I Witnessed CHAOS in Western North Carolina! Trees broken like toothpicks!

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  • @Offroadviking
    @Offroadviking  2 วันที่ผ่านมา +12

    How crazy would it have been to be in a house surrounded by all of those fallen trees as they were coming down in the storm!?! 😬

    • @TheAgentAssassin
      @TheAgentAssassin 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      I'm in Asheville and the trees near us sounding like as best what I could describe like "little explosions" when they snapped. I've never heard any sound like that in my life.
      Typically, as you're well aware, when a tree falls in the woods it's usually old, rotted, sick, or compromised in some way, so when it falls it makes a lumbering falling sounds perhaps with some cracks. Hearing fresh large healthy trees snap like twigs was oddly very scary and unsettling.
      You could hear this pop, pop, pop, pop sound over and over , almost like a whip cracking sound but on a larger scale.
      At first we couldn't make heads or tails of what the sound was because we didn't have a good sight line on the acreage that sits next to us, it's about 30 acres or so of trees, but we figured it out eventually. The sound was very unique, like a little lightning strikes sound, but no lightning. Hard to describe the sound really.
      My Mom and I were on our front porch listening to all this and watching our front lawn maple tree bend nearly all the way over, the wind was so crazy, we both prayed out loud and the tree survived. We didn't have any damage except for a small section of fence. Thank You Jesus !

    • @pollysshore2539
      @pollysshore2539 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      @@TheAgentAssassin I’m glad you’re both okay.
      I’m closer to Cherokee, NC and didn’t get the brunt of the storm. We were supposed to but it shifted.
      I live at the top of a mountain, had my windows open and was hearing old trees crack and fall, one after another, Friday morning. I’ve only heard that many trees fall one time after a heavy snow.
      I wasn’t sure if I would be able to drive out for a long and hectic night shift at 911 or not. I was preparing to walk. Thankfully most were down in the gully and not on the road.
      The amount of downed trees in Helene’s direct path is definitely something different. Trees around here can take a pretty good beating from straight line winds but hurricane force straight line winds…
      It’s heartbreaking.
      Seeing pictures of videos of the landscape changes, especially deforestation, has been incredibly hard for me. I love these mountains and every tree on them.
      I know many will seed and little saplings will be popping up before you know it but it’s still so hard to see.
      I know we’ll all adjust. We all grew up adoring landscape changes after the Great Flood of 1916, and I know the people that went through it had to feel the same way we do now.
      *Edit to fix autocorrects

    • @kimruff7133
      @kimruff7133 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      I just started to watch your video I love the music that you are using in your video some of the music sounds like Viking music it is very sad what happened up there IDK but this was geoinginering weather cloud seeding ⁉️ Please research this ⁉️ Just like Hawaii ⁉️ Thank you for showing this we are not getting this on regular News media

    • @kimruff7133
      @kimruff7133 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      To me a land grab

    • @cathiwim
      @cathiwim วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Directed energy weapon??

  • @charlesclark7428
    @charlesclark7428 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

    Thanks for the drone footage. I live in the valley under the parkway. I've lived here all my life. I have never seen the destruction like this. After it happened we really felted cut off, no cell service no power no water. I have a friend from Florida that now live here, he told me he had been through a hurricane with 140 mph winds and didn't see the destruction that he has seen here. One thing we did have after the storm was each other. Mountain people are survivors, we take care of are own. And even the ones transplanted from Florida. Thanks for the video be Safe.

  • @Michael65429
    @Michael65429 วันที่ผ่านมา +17

    I recognize those roads very well. You came up Reems Creek to Ox Creek and then went down to the Beaverdam community.
    As someone who lived through the storm in one of those houses you shot from your drone, I can say this was the worst storm I've ever experienced in all my 72 years, nothing comes close, even the blizzard of 93. My wife and I hid in a closet in the middle of our house and we were so lucky nothing hit us. Others in our community weren't so fortunate.
    Thanks for bringing awareness to the outside world, we're gonna be hurting for a long time and need all the help we van get... Be safe out there🙏

    • @Offroadviking
      @Offroadviking  วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      I can't even imagine...we didn't have nearly the amount of wind that you guys had over in East Tennessee. Blew my mind just seeing the damage. Glad to hear you and your wife made it through safely.

