Hurricane Helene’s Aftermath in Appalachia
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- Hurricane Helene hit the U.S. this weekend and absolutely decimated the Southeast, especially rural parts of Appalachia. As usual, our government is no help. Let's talk about it.
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My dad lived in a trailer in Black Mountain and lost the trailer, vehicles, a camper, even my mother's ashes. He's 80 years old. His elderly girlfriend lived in Old Fort and lost everything, too. They're in a motel in Hickory now because I live in Morganton and still don't have power, possibly until this weekend, we hope. Besides all this, my family got out lucky because we're all alive. So many others are lost and missing. Please keep our area in your prayers. Life for us has changed forever 💔 #WNCStrong
We used to drive through Black Mountain and Old Fort all the time on visits to my grandparents until we moved them down to live with us in SC in 2018 (which just happened to be in the middle of Hurricane Florence). They lived in the North Cove area up above Marion, my granddad was a forklift driver at the Baxter facility there, and one of their old neighbors who still lives up there reported all three bridges into that area were taken out, with the only way out being by helicopter or, if you had a light vehicle like an ATV or side-by-side, they had some planks over the river you could drive over. The guy's son, who lives in my grandparents' old house, had his brand new truck crushed by a tree that fell on the carport.
My cousins live in black mountain, they’re house is at the top of the mountain they live on which is the reason why they’re not underwater, but all the roads are gone, trees down everywhere, no water, no internet, and they cant go too far on foot due to flooding, the only way we know they’re alive is bc of starlink
The NHC told the governor to get them out. They ran the storm surge models. I hold your Governor 100% accountable for every single last loss of life up there because he did not appropriately evacuate people.
I have lots of family and friends in NC who have been severely affected also!! Praying for all of you! Many of our schools and churches here in SC are gathering supplies to send your way! Praying that they get in the hands of all who need them most!!!
My sister lives in Black Mountain and has been staying with us in Charlotte since Sunday. The pics and videos she showed us were unbelievable. I’m heading up to Black Mountain tomorrow to help out.
Here in Southeast Virginia, we got hit really bad. There was an area right by my sisters home that was badly flooded to the point that the bridge over the river was covered by the high waters and looked like it basically disappeared. Thank the lord above no one we know was hurt. Prayers to all going through this!!
We’re over here near Blacksburg, VA in the valley. An entire campground full of families is gone. Entire infrastructure lost. We’re struggling and thousands still without power 😞 we just ran out of water I’m sure gas will follow soon if we can’t figure this out.
We also got new record breaking flooding for the New River. It reached 29ft hasn’t been anywhere near that high since the 1980s
Oklahoma DOT came in clutch. Very grateful for that bunch!
What part of VA? I'm right across the state line in Kingsport.
@kayloniesmith8511 I'm from Christiansburg and still have friends in the area. Many still no power. Radford was flooded pretty bad also. Charlotte nc the western part of the state is pretty well just wiped away.
I don't know if you've been to Narrows VA but we were driving during this disaster and we saw where the campgrounds were completely underwater and people were having to be rescued. I'm not sure if they tried to stay in the campers or they tried to return to the campers. We were originally trying to get to North Carolina but we had to call that off. We returned home to find the water didn't reach our house but our power just got cut on today.
I have friends in Boone. They made it through and miraculously are ok, but their neighbor did not. Prayers for all affected.
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Amen, sister 🙏
Got family a few minutes east of boone. They're on top of a hill so they were fine, but the river had washed away one of 2 bridges leading to their house. No power, spotty cell service still
I go to college there. All classes are canceled currently, and our campus is completely washed out. The only people I’ve seen helping are fellow students and members of the community, but we haven’t received anything from the federal government or the current administration. I am done with this nonsense.
As a Boone resident, the counties around us are far worse. We got it bad, but we have multiple private entities that are mobilized and working, including App State university.Counties west and south of us that are sandwiched between the north and south toe river have reports of missing individuals up in the 300 hundreds. Trailer parks and low income I was disapointed have be wiped off the mountain side. There are places that are only accessible by helicopter. Elders are being boated out of residents and placed in hospitals and nursing homes just so they can receive the care they need. I k ow friends at ETSU that are tagging and identifying bodies pulled from the river. The national guard has just now(as of tueday) has set up mobile morges for this area. Mudslides have also taken multiple homes and lives. Most people have no power, no water,and some had to hike to the top of the mountains to survive Friday night. When I found out that we gave other countries more our citizens, I was disappointed. Canada has sent more than the federal government.
