'Totally gone': Chimney Rock destroyed by Hurricane Helene
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- At least 90 people have been confirmed dead in connection with Hurricane Helene, including 30 in North Carolina's Buncombe County, officials said.
About 110 miles northwest of Charlotte, the village of Chimney Rock was among the communities hit hardest by Helene. People there say the devastation is "worse than you can ever imagine."
George Carter, a North Carolina restaurant owner told NBC News he's been driving up the mountain from his home in Lake Lure to get enough cell service to contact families and neighbors. Carter said he doesn't know anyone personally who died in the storm, but the devastation is shocking.
"There's mud everywhere," Carter said. "Buildings are gone. Streets are gone. Homes are completely gone or damaged. Maybe 40% of Chimney Rock is still there. The stuff that's still there is filled with mud and smashed up." #Helene #ChimneyRock
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That was the most beautiful scenic drive I have been on 28 years ago along that area after we were returning from the The Chimney Rock Park area. We were amazed by how all those homes were built on those giant rocks along that beautiful river. That was all incredible to my wife and myself. So sorry to see this area devastated like this.
So many great memories of Chimney Rock vacations with my family over the past 50 years. My heart is broken, and I am praying for all impacted. Thank you to First Responders who saved so many. I know material things can be rebuilt, and lives are the most important. But this one hurts.
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Prayers 🙏 for those impacted 😮
@@OuterKrystostake your meds
It's going to be fine
Man I love that little town, I loved the movie Last of the Mohicans so much that I used to occasionally go up Chimney Rock & then take the trails to & from Hickory Nut Falls where they filmed the final fight scene on the cliff path. That little town sat in one of the most beautiful places on earth, I always enjoyed going to the little shops & places there after visiting the falls. This is a terrible tragedy.
Same. Good memories. Sad.😢
Wow I loved that movie!
Most religions in NC are anti bible meaning anti christ. Do not add or deduct his holy words. Must follow the law of Christ! This flooding and hurricane coming from heavens to all people dont have fear with him and dont believe
I’m only 15 miles from there. Trees and power lines down everywhere.
My wife and I go to Chimney Rock park often to the lookout. It appears the entire cliffside has collapsed and the park is completely gone. Worse is the loss of life but these places that were completely destroyed like Chimney Rock park can never be replaced.
I am from Germany, and visited a friend who lived near Chimney Rock in 2022. Really sad to see the place so destroyed. Much love.
😂 feeling sorry for a sun down town 🚩🚩
Resident of Hendersonville, NC here. My friend stayed in Chimney Rock and he called me and told me he was getting rescued by an Helicopter. 4 mins later, he’s sending a video of his house going down the mountain in a mud slide smh. I pray everybody made it out safe
The Feds just took all the land in this town and are in the way of civilians trying to help X is the only place you can see the evidence
Is he OK?
This is awful. It was such a beautiful town with friendly people. Prayers for the residents and those affected by the storm.
Friendly to who? I heard it was a sundown town.
@@janicekeitt6783it was back then it’s changed since the 60s
Prayers won’t help, there is no god! Secondly they are dumb enough to live their and rebuild storm after storm stop sending our tax dollars to ignorant selfish clowns
@@janicekeitt6783damn you’re stupid. It’s not a sundown town. I’ve lived in NC for 14 years, traveled all over the state and sundown towns don’t exist here. You’re so full of hate, ignorance and bigotry that you’re disregarding the suffering and loss of good innocent people who are far better than you.
They government is kicking everyone out the government is the enemy on X there is so much video evidence of the government doing everything it can to hurt the people
Never could I imagine this would happen to our NC mountain region from a Hurricane. 😢
I always thought that we were too far inland.
Praying ❤❤
@@84marcow
Inland doesn't have a thing to do with it. Hurricanes have NEVER given a damn about that. Not sure why you ever thought that way. Look at hurricane history. We lived inland, look what Andrew did in 92. Looked like a bomb had been dropped on us.
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@@84marcow YEP - the great thing about climate change is it WILL make believers out of everyone eventually
Sadly that will be too late to do anything about it, but...
