I live in Greeneville TN just down the road from you. Our county got hit hard too, we have had no water since the 29th. Our whole county is out. The pump house washed out at the Nolichucky River. Praying for all who have suffered from this storm.
This is 100% what I was most worried about in the mountains. All the permanent residents at RV parks. I really hope the people at dogwood RV park in chimney rock left before that night. It hurts to see what happened to the mountains that I love so much. Be safe bro.
None of these people considered that this hurricane would effect them much. They don't seem too wise out there in the mountains. Got RV's and still stayed. Smh
God I hope so too, thanks man right back atcha, less than a mile down the road the creek took a 90 and took out everything on its banks, I can’t imagine the force of it as it got all the way down to chimney rock
@@Mineral_dude You can see it in the videos from down stream. There are torn up and crushed sections of vehicles in the river bed that are witness to the violence. Engine and transmission torn out, truck frame torn in half, one sedan looked like a wadded up chewing gum wrapper. Large boulders were tumbling down the river bed under the water.
@@bywaterbeatsproduction Lol, youre a fuckin tool aint ya? yeah, cause places with elevations of over 4000 FEET are suspect to flooding right? lick a god damn boot
My heartfelt prayers go out to everyone over there in western NC. Things got bad here in east TN but you folks got the worst of it. It is heartbreaking to see all the loss and devastation.
thoughts and prayers wont help but maybe some FEMA funding might ... oh wait here you go: List of Republicans who voted against FEMA Funding before Hurricane Helene. Representative James Baird of Indiana Representative Troy Balderson of Ohio Representative Jim Banks of Indiana Representative Aaron Bean of Florida Representative Andy Biggs of Arizona Representative Gus Bilirakis of Florida Representative Dan Bishop of North Carolina Representative Lauren Boebert of Colorado Representative Mike Bost of Illinois Representative Josh Brecheen of Oklahoma Representative Tim Burchett of Tennessee Representative Eric Burlison of Missouri Representative Kat Cammack of Florida Representative Michael Cloud of Texas Representative Andrew Clyde of Georgia Representative Mike Collins of Georgia Representative Eli Crane of Arizona Representative John Curtis of Utah Representative Warren Davidson of Ohio Representative Byron Donalds of Florida Representative Jeff Duncan of South Carolina Representative Ron Estes of Kansas Representative Mike Ezell of Mississippi Representative Randy Feenstra of Iowa Representative Brad Finstad of Minnesota Representative Michelle Fischbach of Minnesota Representative Russell Fry of South Carolina Representative Russ Fulcher of Idaho Representative Matt Gaetz of Florida Representative Tony Gonzales of Texas Representative Bob Good of Virginia Representative Lance Gooden of Texas Representative Paul Gosar of Arizona Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia Representative Morgan Griffith of Virginia Representative Michael Guest of Mississippi Representative Harriet Hageman of Wyoming Representative Andy Harris of Maryland Representative Clay Higgins of Louisiana Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio Representative John Joyce of Pennsylvania Representative Trent Kelly of Mississippi Representative Darin LaHood of Illinois Representative Laurel Lee of Florida Representative Debbie Lesko of Arizona Representative Greg Lopez of Colorado Representative Anna Paulina Luna of Florida Representative Morgan Lutrell of Texas Representative Nancy Mace of South Carolina Representative Tracey Mann of Kansas Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky Representative Tom McClintock of California Representative Rich McCormick of Georgia Representative Mary Miller of Illinois Representative Max Miller of Ohio Representative Cory Mills of Florida Representative Alex Mooney of West Virginia Representative Barry Moore of Alabama Representative Nathaniel Moran of Texas Representative Ralph Norman of South Carolina Representative Andy Ogles of Tennessee Representative Gary Palmer of Alabama Representative Scott Perry of Pennsylvania Representative Bill Posey of Florida Representative John Rose of Tennessee Representative Matt Rosendale of Montana Representative Chip Roy of Texas Representative David Schweikert of Arizona Representative Keith Self of Texas Representative Victoria Spartz of Indiana Representative Claudia Tenney of New York Representative William Timmons of South Carolina Representative Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey Representative Beth Van Duyne of Texas Representative Derrick Van Orden of Wisconsin Representative Mike Waltz of Florida Representative Randy Weber of Texas Representative Daniel Webster of Florida Representative Bruce Westerman of Arkansas Representative Roger Williams of Texas Representative Rudy Yakym of Indiana Senate Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee Senator Mike Braun of Indiana Senator Katie Britt of Alabama Senator Ted Budd of North Carolina Senator Mike Crapo of Idaho Senator Deb Fischer of Nebraska Senator Bill Hagerty of Tennessee Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin Senator Mike Lee of Utah Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas Senator Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky Senator Pete Ricketts of Nebraska Senator James Risch of Idaho Senator Eric Schmitt of Missouri Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina Senator Tommy Tuberville of Alabama
Hey man stay safe, flew out earlier this week to help my buddy get his horses out of the muck and it's absoltuly crazy how much damage there is. I just can't believe it. My buddies horses almost got washed down the creek while we were trailering them. Luckily we got everybody out and I'm still here volenteering.