6 days no power. 6.5 hours in line for gas. But so grateful to God i have all my loved ones safe. I'm praying so hard. My neighbors daughter is missing in NC.
How old is your neighbor’s daughter? Gosh all these people missing and waiting for help have been keeping me up at night. We’re in the Triad
@Anna-pm8td she's an adult. Not sure exactly age 20s
@Anna-pm8td it so awful. I just want to help. But I can even get gas to go up there.
Now yall know exactly what people in Puerto Rico had to deal with after getting hit by that Cat 5 hurricane named Maria. They too had no way of knowing if their family was alive and quickly had to organize with their neighbors and local agencies to get things done while the Governor was wasting people’s time. Sucks. But they boycotted his butt and kicked him out of office. Hope yall take a good hard look at your Governor as well.
Elon’s Starlink helped the island a bit though, so hope you guys get connected soon.
@@reign4723 Great time to bash the paper towel throwing president. Oh wait Brett thinks he can do no wrong and bash and sell dog nutritional supplements? Whitney Webb on Sabby Sabs!
I am a student at Appalachian State who lost my apartment and car to the flood last weekend. It was amazing to see how quickly Samaritans Purse and RedCross were ready to help. I go to Alliance Bible Fellowship in Boone and they were working quickly to aid affected people in the area. Even people from my home church in Raleigh are heading up to Boone this week to go help. It’s a horrible tragedy but beautiful to see everyone helping out!
I live where Helene was hit. It wasn’t until Monday until I saw people actually working to help. Still haven’t seen a single federal or state station to help. Though they sure had the priority for football 🙄
I’ve seen trucks with Canada tags helping.
I’ve seen the community coming together and churches handing out food. It’s made me realize the people around you are not as evil as the internet wants you to think.
Continue prayers are welcome for everyone.
FEMA literally does nothing to help with recovery or relief
Same to that first part
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@@s.l.a.c.kshack1594 i’ll assume this is possibly Shitting on clemson
I live in Greenville, SC. Thank you for posting this. My family is still without power. My husband is a first responder and was at work for almost four days, little to no sleep, running countless calls. My brother in law lost his house, other friend’s street turned into a sink hole, parks flooded. Neighbors have been helping neighbors. Departments are coming from other cities/states to help all around. So thankful for the incredible people coming here and helping, the first responders, and the linemen. Praying for the cities that got it worse than we did. I’ve never experienced such a bad storm, no one was prepared for this at all.
My brother lives there! He was the only house in his neighborhood that did not lose power due to solar panels. He set up plugs outside for neighbors to charge their mobile phones.
I live just across the river from Greenville County. We lost power at 7-something Friday morning and got it back a little after 9:00 AM Monday. I heard it was a Michigan line crew that got us up and running on our street, and it was just in the nick of time because I think we used all of the portable oxygen tanks we had for my grandmother who has COPD, and we were about to have to call 911 or get her to a shelter just so she could have her oxygen. That was our main concern.
Also, Easley is overcrowded at the best of times, so imagine what it was like when it was one of the only places around with power. It took me 2 hours to make a food run to Hardee's the other night.
God bless you and your husband. May God give your husband strength as he does so much to help. 🙏
@katherineswitala4224 thank goodness that he had the wisdom of having the battery so he can store his solar power and can help others
Floridian here: Your Governor is in charge of the emergency funds that the president gave them. Your Governor is suppose to take over, they are in charge of organizing, having people communicate to you where to go for FEMA assistance, etc, etc, etc.
What are they doing? They seem completely clueless for this type of disaster. I hope your Gov calls DeSantis for some tips to help y’all . Ridiculous.
I live in Greenville SC. We never thought it would be more than some heavy rain. I watched trees fall on homes and power lines friday morning. Afterwards once gas stations got power, the wait was nearly an hour to get an open pump. People filling entire buggies (shopping carts) with groceries and just walking out once stores opened. We are thankful it wasnt worse for us here in the Upstate and it definitely could have been. It wasnt until TODAY as i was headed in to work that i saw a FEMA convoy of ambulances heading down 385 around 2pm. The government fumbling this disaster is not surprising, but still disapponting. Thank you for covering this.
Some of this is not an accident. It would absolutely be in these creeps' interest, same as in Maui, to delay as long as possible so they can steal the land.
@@tylerweathers4883 were we watching the same news? WYFF warned multiple times that this could be bad. We had numerous warning relating to how wet the soil will be from the thunderstorm and stuck cold front. Yes it was worse than we thought but it’s not surprising.