Climate change is real. In a decade or three, 400 million peeps will lose the main food source (rice). You think they will stay home and die? Or are they gonna go to where the food is. No army, no missile, can stop 100 million starving desperate people.
I think we should elect a TV star and failed politician to address serious serious future crises.
Was covid God's punishment for electing Trump? And Jan 6 proof that he is evil?
Heart wrenching news. I'm sending my prayers to all affected by this horrible storm. I am so so so sorry. That sweet little town was on my bucket list. I can't imagine your sorrows.
Well the wicked have to be judged ya know
My family lost our house in Chimney Rock. My parents put everything into that home and had the rest of their retirement there. My mom is still under cancer care too. They are ruined financially. My only sibling lost her home during Ian in FL 2022. Absolutely heartbreaking
Wow! I'm so sorry. Thats gut-wrenching.
I'm so sorry.
I am so sorry.
How horrible I lost a home to a fire your memories your life goes right out the window I hope and pray these people get all the help they can
Wow 😪😪😪
I've never understood why local tv stations do "live shots" when it's total darkness behind the reporter. You can't see anything.
Driven many times pass this town heading north.. May God be with them.. my heart breaks.
Have been spending 1 day a year in this town since I was a little girl. I'm 42 now, and love taking my own son there. We're absolutely heartbroken. I look forward to going back when they're ready for us though. ❤
Isn’t it true that the Chimney Rock Park is entirely gone.
@@BradLeroy no. Half the village along thr street is. They'll rebuild, and redo the bridge to the actual chimney rock park, and rebuild the stairs etc. Will take a long time, but I believe they will. And I will absolutely continue supporting them. ❤️
that is terrible. sounds like it was a special place that a lot of people beyond even just the people who live there cared about.
The movies 'Last of the Mohicans' and 'Dirty Dancing' filmed there. In the 1930s F. Scott Fitzgerald spent a lot of time there. Even before the 700+ acre lake was built in the late 1920s, Clark Gable, Gloria Swanson, Douglas Fairbanks, and other movie stars used to vacation there. Beautiful area with a 400-foot waterfall. There is a 75-mile panoramic view from atop Chimney Rock.
So sad, my husband frequently had told stories of visiting there with his NC family as a kid. T terrible tragedy for all the folks who lived there
Not really, it is very recoverable.
@@thefamily512 I wish to God your post could be erased. This is unreal that anyone would think the way that you posted. Lives lost are NEVER recoverable...this is so disrespectful to those that lost their loved ones. How could you speak those words to anyone that lost someone they loved? I would hope you could not speak those words.
@@thefamily512you’re obviously a democrat aka child predator.
I have a 4x4 truck and a tractor and are willing to come help but don't know who to get in touch with to do so
Head on down brother, when people see your equipment you’ll be asked to help
Head on out and call the Red Cross offices on the way. These poor people need all the help they can get. ❤
Am on my way from Maine I have family there
@@DakotaDowns-pf9lj I am in Waldo Country an Have sent a email to my employer Goodwill can you provide more info on who you are hocking up and where you might be staying
Think we will be staying at the bat cave fire station
People don’t understand how bad this hurts us in North Carolina. I have a video up of what chimney rock, lake lure, and Asheville looked like prior to this. 💔 I’m so hurt
Yeah we know how bad judgement hurts and it's not over. For what this nation did to my people yes judgement is real and it will continue to happen
@@armagedon0264 Your judgement of that town is astonishing.
Is your town any better ? Witchcraft Halloween decor or something else for that matter ? And I OOP 🙄
I’d knock it off passing judgement to somebody else town when yours probably isn’t any better, not saying you specifically but uhhhhh hello yea. Anywayyyy
It was always my dream to live in a village like Chimney Rock, right downtown in a beautiful touristy area like that. I actually helped set up a property about 10 minutes away from downtown...can't believe it's gone, for a year I was driving through there nearly every day....
I have travelled through this area many times. Such incredible beauty, gone in a few hours. My heart breaks for the residents. May you have the strength and will to rebuild your community.
ALL THE INSURANCE COMPANIES should be held accountable for anything they pull thats fraudulent against home-owners claims. O tolerance. People need 100% help.