Every road turn has insurmountable damage, it’s confusing out here right now and this is just the first week, I hope things get better, thank you for being here ❤️
@@Mineral_dude my husband is out there clearing roads with friends. They drove 8 hours. PLEASE IF YOU'RE READING THIS AND CAPABLE, PLEASE GO OUT THERE IF TO SIMPLY HELP CLEAR ROADS! 🙏🏻❤️
I saw your wife’s posts right before it got bad. I hope you guys are okay. I still have family in the Blue Ridge Mountains that haven’t been accounted for. Prayers and positivity headed your way.
@@Mineral_dude slightly West of Asheville not far from Canton. From what my aunt says, she believes the family is okay (cousin, wife, kids), but without service or power. I’ve only seen the devastation in Asheville, so I’m not sure how bad their area is. They were slightly elevated (not that it helped NC much). I was born there…. In Alabama now. The rest of my family that lives in NC is okay. They live more central, scattered from Charlotte to Burlington.
@@elizabethtraynham6840 from what I understand canton still is having some cell issues. Then no power it makes it hard. I have people in that area if you want to send someone to check on them.
@@elizabethtraynham6840I have a friend north of Bakersville and haven’t heard from him since Sunday. I’ve seen some footage of other places and it’s all terrible. I just hope many of the missing or unaccounted for are found safe.
@@akbychoice I hope your friend is found safely. We still haven’t heard anything, either. It’s mostly just hope that our family is hanging onto… but the more we see, the more we are realizing the outcome we are hoping for no longer exists.
Unbelievable........so much water is so short a time....glad you are safe, and no damage to your home.........take care.......thanks for the update........
Craziness, still can’t believe it and the water still isn’t down, dams are overflowing everywhere right now and the whole side of the state is a wasteland
Glad you, the Mrs and pets are all ok. So scary how quickly that water level rose - kind of makes you realise just how water can carve out a landscape above and below ground. Just glad neither of you were underground......
Glad you Mrs K and the kitty cats are safe along with the poor doggy you help save. Ive been worried about yall. We loss power for about 14hrs. Some still waiting on power in my town here in SC. Y'all stay safe much love 💓 🙏Prayer for everyone that was affected by Hurricane Helene
@@Mineral_dude I'm still breathing lol. I'm glad yall two are together helping out people in this time of need. Send hugs and love back to yall. And make sure Alex's doesn't over work that ankle or I'm going to get both of yall 🤣 love yall and yall stay safe. 💓
I have a place up the mountain in Bat Cave that we were to head to on Thursday before Helene hit, so I've been watching every piece of video showing conditions in NC. Your video, beginning in the dark (and knowing what was coming) scared the living shit out of me. Looking at the rising river by flashlight was one of the most frightening things I've ever seen. I kept thinking, Dude, you gotta leave; you gotta run. Am so glad you and your house (and animals) survived. My neighbors in Bat Cave are stranded since the mountain road is completely washed out in several places. If Helene had come 2 days later, we would already be up there, also stranded; no electricity, no internet, limited phone service. Those folks seem to be handling this well, but it still f'g freaks me out. I don't expect to be able to access my place for months, maybe a year, maybe never; there are just too many roads to rebuild to get me there. But that's minor compared to what you folks who were in the midst of Helene have to deal with. Be well, be safe, have courage. You folks are in my thoughts. You are all TROOPERS!