Although, yes you’re right. The federal support is a fucking mess
I’m in Va & I’ve been without power for almost a week. The community have really come together to help each other. I’ve seen ppl w a little table set up in their yards, offering free coffee. Ppl who have power are cooking meals for others. It’s so nice to see.
It's wonderful to see isn't it? We have a new little grocer store that was out hanging out food for the people in the valley in VA. They even had a few people who were willing to deliver food to the older people who couldn't get out of their house. Makes my heart full to see people coming together again. I've missed this so much in today's world.
How are you on now
@@iscreamfitness car still work so i guess they can go a town or two over assuming anywhere nearish has power.
I live in Spartanburg, SC and am from Spruce Pine, NC. My entire family still lives in Spruce Pine and it’s been heartbreaking to see the devastation my little hometown has experienced and terrifying to have not been able to get in touch with my parents, grandparents, brother, etc for DAYS following the hurricane to as much as find out whether they were safe. Thankfully they all are and we’re all beginning to get our power restored. But the road to recovery will be long. Thank you Brett for making this video! Thank you to the thousands of linemen from all over the country who are working around the clock to restore our power. ❤❤❤
I have family in South Carolina who were already down to eating one meal a day on Saturday. My papa down here in Georgia, where the power in the entire county was out and there was nowhere to get meals or gas, dropped everything to take a generator up to them on unsafe roads where trees and powerlines were down and red lights were not functioning. And we are all doing much better than untold numbers of people. Hearing that FEMA doesn’t work on the weekends is genuinely one of the most enraging things I have ever heard. People needed aid this weekend. They could have stood to sacrifice a couple of days off when they are in the privileged position to have power, water, food, a standing home and a job that hasn’t been lost to disaster. Oh My God.
Omg hi I’m in South Carolina to! I haven’t had any power for 5 days now. This is so terrible and all the gas stations are out of gas. Praying for it to get better right now
@@tragickendra I am so sorry you are still going through that! Things have gotten a little better here over the last couple days with some stores and gas stations being able to open up. I heard that the linemen in SC went down to Florida to help there, not knowing how bad their own state would be hit. More people are coming to help from other states and from Canada now. It just takes time to get there. I am praying for you and everyone affected and I hope you are able to safely wait this crisis out.
Prayers for you, but fema does work on weekends, Just checked. I'm sure they're busy. Hope things get better.
Upstate SC here. Sitting in the dark making this comment. I've never seen so much widespread carnage in all of our hurricanes. Good news is there is plenty of pulp wood that could be turned into lumber instead of wasting it. I'm sure up the road 35 miles up in NC it's unreal.
@@tragickendraI'm with ya sister. God bless.
FINALLY!!! Someone with a large following is giving this some coverage. Thank you Brett
Amazingly, the Podcast of the Lotus Eaters have covered this too -- they're from the UK.
Appalachia always gets ignored. In the language of the left, it is the privileged urban professionals oppressing the rural working class. That sums up everything they are doing. They are the oppressors.
Cleetus McFarland also posted a video, he was donating his helicopter and time flying supplies and people for the first couple days. Now they tell the regular people not to help unless asked, after the citizens already took care of the most urgent issues. Government comes in after to clean up but all the heroes were the average people helping their neighbors.
Couple of others have as well sadly 3 of the other 4 I know of aren't in the US. Josh from England actually asked why no one was covering this, and 2 reactors that are up and coming, 1 from Northern Ireland and 1 from Portugal have put out videos. Anthony Brian Logan aka ABL did a video about it but he grew up in one of the Carolinas and now lives in TN covered it as well. Its sad really how this is being handled.
East TN native Joker (on the Better Bachelor channel) is actually out there helping, as well as covering it on his channel. Meanwhile, the hosts at the Daily Wire would consider someone like red-pilled Joker "anti-woman" ....despite him having delivered a bunch of baby essentials (and other basic supplies) to those affected by the hurricane.
Thank you reminding folks that Asheville was not the only place affected. Our small mountain towns have been left to make do on their own and what little news we get from them is heartbreaking. I have cried more in the last few days than ever before. Please pray for everyone living through this mess.
Ashville had it comming the rest didnt
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@@crazychase98yes Asheville defunded the police back in 2020. More than 40% resigned. This affects all first responders when you take away the police😮 it is a catastrophic mess.
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God will see us through...I have family in Burnsville, Erwin, and Asheville...Most are ok. Dad buried near the top of Bald Mountain in Bee Log Community..we expect to hear that the cemetery is gone.