    • @genevahenr1
      @genevahenr1 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Grew up in Weaverville on Main St, but moved to Erwin 4 years ago. Still work there. It’s all so heartbreaking! All the places I love so decimated. From hear to Chimney Rock/Lake Lure. My dad had a 2nd house there, spent lots of time there when my kids were young.

    • @dawnevans4518
      @dawnevans4518 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      I agree! I'm 65, and I live in south carolina and I've never witnessed anything like this before in my entire life!

  • @LVSpeedweLL
    @LVSpeedweLL 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +5

    💔oh 😢Thank you for bringing the drone to show us. I lived in western NC for 35 years Buncombe and Yancey Counties. I moved in 2023 and am just heartbroken for everyone who had to experience this catastrophe. Making donations as I can to help in the recovery. Prayers continue. Be safe out there!

  • @celiaannnc
    @celiaannnc วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    Thank you for taking us along on your ride. The drone footage was tragically moving. I was just in the mountains in August and in just three days we were in Boone, Mountain City, Damascus, the Virginia Creeper Trail, Foscoe, Spruce Pine, Burnsville, Crooked Creek Rd off 19E, 80 to the Parkway from Burnsville, the Parkway to 221, and Banner Elk. I just can't believe what happened to almost all these places just a few weeks after our lovely visit. Grateful for videos that give me a look. Well done.

  • @briano.1503
    @briano.1503 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Thanks for the ride!
    I can't imagine going through that devastation.

  • @knifecoop001
    @knifecoop001 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

    The wind destruction to the forest in NC is terrible. Thanks for showing!

  • @DaveInSC
    @DaveInSC 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    I was at the Tanbark Ridge Overlook in early September, right below where you took the drone footage. I took a very nice picture of the sunrise from there.
    The devastation is so sad, but it will heal itself eventually. I'm just glad I was able to see it before the storm.

  • @Vkelley4475
    @Vkelley4475 19 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +2

    This reminds me of Mt St Helen, 10 years after the eruption the mountains still look like this. I don’t know what it looks like now but this will never be the same. Heartbreaking.

  • @dancoleman1269
    @dancoleman1269 17 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +2

    Great video. Made my heart pound just like it did when I used to ride!!

  • @joek511
    @joek511 22 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +4

    Having lived through Katrina, ya. The noise of trees being ripped from the ground. It feels like some kind of weird earth quake. Our home is on a slab and the floor shook, litraly. You could hear and feel the tree roots snapping under the ground. Booms and pops that litraly shook the house. It took us , about 10 of us with chainsaws a full day. Sun up to sun down to clear about 300 feet of our road. 1 Oak was so big it stayed in the road. We had to rive behind the neighbors house. They came about 2 or 3 weeks later with a crane just to move it to the side of the road. I'm talkng a big crane. All they coud do was lift one end and swing it to the side. So ya it's , well I can't put it to words. Thankfuly, somehow our home came out in one piece. Never forget it

  • @Bunny-cz5wo
    @Bunny-cz5wo วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    I LOVE the Blue Ridge, it brakes my heart to see, but I thank you for sharing. My prays go out to all. ❤🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

  • @scottfranson4215
    @scottfranson4215 22 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +2

    X`s 2 Thank you for taking us along on your ride. The drone footage was tragically moving.

  • @bgatlin5918
    @bgatlin5918 13 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    Everything about this is just so hard to believe. Heartbreaking for those who live there and those of us who treasure our visits and feel a bond with these mountains.

  • @laurelb1962
    @laurelb1962 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    1st time, seeing your videos.
    And, this, was THE 1ST time, i'd EVER seen the tree devastation up on those mountains,like how you showed us. It, literally was just, absolutely AWFUL 😭
    It literally made me want to cry 😢
    It's going to be a long longgggg time, before those mountains are full of beautiful trees again. 😭
    Still praying for all y'all 🙏

    • @rickwaggoner8479
      @rickwaggoner8479 10 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      Same here from Arkansas, nobody has shared anything from that area as far as I know, and you did an amazing video by all means, safe travels young man

  • @lisapender1751
    @lisapender1751 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Yet another wonderful video!! I just couldn't fathom being up there in those mountains and hearing all those trees crashing down around me!! Thank you for the wonderful footage my friend. stay safe out there in them tore up streets!

  • @dorecannon9640
    @dorecannon9640 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Good video my friend. I know the mountain folk.there are a strong and hearty breed but it's gonna be a cold hard winter. Please keep the videos coming. I'm from Elkin Jonesville, North Carolina and rode the Parkway for years and years.
    Hopefully things will heal quickly.