Chimney rock is gone and I don’t know if it’s coming back, jeez bat cave got destroyed I know alot of attention was drawn to it so I hope they got everybody out but I’m still hearing rumors about people still trapped up in the mountains, we the people have done a tremendous amount of work but there’s no dodging the climbing death toll at this point if people are still trapped. My heart goes out to all of em and I wish I had a freakin helicopter or the government would send more. I’m so sorry to hear about your house and your friends hang in there ❤️
Chimney rock is gone and I don’t know if it’s coming back, jeez bat cave got destroyed I know alot of attention was drawn to it so I hope they got everybody out but I’m still hearing rumors about people still trapped up in the mountains, we the people have done a tremendous amount of work but there’s no dodging the climbing death toll at this point if people are still trapped. My heart goes out to all of em and I wish I had a freakin helicopter or the government would send more. I’m so sorry to hear about your house and your friends hang in there ❤️
Praying for y’all I’m out here in California and believe it or not almost 2 years ago we had major flooding in our town water got about a foot from our house the creek overflowed the opposite way and destroyed hundreds of houses it was a big mess glad to see you guys made it and are safe man🙏🏼
@@Mineral_dude sorry it took this long to respond but it missed us here in Morgan County. I think the worst of the storm was the tail two days before. It brought heavy rain and wind and brought a lot craziness to our area from Agusta because they got hammered. It took out Ingles main base for the cards and people needed to pay cash for the supplies and none of the ATM was working. Even gas stations were on cash only for gas. How are you doing today?
You saved that dog,is the dog back with the owners yet? Thankyou for showing us this unbelievable event. My God that is unreal. Hopefully things are improving for you and your neighbors!! Stay safe!
Dude, I'm glad you guys are okay and were fortunate to escape damage. I'm in middle TN which was far enough inland to only get a bunch of rain. Our flooding has been almost nothing. You are so right in that natural disasters are something else to experience. I've been witness to too many tornadoes, record floodings, and freak wind storms. They just feel unreal.
6:50 I dare you to jump in and swim across wearing full clothes...lol. I will make a donation to a local recovery charity of your choice in your name. On a serious note, I commend you for waking up your neighborhood to alert them to the pending disaster. Stay safe and I enjoy your cave videos.
When the water went down I went in to pull stuff out, legs started tingling where I had scratches so safe to say I won’t be back in the water for awhile 😂
@@Mineral_dudethere is so much in the waters during floods, fuels, oils, pesticides, fertilizers, acids, you name it, it’s in there. Best to stay out of flood waters.
This sucks, people died and people lost everything they had, life and earth will test us till the end of time, so we must face it and keep living for its all we have.
Man I’m so sorry!!! God bless you and everyone else!!! I grew up in Appalachia and I miss the mountains so much . I just bought a few acres in Newland and although I’m a long way from really knowing I’m assuming it’s not good. I now live in Florida and own a remodeling business . We got our asses handed to us down here too. I sure hope it’s another 100 years before anything like this happens again
One thing I've learned in my 60 years. Do not live anywhere close to water or big trees. My home was flooded by the Clinch River in 1977. And I now live in a neighborhood where there are huge trees and they've always made a mess on my property. I'm sorry for what people are going through right now and years to come. I've been there ! And it's horrifying and expensive
Man, I hope you and your home made it through the rest of the storm okay. The country is watching and praying for you all. We are dumbfounded at the lac of help out of dc! We're praying that God and the people fill the gap!
I was nerding out on this things days before it happened, I’m a weirdo though so I like that kinda shit, I was so confused on why everybody was just completely unaware - my theory is that we get a lot of rain all the time and they called for ALOT (hence why I was watching it so close) but it went from a cat 1 - 4 within a short period of time plus in the middle of the night and I think everybody was expecting a cat 1 so they didn’t think about it too hard and most people where expecting to wear a poncho out the door the next morning but nothing crazy, this is completely out of the ordinary for this area and we where so dry this year the first wave of rain just rain all into the creeks so when the hurricane got here the creek was already extremely high
People have to understand that when you live near a river especially in mountain areas this WILL happen eventually. It's sad to see it and scary to live through it. I live in Florida so I'm no stranger to the fear and devastation of a powerful storm. The key is keeping God first, being thankful you still have life and making sure you have plenty of insurance coverage. I can evacuate knowing the only thing I need to worry about is staying safe. My "stuff" is well covered and will be replaced. The real tragedy is most people don't have flood insurance, and a standard homeowner policy will not cover a flood.
After being in Harvey, flooding is the scariest experience you can ever go through. Feel for you. Besure reach out for mental help if you need it. Xoxo ❤
I like your thinking, I can imagine Florida has some more high tech stuff for this or atleast a bunch of sand bags to line the beaches with but we where just completely underprepared
They have those in the mid-west flood plains. It's a giant innertube that goes around a house and gets filled by flood water. They are only big enough to protect a house to about 10-12 feet of water. It won't do anything for a dam, however.
I just want to say I hope everybody is okay and please pay attention to the weather everybody when a hurricane is coming do not wait till it gets there
The flooding caused by Hurricane Helene in NC mountain towns is devastating. It is a stark reminder of the power of nature and the impact it can have on communities. Recovery will take time and effort. What do you think are the first steps these towns should take as they begin rebuilding?