Extreme NE TN here. It's been crazy the past week. Some people still without power and or water. People still missing. But it's mainly been local government, first responders, churches, and neighbors helping. Good ol boys in their pickups and four wheelers rescuing people and hauling supplies. We still have some folks that have no way to communicate.
People may make fun of mountain folk but we take care of our own. I'm so proud to be from where I'm from. Praying for everybody that was hit, that have lost loved ones or still has people missing.
I work in local news in Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee.
There are still communities our team can’t even begin to reach and cover, and what we can see is devastating as is.
Where I live and work is one of the most fortunate communities as we haven’t seen much of the damage and destruction, but many of my friends were not. Any help that can be given to these communities is appreciated. All we can do now is continue to go and cover where we can and hope the government responds to the needs of these people.
I live in a small town called Pacolet in South Carolina. I can confirm we have been out of power some with no water and many with no food…every time I leave my house I see the trees and power lines and family’s walking the streets with gas cans in order to power generators if your lucky. Everyday when I adventure out further I realize just how deviating Helene was. Please pray for every southern state. My advice for those of us in this mess is pray and volunteer when you can. Stay strong everyone
I pray you and your family get through this! Hang in there! Love from Northern Michigan.
Ya still no power I live in gaffney south caralina
Corp of Engineers was in Brevard on Saturday!
I'm in Spartanburg so I'm pretty familiar with pacolet, it isn't too much better here, hopefully soon we both get help and power. This reminds me of the ice storm we had like 15 years ago that knocked power out for about a week
@@nocturnerose7696Really? I haven’t been able to make my way down to Spartanburg yet but I’ve been to Cowpens, Gaffney and Johnville. My church Crossroads Baptist is gonna be open today 11-2 and then again at 6:30! There will be food, some ice and some power to charge some things if you need anything!
I attend Appalachian State University in Boone, NC and can confirm that nobody was ready for the level of devastation the storm brought. Thank you for covering this since the curated media will not!
Do know what going to happen as far as how they will with all the students
ME TOO!! is your home okay?
Are you alright?
@@tvtvtfan3767 our classes got canceled this week, still don’t know if they will be continued on Monday.
@@katieanne1696 yes!! However, I do personally know people who lost most everything they own. Lives>material possessions
Wow! As frustrating as the lack of government response is, it's good to hear how neighbors and private organizations are stepping up and helping everyone
Absolutely!
I've been following another channel called appalachia homestead. She's been on the ground helping ppl. She's also involved in several organizations helping first hand with the devastation.. so sad the government isn't doing anything
I live in Rutherford County. It is home to Chimney Rock and Lake Lure, both of which are in shambles. It's so hard seeing your community hurting so bad and getting so little help from a government that claims to care about its people. We are so thankful for the volunteers that are sending out their help.
Thanks for covering this story! I live in Newport, Tennessee. Our entire downtown was under water, due to a dam failing. We’ve never seen anything like this here. People have lost everything- cars, houses, family members… we still have no water here!!! -also want to add that where our government is failing to be present, our community and surrounding communities are helping each other.
Floridian here, the damage from this hurricane was insane one of the worst anyone’s seen. Luckily I live inland and didn’t get much rain or wind. But the government was unprepared, Desantis was the only one who actually cared.
We got 3 days of rain here in Northwest Missouri.
YEAH RIGHT!!!!!!!!
The governor is in charge of the emergency funding once a president releases it. Those State’s clearly don’t have Governors that know what they’re doing. Something they might want to consider in their next Governor is electing someone who knows what to do after a disaster.
Seems kind of deliberate to me. Like maybe so dams failed that should not have failed
I live in Greeneville TN(East TN) Here in Greeneville and in neighboring towns like Erwin, Unicoi, Chuckey, and Newport there has been ABSOLUTE DEVASTATION! BRIDGES AND DAMS HAVE COLLAPSED! MANY are missing and the death toll is rising!! Asheville is about an hour from us and is getting all the media attention but YES!! TN NEEDS YOUR HELP!!! I went into a local church today housing victims who’ve been displaced from the homes and farms. They have LOST EVERYTHING!!
Thank you for making this video!! My little town has RAN OUT of water! And our water source has to be completely rebuilt!
It’s heartbreaking, we passed through Erwin whenever we travel back to WV from Asheville. We always stopped there for gas and something to eat. We haven’t forgotten Erwin TN 😢
Do you know if Alex Percel is alive? He's in Erwin and we can't contact him. He's a friend of my husband.