Yes, absolutely! No screwing around with the claims. Insure the people who paid the policy premiums
rhonda santis took $$$ from them to fund his presidential campaign, I don't think they will be held accountable
Right. Sue them all. 😂
@@lorihoop3831Some of these people had minimal coverage...to save money.
The problem is they weren't selling flood insurance because there hasn't been a flood there for over a hundred years
Our prayers go out to you all that have been affected by this tragedy. May GOD keep you all in his peace that passes man understanding!!!
So sad. I have great memories of Lake Lure and Chimney Rock. My American honeymoon!
Stay safe guys sending my thoughts and prayers from England 🏴
19 inches of rain, wow ! All those little shops are at least 60 years old or maybe much more. I don't know. I've been there several times. This is infamously historic.
I feel horrible for that little rv/trailer park that was right on the river. It was so cute. Those trailers hadn’t moved in probably 30 years.
I was just thinking about that. We stayed at Lake Lure last summer and I almost told my fiancé's step-son that he should move his trailer there because it was such a nice area. Very thankful I didn't.
You are receiving millions of prayers🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Lord be with these people. And all rescue helpers.
Amen.
I loved Chimney Rock when we visited and went white water rafting. I hate that this happened.
I’m here in Florida and I’m wanting to good up there and help. Our Federal Government still sitting on their asses not helping. My thoughts and prayers go to all of you stay strong.
Florida have it's own issues hurricane and 18 tornadoes
It’s so ironic people move to and retire in the mountains,instead of the coast, to avoid hurricanes. This is like a bad dream.
No one is retiring in southern coastal states to get away from hurricanes.
Ga is even a better place than Carolinas due to currents off the coast that prevent direct hits from hurricanes. It pushes it northward.
Nonone is retiring in mountains of Carolinas to get away from hurricanes
@@spasegeek9214 well you have the word geek in your name, so I already know you’re not quite right. You’ve obviously never been to the mountains and talked to the people. My work takes me to the mountains regularly. You may want to consider what you comment on, or you may look like a fool. Like you do here.
@@spasegeek9214you’re low IQ
It's called judgement understand that. Y'all are not getting away with what was done to my people
@@armagedon0264 no cares about you or your “people.”😂 get in the free cheese line😂
We have a cabin up that way and always make a day trip into Chimney Rock to hang and walk around. So many memories washed away…. Please build back
Ohhh no. Such a beautiful place. Have family around there. Love yall
Praying for North Carolina and the Country!!!! I love how we can rebuild North Carolina I have cousins there!!!!
Grateful for all the times I have visited Chimney Rock Village. If you've eaten outside by the river or stood out on the rocks, you've seen true beauty. I live in NC and no matter how many times I went, it was amazing like the first time. It's devastating to see the news, and I know it can't even begin to capture the damage. So many tiny roads and homes tucked here and there. I pray they stay strong. Thinking of everyone and praying for relief.
Where are the REST of the people in this town? This is so horrific and sad. This storm hit 7 states hard. Long recovery all around.
Unfortunately, some places will never be safe to live in again. I would not rebuild there. If it happens once, it can happen again.
Rip Statefarm Insurance 😢
Hush your mouth! That one's mine. Lol
Jake's got this!
And ''UN''Safco.
I will say a prayer for all affected. So sorry for your losses.
So sad and heartbreaking to hear about Chimney Rock and Lake Lure. I went on vacation there once when I was a kid. It is a very gorgeous town. I loved that trip. ❤😢
Seeing this makes you want to cry
I am sobbing.
Jesus did it again😂
ME TOO😢
It's how I felt about seeing sundown towns.
Cry tears of joy
Almost all of western NC is GONE! It's like a zombie apocalypse. NO food, NO running water, NO power, NO phone service! People are stranded and dying. Where is the North Carolina national guard?? Where are the helicopters and trucks to get people aid, or get them out of there?? FEMA should be there. This is even WORSE than Hurricane Katrina down in Florida! Worthless governor Roy Cooper hasn't done squat. I would have diverted all resources to help western NC. This is more than a disgrace, this is horrible!