I truly hate to the people and wildlife suffer and losing most if not all their personal possessions. Being resourceful and self reliant is a true value in situations like this. Aid will be there just hang in there and comfort and help each other more than you usually do. One thing I hope people learn is not to live below high water flood line. Jim Rodgers
You saved lives with warning them. Please make sure you GO VOTE EARLY & Red Across The Ticket While We Still Can In These Crazy Times. Right now we can donate anyway we can but we can't be distracted from Voting or this will continue with the gov't
100 weather mod if a cation They were calling for a bunch of rain from this as it made its way uo through the mid atlantic then nothing i was thinking wheres all the rain . seems they made it dump it all there
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I live in Greeneville TN just down the road from you. Our county got hit hard too, we have had no water since the 29th. Our whole county is out. The pump house washed out at the Nolichucky River. Praying for all who have suffered from this storm.
Yeah they’re saying it might take months to get water back, with the little gas I have I’ve been running water out to surrounding towns
We're closing on outmr house in upstate SC in a couple weeks.
We WERE planning on going to Eastern Tennessee and looking at property....
Migrants and Ukraine get more than Americans. Anyone who doesn't vote for trump has rocks in there head
@@mk83_Daniel_Williams DO YOU STILL HAVE NO WATER?? UPDATE???
@@Mineral_dude bless you 🙏🏻
I just wanna say you're awesome for lookin out for your neighbors!!!!
This is 100% what I was most worried about in the mountains. All the permanent residents at RV parks. I really hope the people at dogwood RV park in chimney rock left before that night.
It hurts to see what happened to the mountains that I love so much. Be safe bro.
None of these people considered that this hurricane would effect them much. They don't seem too wise out there in the mountains. Got RV's and still stayed. Smh
God I hope so too, thanks man right back atcha, less than a mile down the road the creek took a 90 and took out everything on its banks, I can’t imagine the force of it as it got all the way down to chimney rock
@@Mineral_dude You can see it in the videos from down stream. There are torn up and crushed sections of vehicles in the river bed that are witness to the violence. Engine and transmission torn out, truck frame torn in half, one sedan looked like a wadded up chewing gum wrapper. Large boulders were tumbling down the river bed under the water.
@@rtqii you say this and we all are thinking what we don't want to say. 😭🙏🏻❤️
@@bywaterbeatsproduction Lol, youre a fuckin tool aint ya? yeah, cause places with elevations of over 4000 FEET are suspect to flooding right? lick a god damn boot
Thanks for sharing. That escalated incredibly quickly. Glad to see you’re okay!
My heartfelt prayers go out to everyone over there in western NC. Things got bad here in east TN but you folks got the worst of it. It is heartbreaking to see all the loss and devastation.
Right back atcha, stay safe, we need this to bring the community together not tear us apart ❤️
thoughts and prayers wont help but maybe some FEMA funding might ... oh wait here you go:
List of Republicans who voted against FEMA Funding before Hurricane Helene.
Representative James Baird of Indiana
Representative Troy Balderson of Ohio
Representative Jim Banks of Indiana
Representative Aaron Bean of Florida
Representative Andy Biggs of Arizona
Representative Gus Bilirakis of Florida
Representative Dan Bishop of North Carolina
Representative Lauren Boebert of Colorado
Representative Mike Bost of Illinois
Representative Josh Brecheen of Oklahoma
Representative Tim Burchett of Tennessee
Representative Eric Burlison of Missouri
Representative Kat Cammack of Florida
Representative Michael Cloud of Texas
Representative Andrew Clyde of Georgia
Representative Mike Collins of Georgia
Representative Eli Crane of Arizona
Representative John Curtis of Utah
Representative Warren Davidson of Ohio
Representative Byron Donalds of Florida
Representative Jeff Duncan of South Carolina
Representative Ron Estes of Kansas
Representative Mike Ezell of Mississippi
Representative Randy Feenstra of Iowa
Representative Brad Finstad of Minnesota
Representative Michelle Fischbach of Minnesota
Representative Russell Fry of South Carolina
Representative Russ Fulcher of Idaho
Representative Matt Gaetz of Florida
Representative Tony Gonzales of Texas
Representative Bob Good of Virginia
Representative Lance Gooden of Texas
Representative Paul Gosar of Arizona
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia
Representative Morgan Griffith of Virginia
Representative Michael Guest of Mississippi
Representative Harriet Hageman of Wyoming
Representative Andy Harris of Maryland
Representative Clay Higgins of Louisiana
Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio
Representative John Joyce of Pennsylvania
Representative Trent Kelly of Mississippi
Representative Darin LaHood of Illinois
Representative Laurel Lee of Florida
Representative Debbie Lesko of Arizona
Representative Greg Lopez of Colorado