Can you share which churches are providing relief efforts? I am from Parrottville am traveling but will be back next week and want to volunteer help!
I’m in Morristown,TN. Agree this is the worst it’s ever been. Both the 40 and 81 will not be rebuilt for quite a while. At least for 6+ months. My opinion we won’t be rebuilt back to post hurricane for at least 5 years.
I can tell you people are going all the way to Kingsport to get food and water to help people, I would too if I had the money to spare.
I’m in Rutherford county, NC and we all in WNC are on curfew. The news is very very slow to come out, but when it does all we ever see is about Asheville when we know there are tons of people in the mountains who have not been heard from nor seen.
The bridges and roads in the mountains are washed out so ingress and regress are impossible, but with the organizations Brett mentioned and many many North Carolinians, including a mule team company, we have reached a few communities at a time and provided much needed medicine and food and water. Much more needs to be done.
Thank God for WNC people, we stand strong 💪❤️🙏
I'm in Franklin and Biltmore church is sending aid to the Arden campus tomorrow. Water, hot meals, etc. They're trying to do 5,000 + meals a day.
You have my prayers from Asheville, I know we get all the attention nationally but the people who actually are from Asheville haven't forgotten about our neighbors 🙏
I agree it's aggravating to see mostly only Asheville and Boone are shown or talked about. I have been able to locate pictures of Chimney Rock, Swannanoa, Biltmore's side of Asheville and Boone. No pictures of my hometown at all. One video of my college gym flooding is all I can find.
You are not forgotten. My family has been to Banner Elk several times (we love that area) and know how remote some parts are. Our hearts are with you. We’re sending diapers, wipes, and formula for the precious babies who need it. Thursday is the last collection day for most places so supplies get there by Saturday. We’re praying for you, that God sustains those who are injured and keeps them. That He’ll guide rescuers to them and bring them to safety. All our love from Greensboro ❤️🩹
I live in Pacolet, SC, and I (along with my husband and 2 month old son) have been without power for 5 days now. My husband is a forensic investigator for the county and had to return early from paternity leave to help. My brother lost his house in Old Fort, NC and all of his belongings. He had 20 minutes to evacuate. I lost contact with my neice and nephew for 3 days. The national guard has been in their area, pulling bodies out of the mud. I cried when I heard they were alive. We are the lucky ones. We were not prepared at all. My heart breaks for everyone who has been affected by Helene.
Ms. Cooper, NC resident here, THANK YOU for covering the terrible devastation of our beloved WNC area. It seems like no news report is covering this accurately and the devastation has been downplayed even by our president. We need people like you now more than ever!
Just evacuated from Asheville NC and am seeing this video. I love you Brett thanks for bringing this to everyone’s attention!
Brett makes it political. Terrible. Help or shut it, Brett. You’re in Tennessee totally close. And rich
@@ApparitionOO It wouldn't be political if the current federal government would do their damn job! Yet they haven't been doing shit for the last 4 years! You remember when they gave Hawaiians 700 dollars after their island burned.
I live a few hours from the North Carolina mountains and it has ravaged our state...so many places were wiped off the map, notably Chimney Rock is gone. People are stuck everywhere with no food or water. We are absolutely heartbroken for our state. The government doesnt care
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0:29 LIKE THIS VIDEO AND SUBSCRIBE TO CELEBRATE ALL THE DEVASTATION (brett you are a shill for a corporate company and you absolutely disgust me) (haven’t had power for 5 days over here you idiots)
@@roncatdog 0:29 LIKE THIS VIDEO AND SUBSCRIBE TO CELEBRATE ALL THE DEVASTATION (brett you are a shill for a corporate company and you absolutely disgust me) (haven’t had power for 5 days over here you idiots)
Let me get this straight. The guy who's faced two assassination attempts in the past few months is the one who was out *IN THE OPEN* showing support for the victims and encouraging his followers to chip in to help.
Yes, he is there helping out.
Yes, and where is his opponent again?
@@robertbusek30 nowhere in sight like a coward!
@@t4k3ntf Actually, I saw her hanging out in DC with the geniuses at FEMA, talking about the need for equity in emergency management…
The problem is when a president comes it takes a huge amount of resources away from those who need it
I'm not American, and watching this video broke my heart. Reading people's comments here - broke my heart even more. I hope you get out of this situation as soon as possible. You and no one deserve this. God willing, everything will be fine, all the missing will be found and the damage will be repaired soon.
