdrone You gave us a really 'real' video. Not easy to see but important for ALL PEOPLE to witness through the cameras lense. I live in California and have given to many in your area. Hang tough everyone is pulling for you.
@@kat.b.3556thank you again. I’ll keep posting these types of videos
That new bar on Thompson is New Origin Brewing Company. Nice space. I hope they rebuild and that everyone is okay there.
Yes, that's the name. Was a beautiful spot
Dan, that mud is like brick almost and it's thick as all get out. That's months of work with a shovel and weeks for a bobcat just for a little bit of it.
This is heart breaking. How on earth does anyone fix this? So much business equipment and facilities destroyed. Even if they are insured, it is hard to imagine how the business owners will ever come back to a viable business. Not to mention home owners...
Interesting video. I have seen at least 100 videos since the first day Helene hit. I feel so bad for all the people it has affected physically, mentally and financially. Then when I had heard that insurance companies are trying to get out of paying for what people have been paying for; that really pissed me off. These insurance companies should refund every payment that the people have paid out all these years. The insurance companies enjoyed all the money that came in and now act like a dog by rolling over and pissing in the air.
Just glad nobody has filed a complaint about you trespassing on & in properties.
Thanks Dennis. I would love to see the videos you captured. Are you going to share them?
@@AVLdrone NOT captured but have seen the videos on TH-cam just like yours!
Glad your doing well stay safe 💓 😊
Thankyou
We have no looting here. Our blackbears are protecting their garage can routes. Active 24/7. They can open any not lock door. They have learn to turn on water tote faucets to get clean water to drink. Put out containers to get rainwater for wild critters to drink.
Bears and wildlife in general are a part of Asheville and I am glad to see it has not changed after Helene.
Have yall found anymore of the 55 gallon drums from Oak Ridge?.. 2- 53 ft. trailers full washed down river
I have not. I'll let you know if I do. Thanks for watching
OK what was name on the side of the trailer
Im Spruce Pine, so this is basically home.... Spruce Pine, Burnsville, Green Mountain....
Glad you mentioned those places as well. I will make sure to remember to speak up about them in future recordings
God help these people. So sad
Did that building you took a picture of have a train car running through it??
I believe the trolly/bus was garaged in that building and the building collapsed around it. Not positive though.
Worse than a tornado
I've never been through tornados but this was the worst hurricane I have ever been through
I truly wish these videos would give the streets & cross streets, so we know what we are looking at. I know Asheville & all of these videos are looking the same.
Thank you for saying Bro Wolf area! That helps!
"Footage off Thompson Rd, Swannanoa River Rd, and Biltmore Ave in Asheville, NC, October 19, 2024." in the description below the title of the video
@ thank you soooo very much!!!
@@AVLdrone thank you
@@thememorytravelerReset no problem, thanks for watching
Commiserations to everyone affected. Is all the damage from the water or is some from the high winds?
80% of the damage we suffered was from the extremely heavy water that this storm brought to us. I have heard up to 36 inches, in certain areas, at higher elevations fell, due to the convection of moisture that the mountains caused. All that water run off ended up in the Swannanoa, Mills and French Broad Rivers in our area. All the creeks in the area, Garren Creek, Cane Creek and others turned into rivers and swepped away homes, vehicles and farm animals. The heavy winds were destructive more at the higher elevations. It worked with the heavy water flow to cause many land slides and these slides are what caused many of the roads locally to become non-passable. The land slides also destroyed many homes and businesses as well. It was a combination of the wind and rain.
Mostly what I showed in this video was from flood waters. High winds did snap alot of trees up in the mountains. Whole forests gone
Trains are not running. Major washout along the track route.
I know you mean no harm, but please don’t trespass on private property. It is particularly wrong to enter buildings.
Thanks for the heads up, Kathy. I appreciate you watching
1oo percent coal ash
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Bears back track and if he wanted u , he would of had you mins ago., he has so much food laying around in those building, he really dont want you at this time., but it could changed,,, them bears down in there are very mean., also in Cherokee nc. I scene a place where it. Was government contro; of bears ina deep concrete hole pit so people could observed them., they had no place to go except in a 20 by 20 square pit approx 20 ft height., so i know them bears are not dead, no way could they come out of them holes unless the were washed out by water, which i do hope that was the case instead of them not getting killed, nature person plus i do have respect for their survival; but hope they dont eat humans
They already have been eating dead people.
I see bears multiple times a week in my yard or neighborhood during season around here
I wonder how much wildlife was murdered in this hurricane/flood.
Show us the trains if you can.
A few were shown in this video. I have other drone videos of the trains as well I have already posted. Thank you for watching!
@@AVLdrone ok i will go back and look for them
@@wolfpacva in this particular video at 13 minutes and 3 seconds you will see a few trains
@@AVLdrone yes i went back and looked at some of the older videos Thanks