Representative Anna Paulina Luna of Florida
Representative Morgan Lutrell of Texas
Representative Nancy Mace of South Carolina
Representative Tracey Mann of Kansas
Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky
Representative Tom McClintock of California
Representative Rich McCormick of Georgia
Representative Mary Miller of Illinois
Representative Max Miller of Ohio
Representative Cory Mills of Florida
Representative Alex Mooney of West Virginia
Representative Barry Moore of Alabama
Representative Nathaniel Moran of Texas
Representative Ralph Norman of South Carolina
Representative Andy Ogles of Tennessee
Representative Gary Palmer of Alabama
Representative Scott Perry of Pennsylvania
Representative Bill Posey of Florida
Representative John Rose of Tennessee
Representative Matt Rosendale of Montana
Representative Chip Roy of Texas
Representative David Schweikert of Arizona
Representative Keith Self of Texas
Representative Victoria Spartz of Indiana
Representative Claudia Tenney of New York
Representative William Timmons of South Carolina
Representative Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey
Representative Beth Van Duyne of Texas
Representative Derrick Van Orden of Wisconsin
Representative Mike Waltz of Florida
Representative Randy Weber of Texas
Representative Daniel Webster of Florida
Representative Bruce Westerman of Arkansas
Representative Roger Williams of Texas
Representative Rudy Yakym of Indiana
Senate
Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee
Senator Mike Braun of Indiana
Senator Katie Britt of Alabama
Senator Ted Budd of North Carolina
Senator Mike Crapo of Idaho
Senator Deb Fischer of Nebraska
Senator Bill Hagerty of Tennessee
Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri
Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin
Senator Mike Lee of Utah
Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas
Senator Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma
Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky
Senator Pete Ricketts of Nebraska
Senator James Risch of Idaho
Senator Eric Schmitt of Missouri
Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina
Senator Tommy Tuberville of Alabama
I'm glad you are alive! Keep up the good work!
Thank you ❤️
Hey man stay safe, flew out earlier this week to help my buddy get his horses out of the muck and it's absoltuly crazy how much damage there is. I just can't believe it. My buddies horses almost got washed down the creek while we were trailering them. Luckily we got everybody out and I'm still here volenteering.
Every road turn has insurmountable damage, it’s confusing out here right now and this is just the first week, I hope things get better, thank you for being here ❤️
God bless you 🙏
@@Mineral_dude my husband is out there clearing roads with friends. They drove 8 hours.
PLEASE IF YOU'RE READING THIS AND CAPABLE, PLEASE GO OUT THERE IF TO SIMPLY HELP CLEAR ROADS! 🙏🏻❤️
The trailer homes that are towable, did the owners tow it to higher grounds?
@@willienillie6337 I'm not sure, I was talking about horse trailers. Ain't nobody towing anything out now, specially houses.
Glad You didn't lose your house brother, crazy how much damage that storm did
It’s unreal
Thank you for posting this .. we need to see what really happened in this area . Thanks
So glad your home survived many have lost everything. Wow just insane. Take care and thanks for sharing.
Thank you, it’s horrible, I cannot believe the devastation out here
I saw your wife’s posts right before it got bad. I hope you guys are okay. I still have family in the Blue Ridge Mountains that haven’t been accounted for. Prayers and positivity headed your way.
What area?
@@Mineral_dude slightly West of Asheville not far from Canton. From what my aunt says, she believes the family is okay (cousin, wife, kids), but without service or power. I’ve only seen the devastation in Asheville, so I’m not sure how bad their area is. They were slightly elevated (not that it helped NC much). I was born there…. In Alabama now. The rest of my family that lives in NC is okay. They live more central, scattered from Charlotte to Burlington.
@@elizabethtraynham6840 from what I understand canton still is having some cell issues. Then no power it makes it hard. I have people in that area if you want to send someone to check on them.
@@elizabethtraynham6840I have a friend north of Bakersville and haven’t heard from him since Sunday. I’ve seen some footage of other places and it’s all terrible. I just hope many of the missing or unaccounted for are found safe.
@@akbychoice I hope your friend is found safely. We still haven’t heard anything, either. It’s mostly just hope that our family is hanging onto… but the more we see, the more we are realizing the outcome we are hoping for no longer exists.
Unbelievable........so much water is so short a time....glad you are safe, and no damage to your home.........take care.......thanks for the update........
Craziness, still can’t believe it and the water still isn’t down, dams are overflowing everywhere right now and the whole side of the state is a wasteland
@@Mineral_dude been watching ytube vids on the flood damage..around the whole area...water is unstopable......