Sorry you went through this... 💔
Im from Madison Co, NC - and this storm wiped out two of the major towns in the county. 2 of 3. Family and friends are reporting that it’s worse than what’s being shown. And all the support that is pouring in is deeply appreciated. Thank you for making this video to bring light to the situation ❤
I live in Charlotte North Carolina. Asheville was/is the most woke hippie city you could imagine. It's amazing how quickly the wokeness goes out the door when REAL issues come up, like life threatening flooding. We spend more time screaming about pronouns than preparing for possible devastating natural disasters. Happy to see that my state of NC that's usually quite divided politically can all find common ground in helping the people of Carolina's mountains. Thank you for covering this 🙏
It's usually how it is
better then being turned to salt i guess
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Yet you needed to complain
I had the same thought. Midland here.
Here in western NC, 15-20 minutes from Boone, we get hit HARD! My grandparents' roof was ripped off, and their fence barely exist anymore. Most of my neighbors' cows were killed, and some of them haven't been found. My other neighbors chicken coop flew away. If you were injured, it's really hard to get help because all the urgent cares have no power. If you need to get to the hospital, it's practically impossible because of all the trees on the road. Most people don't have power and are having to eat food cooked over fire. It's absolutely horrendous. We're desperate.😫
shout out to the Y’all Squad too, which covered the hurricane top to bottom and are sending supplies to NC and other places via their storm chasers.
Ryan Hall was warning about the potential for flooding in Appalachia for a solid week before Helene made land. I’m so sorry major networks were not doing the same.
@@Imzadi he was pretty much the only one predicting the path correctly and saying it. Too bad more Appalachians haven't heard of him, but he is one of their own.
Hi Brett, Thank you for bringing much needed attention to the devastation left behind by Helene. I live in Statesville, NC. We were on the very edge of the hurricane and only suffered very minor damage, but it was a scary storm to witness nonetheless. Our local airport has been accepting and delivering donations for all of the Western NC towns affected by this disaster. Many people are helping by using their own private helicopters as well. Every day dozens of planes and helicopters fly over my neighborhood. I say a silent prayer for each one. I pray that God guides them to the people in most need as well as for their safety. So many people have witnessed unimaginable tragedies. The traumatic experiences are something that will haunt many people forever. My next door neighbors are a father and son duo who have been repairing electrical lines in places like Taylorsville, Love Valley, and Wilkes County. They have said the devastation in the foothills is horrible. The entire situation is heartbreaking to say the least, but the goodness of every day people has truly been a beacon of hope.❤ ❤❤
Thank you, Brett, for covering this! North Carolina is my home, too (coastal area), and the outpouring of love and compassion has been incredible. There have many deaths, and there are still over 1000 missing. There are many organizations helping with food, water, and other necessities. I hope your followers will help support the efforts to help the communities.
The 8 billion going to Ukraine should be diverted to Appalachia.
It wont though. They get a huge kick back when they give OUR money away. There's nothing in it for them to help us.
According to who? You?
@@roncatdogNot just them.
everyone but the citizens
@@roncatdogforeigners deserve more than our own people huh?
Brett, THANK YOU for speaking about these areas outside of just Asheville, NC. The amount of under-reporting in the main stream media is absolutely appalling. Southern VA should also be receiving the same traction online! I grew up in NC, and visited many of these small mountain towns. We moved to TN recently (Johnson City actually) and are 15-20min. away from the devastation here in Eastern, TN and it is horrible. We are under boil advisories and water conservation restrictions here as of 1 hour ago. As a military veteran family, we are doing everything we possibly can regardless to raise funds to buy essentials and supplies to ship out to all the affected regions. Coworkers we knew were assisting local law enforcement in ID’ing bodies washed up in Erwin, TN (Unicoi Co.) once the flood waters receded. Black hawk helicopters have been flying over our home since Saturday morning. It’s been a war zone here. Bless you for getting this out. More people need to hear this, and more people need to be held accountable for their lack in assistance. We are Appalachian Strong 💪🏼
It’s truly heartbreaking, my prayers go out to the Appalachia stretch, Tennessee, NC, Georgia and even Virginia that were affected by Helene.
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We were hit less hard but upstate SC also lost power, still a few hundred thousand people won't have power back until later this week. I've seen a lot of destruction to homes here because we were hit with heavy winds. Luckily little to no flooding. My heart goes out to those in NC and TN especially. It's so heartbreaking.
@@TokenTupperwareI’m in school and it’s been 5 days with no power, glad people are talking about sc I haven’t seen any attention to the destruction of our things ☹️
It's not that bad people are making it out to be.