Joe is busy giving Ukraine 8 billion
Government doesn't care, they are sitting on their ass in their mansions while people suffer
Wait until the "neighbors" start turning on each other! In times like these, you find out what mankind is REALLY like!
Exactly why you are told to prepare for several days. People should realize everything takes times. Logical thinking.
Hurricane Katrina in Florida?
Never been or heard of this place but it's sad.
😂sad for what it’s a fking sun down town
@@MonochromaticBlues Your judgement of that “SUNDOWN” town is astonishing.
Is your town any better ? Witchcraft Halloween decor or something else for that matter ? And I OOP 🙄
I’d knock it off passing judgement to somebody else town when yours probably isn’t any better, not saying you specifically but uhhhhh hello yea. Anywayyyy
it. Was 30” of rain!!!!!! I live 12 miles up rt9 and my rain gauge had 28” before I lost power…..
And it continued to rain.
Why isn’t Publix and all the grocery stores in the south getting 5 to 10 tractor-trailer trucks loaded with water and food and drive it up there and give it to the people raise the prices high enough
Sad to see this. I’m from Michigan, and I enjoyed a birthday road trip through this area in October of 2020. 🙏🏻💔
I cried when I first saw the aftermath. :(
Me too.
I hate to hear about everyone affected by the storm especially up there I went up there a lot when the summer came such a beautiful place😢
The fact an old woman is stuck in an mud slide...
How many of our allies going to help us the way we help them?
I know. And what about all those Vietnamese, Iraqis, Afghans, Syrians, Central Americans, Egyptians, Cambodians etc etc. People we risked our lives to liberate. You would have thought they’d have at least shown some gratitude and turned up to help clean up. Jesus! No gratitude. What can you do..
The problem is we have not really ‘helping’ anyone. We have been propagandized to believe our tax dollars have been going to charitable acts overseas, instead of being fleeced by bankers and war makers. We did not liberate these people, or ‘spread democracy’ .. we brought them war and destruction. That being said, we are in the same position as always.. we have each other, and we will have to come together to fix our communities.. at a local level.
@@Bob-e9f9qI highly doubt that any of those countries would want to, or be able to help us after the despair we brought to their countries.
@@leggiemeggie5837 I totally agree with you. Please excuse my English sarcasm.
We still have our military protecting South Korea’s border.
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Chimney rock has a stockpile of lithium the world has never seen. Coincidence?
I'm so devastated and sorry for the community. I visited Chimney Rock last fall....and had a tasteful lamb chops on one of the restaurants there in Mains St.! UGh
Has the government sent any help in yet to help recover the dead from the debris piles yet ?
Sad very sad been there 5 yrs ago ! prayers for all involved
Just devastating! What do these people do? They’ve lot lost everything 😢😢💔
R.I.P CHIMNEY ROCK AND LAKE LURE WE'LL MISS U😔
No we won't never knew it existed
TEARS OF SORROW 2024!!
The storms of life come to everyone
There are none who are immune.
Some approach in our later years
While others come too soon.
Helene hit like an atom bomb
Consuming the helpless in its path.
The waters of the deep surged forth
Flooding everything with their wrath.
Conviction is our emotional union
As we weather the storms of Earth.
Thank God for His amazing grace
Which helps us reveal our worth.
Time wipes tears from all faces
Whose hearts are tuned to sorrow.
Those that cry a thousand tears
Shall be blessed by tomorrow.
By Tom Zart
A beautiful piece of prose to commemorate such a sad event.
We're devastated here in the Upstate as well. (Pickens County)
Tom, your poem is genius! This needs to be published!
NO SORROW FOR SUNDOWNSSSSSS🎉
Was this a sundown town?
If so then is this punishment?
No just a friendly and clean place where basketball Americans crimes and dangerous behaviors isn’t tolerated
We all know where the true “sundown towns” really are.. and it’s certainly not a peaceful little mountain town. Y’all really sound as ignorant as you are collectively perceived.