You being a Mineral Dude ,they want this are for Lithium and Quartz. It's a land grab like Lahaina Hawaii.
Asheville is going to be UN Agenda 2030 Smart City.
Glad you, the Mrs and pets are all ok. So scary how quickly that water level rose - kind of makes you realise just how water can carve out a landscape above and below ground. Just glad neither of you were underground......
Right! That woulda been bad but I’m not going to lie I was really excited for some flooded caves, thanks dude ❤️
Glad you made it out ok bro. Scary stuff
Thanks, yeah it definitely is
Glad you Mrs K and the kitty cats are safe along with the poor doggy you help save. Ive been worried about yall. We loss power for about 14hrs. Some still waiting on power in my town here in SC. Y'all stay safe much love 💓
🙏Prayer for everyone that was affected by Hurricane Helene
Hope you’re doing well right now, me and Alex are cutting up some trees in swananoa rn, hugs from both of us
@@Mineral_dude I'm still breathing lol. I'm glad yall two are together helping out people in this time of need. Send hugs and love back to yall. And make sure Alex's doesn't over work that ankle or I'm going to get both of yall 🤣 love yall and yall stay safe. 💓
Thanks to all of you locals who posted videos showing the destruction of this horrific storm!!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻♥️🙏🏻🇺🇸
I have a place up the mountain in Bat Cave that we were to head to on Thursday before Helene hit, so I've been watching every piece of video showing conditions in NC. Your video, beginning in the dark (and knowing what was coming) scared the living shit out of me. Looking at the rising river by flashlight was one of the most frightening things I've ever seen. I kept thinking, Dude, you gotta leave; you gotta run. Am so glad you and your house (and animals) survived.
My neighbors in Bat Cave are stranded since the mountain road is completely washed out in several places. If Helene had come 2 days later, we would already be up there, also stranded; no electricity, no internet, limited phone service. Those folks seem to be handling this well, but it still f'g freaks me out.
I don't expect to be able to access my place for months, maybe a year, maybe never; there are just too many roads to rebuild to get me there. But that's minor compared to what you folks who were in the midst of Helene have to deal with.
Be well, be safe, have courage. You folks are in my thoughts. You are all TROOPERS!
Chimney rock is gone and I don’t know if it’s coming back, jeez bat cave got destroyed I know alot of attention was drawn to it so I hope they got everybody out but I’m still hearing rumors about people still trapped up in the mountains, we the people have done a tremendous amount of work but there’s no dodging the climbing death toll at this point if people are still trapped. My heart goes out to all of em and I wish I had a freakin helicopter or the government would send more. I’m so sorry to hear about your house and your friends hang in there ❤️
Chimney rock is gone and I don’t know if it’s coming back, jeez bat cave got destroyed I know alot of attention was drawn to it so I hope they got everybody out but I’m still hearing rumors about people still trapped up in the mountains, we the people have done a tremendous amount of work but there’s no dodging the climbing death toll at this point if people are still trapped. My heart goes out to all of em and I wish I had a freakin helicopter or the government would send more. I’m so sorry to hear about your house and your friends hang in there ❤️
Praying for y’all I’m out here in California and believe it or not almost 2 years ago we had major flooding in our town water got about a foot from our house the creek overflowed the opposite way and destroyed hundreds of houses it was a big mess glad to see you guys made it and are safe man🙏🏼
Glad you guys are safe!! Nature is no joke. It looks like you were lucky. Stay safe!!
Thank you ❤️
Dude I'm so happy you made it out with everything okay man!
Thanks man
Sooo happy to seee ur alive
Thank you
Glad you are doing well, I'm in mid Georgia and living in a camper also, lucky to be in farmland.
Oh man how was that for you?
@@Mineral_dude sorry it took this long to respond but it missed us here in Morgan County. I think the worst of the storm was the tail two days before. It brought heavy rain and wind and brought a lot craziness to our area from Agusta because they got hammered. It took out Ingles main base for the cards and people needed to pay cash for the supplies and none of the ATM was working. Even gas stations were on cash only for gas. How are you doing today?
Bless you for knocking on the door of those people❤
I have seen bad flooding here in the UK, but you were lucky there man, not loosing your home, hope everything is OK for you and your neighbours.
Thank you 🙏
You spelled neighbor wrong there Nigel
@@tobeforgottenisworsethande8995 Only if I lived in the States, here in the UK it has always had a u in the spelling.
You saved that dog,is the dog back with the owners yet? Thankyou for showing us this unbelievable event. My God that is unreal. Hopefully things are improving for you and your neighbors!! Stay safe!