  • @jsbthomas
    @jsbthomas 19 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    Thanks for making this video. I had no idea the storm reached the Parkway. When I was living in the mountains there, I loved to drive the parkway. I would drive up from Boone and find a quiet place to park, get my chair out of the car and just sit there with my dog. Loved it. I live in Texas again now and will never be there again. I am 77 and don't drive like I used to drive.

  • @MrFretman6
    @MrFretman6 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

    I ride many of the roads you were on. It’s heartbreaking to witness this. Thank you for sharing this.

  • @ThomasBranson-yv5ub
    @ThomasBranson-yv5ub 20 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    I witnessed this storm myself. I was camping above the Parkway, my tent and all my camping gear was destroyed. When I got down to the Parkway and saw the destruction I was amazed at what I saw.

  • @robingastonia9192
    @robingastonia9192 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    It is so sad to see just how many trees are down. Praying for our mountain communities and praying there will not be a forest fire, now that would be very sad and heartbreaking. I do not even know how to even start to clean up all the down trees. I can not imagine living in a house and experiencing this. It has been so dry in North Carolina since the hurricane and we got a little rain this week, but winter is coming with snow, that makes it even more sad. The beauty of the mountains have really changed forever. The power of water and wind is amazing. Praying for our mountain areas.

  • @tammymcdowell9469
    @tammymcdowell9469 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    What a beautiful ride! It looks like you know that road very well. you could probably drive it blind folded. Thanks for taking us along. Sad to see all of the damage.

  • @rt3box6tx74
    @rt3box6tx74 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Thanks, you make beautiful videos of this sad situation.

  • @vulpinemac
    @vulpinemac 22 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    Reminds me of the damage from that ice storm along I-75 south of Knoxville about 40 years ago... damage was still visible 20 years later.

  • @cathiwim
    @cathiwim วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Holy crap!! Looks like a tornado went thru there!! Looks like an EF5 or a nuclear blast! They were snapped at the base! We love Erwin! Hubby and I were married in Johnson City, but go thru Erwin about 2x a year. We live near Knoxville, and my parents are in Roanoke, so all the areas you travel are very familiar to us! Thank you!

  • @JD-zm4eh
    @JD-zm4eh 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Hurricane force winds close to the center of Helene were clocked over 100 mph. Looks like how Mt. St. Helens area looked after the blast leveled evergreen trees for miles. We went and seen the damage 4 months after the blast and ash and trees layed all over the mountain on one side. Pyramid lake was about half full of tree logs.Thanks for the videos of what happened there.

    • @futurecorpse7330
      @futurecorpse7330 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yeah the nws finally came out with wind speeds in the last day or two originally after the storm they reported gusts around 30-45 mph and i knew that was a load of crap we routinely get 50 mph winds in the winter and this was something unlike anything ive seen in my 23 years here in Asheville now they are stating on the low end 70-80mph and on the mountain tops 100mph that seems much more accurate. The nws service was replying to comments when they originally stated 45mph gusts saying this was due to saturated soils but hell barely any of my trees uprooted they all snapped

  • @Bill3558
    @Bill3558 15 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    Thanks for the BRP update. I live in Hendersonville. I lost my airplane and motorcycle when I got 8 feet of water in my hanger. It’s just stuff that can be replaced.

    • @Offroadviking
      @Offroadviking  15 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      @Bill3558 oh wow, hate to hear that. Great outlook on the situation and very true. Those things can be replaced. Glad to hear it wasn't worse 👍

  • @MariaSimpson-rp1os
    @MariaSimpson-rp1os 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    Great video. Unbelievable damage.

  • @Ron-bo6tb
    @Ron-bo6tb 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    New subscriber here, thanks for the great video, I live in TN down near Chattanooga, It's very sad to see this destruction that's effected so many lives.

    • @Offroadviking
      @Offroadviking  21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      It really is, damage is so widespread it doesn't even seem real. Appreciate the subscribe, thanks so much

  • @RobinGerhart
    @RobinGerhart วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Thank you, always appreciate what you share!

    • @Offroadviking
      @Offroadviking  วันที่ผ่านมา

      Thanks so much, really appreciate it 🙏

  • @sharonmyers7016
    @sharonmyers7016 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Thanks for sharing the drone footage. Just heartbreaking.