@@THEA__SOPHYwhat the heck is a sundown town? I’m sorry am I missing something ? This is all over the place reading these type of comments
@@GIWY25 from what I gather, it’s a white area that threatened the lives of colored people after dark in the distant past…. You know, kind of like every single gangland of the US today… so what these people are implying is that the present day whites in those areas deserve a “day of reckoning” to make up for the sins of their ancestors…it’s a wicked black supremacist belief… especially considering that a bunch of innocent lives were lost, including many of their own.
For just a split second I was tripped out when the lady showed the field reporter on the big giant TV screen and just happened to be where he was standing was directly in line with the mount for the TV so it kind of just for a brief moment look like this guy was standing behind the TV but somehow you could see him. Lol
I just hope and pray that the insurance companies don't screw the people over on their claims.
19” of rain. Amazing, and tragic.
Absolutely tragic 😢
Mayorkas said in June Fema was ready. What happen since then?
Why do I get the feeling that the federal government is going to redo the flood plain in these areas making it almost impossible for the citizens to rebuild there the same way they did several years ago when I-40 and eastern counties were flooded after getting hit by back to back hurricanes ?! I understand that those areas are possible to flood again but the odds are not in a long time and only if the same scenario were to happen again! They should at least be able to build back on stilts or more stable bases !!
Oh my God! It is time for the Fed. gov't to divert all of those tens of billions of dollars going overseas ASAP to stateside. We have our own war zone in western NC.
I wonder how many small towns were wiped out. So sad
I want every North Carolinan to remember this next month. Look at the ballot, and realize this:
One candidate abandoned you, then her supporters are mocking your deaths.
The other candidate personally flew to the zones of disaster to provide aid and morale and his supporters are donating millions towards rescue and feeding efforts.
One candidate went for a photo op after calling mass flooding a good thing.
The others administration already approved billions in aid days ago
Drill Baby, Drill.
Dump providing aid and morale? What alternate reality are you in? Absolutely nobody is "mocking their deaths" you sound like a fool.
@@mejane-58capedemocrats are mocking people’s death and Kamala and Joe are doing as much here as they did in Hawaii which is zero. They just sent billions to Israel and Ukraine but offer $750 to victims of this disaster.
@@BradLeroy
Why are you lying?
it's not "totally gone" so why the false information? the Chimney Rock community needs all the help it can get not a headline saying it's no longer there so why bother. report the news don't sensationalize it
All the crap we are attached to is gone.
Most people born in Kentucky say ‘Lure Lake instead of ‘Lake Lure’. js
Who cares. Its bad no matter what its called.
chimney rock is still there., it's the chimney rock village that's gone! fix your title.
What a sad shame😢
Been there so many times used to stay at the asmirado inn so sad i loved going up there
There is absolutely no reason in this country for suffering like this when we can take our military and move cities in days
Omy! So sad. And I bet many will rebuild knowing this will continue to happen.
Where are all these people going to go?? What effect are the 30 million plus illegal immigrants having on this situation??
Are they saying they're going to bulldoze, no more rescues? Wiping them off the map? Oh no, they better stop that right now.
Wow,!!!😢
WNC Tire in Swannanoa is open for anyone who needs Tire service.
Didn’t black rock just buy a part of land in Nc after helene?
I'm hearing alot of "the worst ever" lately and if we don't change things in this world there won't be a world left to change.
@@GIWY25 are you weird in the head? What does it sound like I'm saying?
Pretty sure it wasn't rain that caused this....better start asking some questions about who controls the dams. Pretty nice lithium located in these areas.
Where is the government??????
I WAS SO SADEND TO HEAR ABOUT CHIMNEY ROCK NORTH CAROLINA HIT BY THE HURRICANE WERE DIRTY DANCING WAS FILMED MY HEART GOES OUT TO THEM ALL WHO LIVE THERE😢
WHAT STATE ?
North Carolina
I’m disgusted by the fact that all the ‘important’ support services tell me I shouldn’t come help, cash is king!….i live in eastern Tennessee traveled these roads seen these towns…..and I’m in between jobs ready to offer my help(I’m an electrician specifically, but construction my whole life)……I want to help!