Dude, I'm glad you guys are okay and were fortunate to escape damage.
I'm in middle TN which was far enough inland to only get a bunch of rain. Our flooding has been almost nothing.
You are so right in that natural disasters are something else to experience. I've been witness to too many tornadoes, record floodings, and freak wind storms. They just feel unreal.
Mother Nature don’t play
May abundant blessings flow to you and your community!
Bless you for warning your neighbors
Saying prayers for y’all. Continue to stay safe! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Glad you woke up your neighbors! Bless you!
Glad your area pulled through safe! I know a lot of other places weren't as lucky :(
I’m in swananoa now. It’s horrible.
I got family in Old Fort NC, glad yall are safe
Haven’t made it out there yet but I hear they are pretty established, that’s good thoughts and prayers to your family ❤️
Good job making the call to evacuate. That’s not an easy decision.
Thought it was over dramatic, I guess not
👍♥️🙏 for everyone affected by these storms and all people helping
6:50 I dare you to jump in and swim across wearing full clothes...lol. I will make a donation to a local recovery charity of your choice in your name.
On a serious note,
I commend you for waking up your neighborhood to alert them to the pending disaster.
Stay safe and I enjoy your cave videos.
When the water went down I went in to pull stuff out, legs started tingling where I had scratches so safe to say I won’t be back in the water for awhile 😂
@@Mineral_dudethere is so much in the waters during floods, fuels, oils, pesticides, fertilizers, acids, you name it, it’s in there. Best to stay out of flood waters.
This sucks, people died and people lost everything they had, life and earth will test us till the end of time, so we must face it and keep living for its all we have.
Beautifully said God bless
How many inches of rain did your region get and in what amount of time? Where exactly do you live?
in East TN I think we got 7 or 8 inches.
Asheville got 24 I think I heard, surrounding areas got a little less
Glad you and yours are all right, and your house is still there!
Thank you ❤️
Dude! I was on pins and needles waiting for your house to get washed away! So glad it didn't!!!!!😊
Wow man. Glad you are safe. Did you find the dog's owner?
Yes they are reunited!!
Amazing real life video
Great of you to warn neighbors
So glad yall didn't lose your homes!
Man I’m so sorry!!! God bless you and everyone else!!! I grew up in Appalachia and I miss the mountains so much . I just bought a few acres in Newland and although I’m a long way from really knowing I’m assuming it’s not good. I now live in Florida and own a remodeling business . We got our asses handed to us down here too. I sure hope it’s another 100 years before anything like this happens again
I wish all the best to you and everyone there. It seems that the floodwaters are rising faster than expected, right?
Not sure, I don’t keep up with that kinda stuff very well
One thing I've learned in my 60 years. Do not live anywhere close to water or big trees. My home was flooded by the Clinch River in 1977. And I now live in a neighborhood where there are huge trees and they've always made a mess on my property. I'm sorry for what people are going through right now and years to come. I've been there ! And it's horrifying and expensive
Man that’s so scary!! I’m curious as to why yall didn’t move the rvs?
Man, I hope you and your home made it through the rest of the storm okay. The country is watching and praying for you all. We are dumbfounded at the lac of help out of dc! We're praying that God and the people fill the gap!
Thanks man, we are all stunned too, where are my tax dollars going? (I know the answer to that 😡)
Glad you didn't lose yer 💩...
And y'all are safe...
Might wanna let them caves air out a bit before you go in again
I’m stuck here for awhile, caves can wait my community needs me right now
It looks like an rv? Just hook up d be gone? Am i missing something?
I drive a 2.3 ford ranger, not happening 😂
@@Mineral_dude i am glad you got trough it allright! Thanks for the vlog.
How you holding up brother? I’m sorry you had to go through this.
So glad you didnt get it worse. I thought you were going to have a houseboat!
Man wouldn’t that be something, got beach front property now though 😂
And now you got Milton to deal with.... Good luck stay safe
praying for you and your neighbors
Thank you 🙏
I’m glad you made it out.
I’m in Spartanburg sc. we got hit hard. Not as hard as wnc but it’s bad.
Very fortunate none of the campers were washed away.
Glad to here ur community there survived
Everyone was so unprepared omg😱
I was nerding out on this things days before it happened, I’m a weirdo though so I like that kinda shit, I was so confused on why everybody was just completely unaware - my theory is that we get a lot of rain all the time and they called for ALOT (hence why I was watching it so close) but it went from a cat 1 - 4 within a short period of time plus in the middle of the night and I think everybody was expecting a cat 1 so they didn’t think about it too hard and most people where expecting to wear a poncho out the door the next morning but nothing crazy, this is completely out of the ordinary for this area and we where so dry this year the first wave of rain just rain all into the creeks so when the hurricane got here the creek was already extremely high
The speed of the rushing water is unbelievable.