@@OctoberAle there is no accurate estimate of lives lost because there are so many rural Appalachian communities. No communication. The entire western NC went dark. They're finding bodies in trees, floating down streams, homes obliterated. The storm hit Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. Mountain towns were no prepared, the evacuation warning came all too late. Hundreds of thousands without power, water, food, shelter, communication. We will wait to see the casualty estimate but it's already devastating. It's worse than what people are making it out to be.
Thank you for covering this. A bunch of my family lives there and my cousin couldn’t see her mom for her birthday. They are stuck in their house. Another family member also had their house flooded. I don’t live near them. My area (up north) is running a food drive to donate there. I am praying for ya’ll. Hope everyone is okay.
I live in a small town in SC, near the Georgia border. We did not expect this storm to hit as hard as it did. The community is doing the best they can to help us. My house still does not have power, but service is getting better. All I’ve been hearing in my area are people complaining about not being able to watch their favorite shows and not having AC to sleep more comfortable. I was finally able to go online yesterday and see how bad the hurricane affected the southeast. Thank you for this information! Times like this really shows you someone’s true character and where their priorities are. Thankful for my family and neighbors coming together to help one another! My prayers are with the families suffering during this time. ❤️
My company is based in Asheville and some have lost their homes or have not checked in with the team leads yet.
My favorite places in North Carolina are the mountains.
The smaller little towns are not always talked about 2:14
Thank you for speaking to those.
Heartbreaking
Hope your company employees are all accounted for and safe or getting support
I live in one of the poorest counties in Georgia. No power since Friday. It's been rough out here for the community but thankfully neighbors are helping neighbors as small towns usually do. Thanks for covering this disaster, Brett.
Do you stay in RayCity?
Hurricanes tend to weaken quickly when on land. Helene was a strange one. Asheville was a city I never thought would get hit like that by a hurricane because it's quite far west in NC. I'm glad there were private companies that responded fast.
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@@dmtaboo_truth7052 They think they gotta clear out the red states somehow. You know, blue no matter how braindead.
@@dmtaboo_truth7052100 percent. How convenient that the areas devastated by the hurricane are rich in lithium and quartz, both which are needed for the Great Reset. Pretty sure them heating the ionosphere to super power these storms, is also the reason that we are suffering from a heat wave in the west.
This hurricane was huge that was the problem but at least she was fast. If Helene was slow like the last hurricane then oh my goodness-- I don’t even want to think about it
I really appreciate you covering this. I live in Avery county NC and people are trapped and the news isn’t covering this like they should. No one thought it would be this bad.
Media didn't covered Maui either. It's a really despicable thing what politicize media does in this days. they are to much pro Democrat party. They only cover a little more if is a Republican in power.
I live in NC. Seriously, it’s devastating. I never thought I’d see full houses in a backyard that wasn’t supposed to be there. However, it makes me feel proud to be… well, human, for how much we’re banding together. Water drives, food drives, I’ve never seen so many in my life. An alumni at my school orchestrated a huge drive for resources to donate to Samaritan’s Purse. Every church has a water drive. My schools FCA is feeding resources. Restored my faith in humanity a bit. Praying for those affected and for the missing to be found! 💙
I’m in Mississippi and my church is collecting donations for the relief effort
You Young Lady are 💯 right on the nose.
We are in one of those "surrounding areas", we've seen NOTHING!
Brett keep up the good work!
Where are the military helicopters full of bottled water and MREs??? It’s not that hard to get food and water to people, they just don’t care.😡
That's for the illegals
I live in one of the places worst affected and there are definable helicopters dropping food, most notably in blowing rock that was only accessible by air
Churches even here in the east tn area are driving food and water daily to those affected as well!
Biden sent the National guard to the Middle east. They don't care about us!
@@americangirl7780how is blowing rock? That’s one of my favorite spots in the world… please tell me that’s not wiped out.. 😭
I'm an hour away and work for UNC Hospitals. We've all had to dive in to help. Thanks for covering, Brett!
My parents and Aunt are in Greene county Tn. Totally without water. My Aunt was home bound for a couple of days because of bridges collapsing/being closed. They finally opened some bridges and people from local churches came in bringing items to a school being used as a shelter. There are families who lost absolutely everything. Even my aunt, who has mobility issues, went to the school and donated some of her own personal items because she still couldn’t get out to stores but she could get to that school. It really is neighbors helping neighbors.
That’s some of the poorest parts of the country. They had no money to evacuate
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Many wouldn't have known they needed to evacuate. Part of the reason the government is so poorly prepared is because hurricanes do not usually lead to flooding in the mountains like this. This is a generational storm in our area in Western NC. Very sad but my family was blessed to just have lost power and phone service for several days. Much worse nearby.