  • @charmontravel
    @charmontravel 23 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    Looks like a great ride no matter the time of year. The storm damage, though, is eerie. Mother nature is terrifying. That beamer ought to keep you one step ahead of her.

    • @Offroadviking
      @Offroadviking  23 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Really is, I'm super blessed to live in these mountains. Great riding for sure

  • @seanerik7339
    @seanerik7339 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Really appreciate your work here, sharing sights and sounds we can't see in person. Wish I could be there, honestly. Be safe.

  • @NoBucks777
    @NoBucks777 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Thanks for the video. Was nice to get some updates! Hope you made it home ok!

  • @ChuckSchickx
    @ChuckSchickx วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Thanks for the video brother.

    • @Offroadviking
      @Offroadviking  วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Appreciate you checking it out, much appreciated 🙏

  • @jasonsparks4601
    @jasonsparks4601 13 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +2

    I recognize the roads but not the scenery! It's going to haunt those poor people for decades! The scars on the land will just serve as a reminder unfortunately just as long!

  • @gantryodie3188
    @gantryodie3188 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    hey im not trying to get off base...but what kind of bike is that ?

    • @Offroadviking
      @Offroadviking  วันที่ผ่านมา

      It's a BMW GS 1300

    • @gantryodie3188
      @gantryodie3188 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@Offroadviking thank you

  • @Carolb66
    @Carolb66 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Good morning, im really enjoying your tour around the disaster area on your bike taking us along with you.WOW all those trees thats insane ive never see anything like it its just devasrating. 😢 thank you for sharing your video's keeping in the news, never forget. be safe on your bike, ❤

    • @Offroadviking
      @Offroadviking  2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Thanks you, appreccommenhe kind words 🙏

  • @roseport20001
    @roseport20001 15 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Hi. We live in extreme NW asheville, close to Alexander. We usually go down Reems Creek Road, to Ox Creek road and up to the parkway. It looks to me that you went up Ox Creek rd. I'm devastated looking at the pictures. Close to the top of Ox Creek There is a place on the left side of the road where 3 or 4 cars can park and walk a lovely trail. My heart is crying at all the trees down. Looks like tornado damage. Thank you for the drone coverage.

  • @dalekrohse1871
    @dalekrohse1871 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    All those leaves on the road surface would worry me on my Yamaha V-Star. Thanks for letting me ride along with you.

    • @Offroadviking
      @Offroadviking  วันที่ผ่านมา

      Thank you for riding along 👍 much appreciated

  • @jeankelly368
    @jeankelly368 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    It was heartbreaking to see the remains of Helene. Be safe.

  • @anthonyblalock1790
    @anthonyblalock1790 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Thank you for the video I grew up there looks like Oklahoma after a tornado

  • @verothomas1524
    @verothomas1524 20 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    It reminds me of the fallen trees after the sonic boom created when Mt. Saint Helens blew😳

  • @saludanite
    @saludanite วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Imagine if this hit Washington DC!
    Would the power still be off a month later?
    Ask yourself...

  • @honeypie2555
    @honeypie2555 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    All these downed trees will most likely lead to fire next summer, especially with the arsonists we've seen lately. Think ahead.

  • @nononsenseBennett
    @nononsenseBennett วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Looks like superb biking territory! Maybe you'll revisit the area in May.June to see the progress? That would be inspiring for sure.

    • @Offroadviking
      @Offroadviking  วันที่ผ่านมา

      That it is, and for sure...I'll definitely post updates in the coming months

  • @johnkeller441
    @johnkeller441 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Those trees may have been knocked down by SUPERCELL microburst winds. A tornado would not have laid those down in a straight-line pattern. Significant rainfall loosening saturated soil can easily assist those winds to cause this destruction. Not a pretty sight for future generations. Salvaging the timber may never happen? Contrary to government claims, massive weather modification projects have happened and caused catastrophic results. Example is North Vietnam in January, 1972 with over thirty consecutive days of rain causing massive flooding. High flying USA aircraft seeded the areas to cause the excessive rain. Former Secretary of Defense, Melvin R. Laird confirmed the project in a Reader's Digest article in 1977. The North Vietnamese almost gave up at that point due to the flooding of their critical areas. So, not a "crank conspiracy theory!"