Why not just leave with the RV???
My prayers go out to every one of you people down there in your area I can't imagine what all you people are going through this s*** is apocalyptic
Shout out to the smoker for staying put. She chose you brother.
MAN BUT ALL MY POST OAK WASHED AWAY 😭
well hope you have made it through , its a mess,, be safe
Hopefully I can bring a light hearted comment by saying I have a really similar truck to yours and I love the red ranger!
So glad your rv made it.
Same, they can be replaced but I’d be screwed if all the stuff in it went bye bye
Dude glad you are safe
People have to understand that when you live near a river especially in mountain areas this WILL happen eventually. It's sad to see it and scary to live through it. I live in Florida so I'm no stranger to the fear and devastation of a powerful storm. The key is keeping God first, being thankful you still have life and making sure you have plenty of insurance coverage. I can evacuate knowing the only thing I need to worry about is staying safe. My "stuff" is well covered and will be replaced. The real tragedy is most people don't have flood insurance, and a standard homeowner policy will not cover a flood.
After being in Harvey, flooding is the scariest experience you can ever go through. Feel for you. Besure reach out for mental help if you need it. Xoxo ❤
This needs some new inventions to set up fast dams..
Like big rubber bags that you can fill with water to set up perimeters.
I like your thinking, I can imagine Florida has some more high tech stuff for this or atleast a bunch of sand bags to line the beaches with but we where just completely underprepared
They have those in the mid-west flood plains. It's a giant innertube that goes around a house and gets filled by flood water. They are only big enough to protect a house to about 10-12 feet of water. It won't do anything for a dam, however.
If I lived there, I would have been gone when they said 33in of rain expected. If you haven't left, get out now! Adequate enough help is not coming.
Yeah, here we are though, sucks I wish the whole side of the state did something different
I just want to say I hope everybody is okay and please pay attention to the weather everybody when a hurricane is coming do not wait till it gets there
Agreed
Hope you all are okay! Just make sure to ask your legislatures what they are doing to help after this.
Crazy . Stay safe guys
Thank you 🙏
Crazy times out there.
Forreal, life up here is so weird right now, it’s like the Wild West
Where is the TVA?
do you ever pan for gold...seems like the perfect time after a flood like this to hit the small creeks that were torn apart.
5:15 😢😢😢 those words 💔💔
the real danger is where that fast flowing river is going :< so glad you are okay
LOL - People that would give a schit about your 'messy' place probably don't watch this type of channel! No worries.
The flooding caused by Hurricane Helene in NC mountain towns is devastating. It is a stark reminder of the power of nature and the impact it can have on communities. Recovery will take time and effort. What do you think are the first steps these towns should take as they begin rebuilding?
WHAT TOWN?
so many people displaced from their homes in nc, and by next month it gets very cold there; praying for uguys!
I truly hate to the people and wildlife suffer and losing most if not all their personal possessions. Being resourceful and self reliant is a true value in situations like this. Aid will be there just hang in there and comfort and help each other more than you usually do. One thing I hope people learn is not to live below high water flood line. Jim Rodgers
Jeez, I hope all those folks made it out.
You saved lives bro
my heart skipped a beat when he slipped holy shit man
@Mineral_dude, I'm really worried about you and your wife. I hope you are okay.
This is do dad my heart and prayers are with you all 🙏
Thank you they are needed and appreciated ❤️
11:42 I like how this part sounds
Hope he’s ok
You saved lives with warning them. Please make sure you GO VOTE EARLY & Red Across The Ticket While We Still Can In These Crazy Times. Right now we can donate anyway we can but we can't be distracted from Voting or this will continue with the gov't
Oh I’m voting don’t you worry 🆘
Unreal be safe
Thank you
100 weather mod if a cation
They were calling for a bunch of rain from this as it made its way uo through the mid atlantic then nothing i was thinking wheres all the rain . seems they made it dump it all there
No clue, I’m not proficient at all in that area
The first weather modification patent was issued in 1891, with the patent number 462,795.
This is legit my recurring nightmare
Stay safe.
Right back atcha
The trash floating down is the. Towns up river. The stinky smell it the big ass propane tanks floating by spewing their juice
Technically what you were experiencing was tropical storm Helene.
Thanks 🙄
They have wheels, why didn’t you move them?
That poor dog. 😢 its owners might’ve been killed in the storm. What a horrible experience.
Praying for you Dude God Bless ✝️
That was wild.