You shouldn't go. You would just add more to the confusion. You could have did some work with the red cross and then you might have been asked to go there. They cannot be put in the situation of spending time and resources to keep you safe. Donate if you wish or dont. Complaining does not help those in need anywhere .
@@eileenmcdonald1599 clearly you didn’t pay attention to what I said!…be well, you just want to guilt me for something I have no control of. Be well
Btw…I wasn’t complaining!!! Just looking for an avenue to assist!….
Before socialism ruined America, natural disasters were handled by local governments and private organizations. Big government won’t fix this mess.
@@eileenmcdonald1599contact the Cajun Navy. They are there and are a wonderful group of men and women. I'm sure they will be able to give you answers.
You may want some zoning changes before letting people rebuild. Never put permanent structures in a valley between large hills.
Spoke with a man who said he was there 'watching it' Thursday night in a Hummer Tank. Explain that please. Said he was Firewatch(?) And put his fingers together for universal sign of cash, saying There's a lot of money in development. This was engineered with weather modification technology
Stop over developing . Roads bridges state neglect ignore what is happening with monster storms. Put the $$ where it should go. No communities are immune.. I continue to support FarmAid, hang on all you hardworking folks.
Bull sht. Help those families
You all neec to cover operation air drop. Ran by Nascar driver Greg bilfe. And cleetus McFarland youtuber and drag racer showed up to help greg bilfe to otheres could come. 20 plus helicopters 🚁 showed up. Elon sending operation air drop star link to drop in cut off areas Polaris sending generators to be flown in to cut off areas all for free. Operation air drop could uses donations. 100% going to the people in need. Gibbs racing sent there helicopter to help as well
THANK you for this Info !! 👍🙏🙏
Save yourself or someone else during the next disaster. Get a satellite messenger. Mine is a SpotX. Works almost anywhere in the world. Got mine when I was thinking about hiking the AT. Best for EMERGENCIES.
Is this how much Zeus hates humans?
no state tax is great but the extra income comes in handy at times like these
Hurricane destroyed this sundown town 😮
Your judgement of that “SUNDOWN” town is astonishing.
Is your town any better ? Witchcraft Halloween decor or something else for that matter ? And I OOP 🙄
IS THE AMERICAN PEOPLE GONNA GET
DEBIT CARD LOADED
DUE TO ALL THAT IS GOING ON
NOW, ASSISTANCE IS BEAUTIFUL
WHAT ABOUT
A LOADED DEBIT CARDS?
Where's FEMA?????
"We are sorry Ukraine needs more money. We can not help you." -U.S. Government
Biden has already approved aid and sent the National Guard days ago.
Has that not been reported on Faux News, yet?
The "billions" that was sent to Ukraine is mostly the book value of HiMARS rockets, Patriot missile batteries, and old tanks and aircraft that we haven't used in the last 30-40 years and were going to have to destroy anyway. Not sure what you think flood victims would need with 40 year old artillery shells...
Good job being a sucker for communist propaganda, "comrade!"
OTOH, it's good that Biden is in office since NC voted Blue in 2020:
Aug 17, 2020 news - "President Donald Trump wanted to shut off emergency relief for California amid devastating wildfires because it was a blue state."
FOR SALE : Trump gold watch .. only $100,000 ! 🤡
“Sorry but we can’t fund or help the people of North Carolina, that will only escalate tensions with hurricane Helene and make everything worse - that money is also needed to afford lower taxes for billionaires and give subsidies to mega corporations” - People with zero knowledge how geopolitics or funding of Ukraine actually works
Don't pretend to care about people by not caring about Ukraine.
Stop lying. Biden sent federal aid to affected areas immediately.
Fly in supplies, please 🙏 😢
You paying?
And where are they supposed to fly them in. No area in close vicinity to land anything that would be of help
Walmart has their donation button running, & Samaritan purse is collecting; so hold on folks, assistance is coming: many recipients that were in Katrina, remember & will pay it forward, via many churches & public responders
I live right next to it
Totally gone, pans to a shot of buildings not gone.
There is a section of main street on the side of the road next to the river that just vanished. The debris ended up in Lure Lake, and it is believed there are bodies in the debris.