  • @carriegarrisonvos4433
    @carriegarrisonvos4433 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Wow! That is a lot of trees in that area. Looks like hurricane or straight winds. You can see tornado damages in some areas in WNC also. Even up here near Banner Elk. The trees are twisted instead of laying down all one direction. It's going to take years for the land to recuperate. So sad truly 😕

    • @kaymerry369
      @kaymerry369 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      There are no words to cover such a disaster. The little bear that crossed your path,I hope he isn't motherless and lost.

  • @JasonMyers-c6z
    @JasonMyers-c6z วันที่ผ่านมา

    Is Irwin where the freeway goes right through it up above the roof tops? If so, I've driven my diesel truck through there, a few times. It was always a bizarre experience, too.

  • @janeraymond5214
    @janeraymond5214 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    It reminds me of the aftermath of Mt St Helens.

  • @CjbrkBrooks
    @CjbrkBrooks วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Thanks for the update. This is devastating to see. How do they ever clean up all those trees? Or do they?

    • @Offroadviking
      @Offroadviking  วันที่ผ่านมา

      That's a good question, guess time will tell

  • @gcrauwels941
    @gcrauwels941 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    That's sad to see vast sections of trees down like that.

  • @GPgundude
    @GPgundude 9 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    Great video! Just Subscribed!!

    • @Offroadviking
      @Offroadviking  9 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@GPgundude thank you!

  • @3goldfinger
    @3goldfinger 8 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    I was watching "Some Guy Rides" showing Ashville, not good, and now in the last week, Spain copped it.

    • @Offroadviking
      @Offroadviking  2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Thanks for sharing that, went over to check his channel out and subscribed. Yeah, I rode through the arts district this past Monday and into Biltmore Village. Looks almost the same as it did in his video. Tons of work to do for sure.

  • @acebasinnation88888
    @acebasinnation88888 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    Those tree's suffered from years of fall out from acid rain or sulfuric acid sprayed by aircraft. It's the same in my area there is no denying this. Thanks for your dedication and work 😊

  • @theresa8843
    @theresa8843 23 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    A government that’s big enough to give you everything you want. Is big enough to take everything you have. Thomas Jefferson

  • @gracierose3076
    @gracierose3076 15 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    It looks and feels unnatural. Sort of like something very evil was set loose.

  • @katr8756
    @katr8756 วันที่ผ่านมา

    What kind of electric bike do you have??

  • @TheNickCrank
    @TheNickCrank วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    i am reeeaalllllyyyy curious as to why they would need to do gps surveying in the middle of a disaster situation like this.

    • @Offroadviking
      @Offroadviking  วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I assumed it had something to do with the businesses located down there...but that being said, I know zero about surveying so I'm not really sure.

  • @scottfranson4215
    @scottfranson4215 22 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    ALso Thank YOU for CC sometimes I need to Read the Story

  • @tamarakelli687
    @tamarakelli687 23 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    My ex husband and his girlfriend use to live in Erwin. Beautiful there.

  • @davidh3152
    @davidh3152 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Check your title slide. It was hurricane HelenE, not Helen.

    • @Offroadviking
      @Offroadviking  วันที่ผ่านมา

      Dohhh....oversight on my part. Good catch, thanks for the heads up

  • @tedj5749
    @tedj5749 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    You ride'n a Beamer dual sport? Your vidios are great.

    • @Offroadviking
      @Offroadviking  วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Thanks so much! Yeah, I'm on the GS 1300. I've had it for a couple months now really fun bike so far.

  • @johneman-z7x
    @johneman-z7x วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    so very sorry for the people but what about wild life too they want wind mills and solar and have to take down trees and get people off the land , could it be

  • @lucmarchand617
    @lucmarchand617 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    They will need outside from lumber business for reforestation in futures.Weyerhauser replant after mount st helens eruptions 1980.I live se bc canada tembec company visist place lots times learn on this.NC gov't dept.natural ressources will.need lots help.Thanks drone and update.😮

  • @KatyWantsToGo
    @KatyWantsToGo วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Doesn't look "normal" to me, looks very extreme, like mother had help...

  • @allysonmurray1731
    @allysonmurray1731 22 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    that is tornado damage.

  • @karenallen5208
    @karenallen5208 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    Well, so much for my dream of riding the BRP -- this is just horrid.

    • @Offroadviking
      @Offroadviking  20 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      It'll be back, sections opening up already. Hopefully won't be too long before the whole thing is open again

  • @q95oldies57
    @q95oldies57 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    BMW. Nice!!

  • @rodgercottrill3342
    @rodgercottrill3342 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

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