Honestly, if they're poor, that's their fault. Maybe they should consider making more money instead of waiting for the Government to help them.
@@OctoberAle nice rage bait good try though
@@Harshstew21 @Harshstew21 LOL, no rage baiting here. I'm just being honest. And to be even more frank, we got some nice rain from Helene's after drizzle so now my lawn is greener than it's ever been. So yes, keep the hurricanes coming. You need to understand that with every tragedy, someone else is benefiting from it, and there's nothing wrong with that. I get a cozy work from home job after Covid, despite thousands suffering from it. That's how life works. Get over it.
I’m from NC, born & raised. My family goes back many many MANY generations here. I am proud to say I’m from NC for so many reasons. Seeing everyone across the state come together so quickly and giving resources so generously is the number one reason. People are grabbing anything they can in their homes to give. People are giving money they don’t necessarily have just to help a neighbor across the state that they’ve never met. Western NC is a home away from home for a lot of us, and we will build it back the best way we know how.
ALSO- Samaritans purse is such a great organization. I’ve volunteered through them in different capacities several times over the years. They are AMAZING! Truly!!
There are some things that trump politics
I’m so happy to have him as my governor I live in the Tampa Bay area 1 mile from the bay and I am so devastated by my friends and coworkers losses. Thank you for your videos I look forward to them every week!!!!
I agree! Florida has strong emergency operations and I was proud to serve on the front lines during hurricane season under his governorship. It is a blessing that Florida is in a position to help other states.
I’m an hour west of Asheville, Brett. It was really bad. The media usually over exaggerates and blows things way out of proportion but this time they really hit the nail on the head. It was so jarring to see such a familiar city, somewhere I go all the time to eat and shop, underwater and completely decimated. It’s surreal, actually. This isn’t something that EVER happens in the mountains. This is something you see on the news in places like Florida or Louisiana during Katrina. We were truly not prepared for this. Who expects the mountains to be hit by hurricane level winds and torrential rain and flooding? There was no preparing for something like this.
I’m in a town called Cherokee. We got hit with flooding and high winds and one of our more remote areas got flooded and shut down for a day but it was a trickle compared to Asheville, Boone, Chimney Rock, Lake Lure and TN, GA. We didn’t have cell service for about 3 days and gas was low as well as cash only for restaurants and grocery stores but that was the worst of it for my family because my mom and dad already have Starlink so we at least had WiFi. We finally have cell service again after 3 1/2 days.
We attempted to go see my sister in WV a few days after and we got as far as TN before we hit traffic and discovered that the interstate bridge in Erwin, TN had been destroyed and the alternate route was also closed. It’s literally been like a disaster movie. Not to make light of the situation, but that’s the only way I can think to describe what has happened and what I’ve seen because it’s literally been surreal. It’s a historic disaster for our area and we need all the help we can get. Thank you for covering this story, Brett.
I live in Greenville, SC. Currently going to college in Savannah, GA. Both were heavily impacted. We were NOT prepared. NOBODY said it would be this bad. Just got power yesterday. I was lucky to not have any further damage. Pray for those who haven't made it out yet.
I live a hour from Greenville and can back you up. NO ONE was prepared for this…sending all the love and support!
Savannah is my hometown, I just moved from there to Asheville 5 months ago. My family is still in Savannah and they’re okay.
We were not prepared, but we were warned. NOAA gave twice daily updates on TH-cam, and on Wednesday warned how Helene would slam SC with tropical storm winds and Western NC would get catastrophic amounts of rain, had that area in bright pink for the dangerous flooding, but local news didn't repeat that.
Thanks for doing this video Brett. I'm about an hour from Asheville and we got rocked. I'm grateful to have made it through in good shape and able to account for family. Hope the other viewers are safe and with loved ones. We'll get through this!
I am getting more up to date news from you than my own TV person. THANK YOU for your research and desire to share it!!!!
We still have a family member missing but thanks to volunteers on horseback my aunt age 71 in fairview was located yesterday. If it were not for the selfless efforts of volunteers we would be doomed. I live in western nc and we have done a great job saving each other in my tiny town. Its sad how alone we have been. I just found a starlink yesterday to see the news. Thank you for bringing attention to us. I currently have people living in my business that lost their homes but were all doing our parts here and we are so blessed for our volunteers.
My dad runs Miracle movers of Charlotte who has partnered with Operation AirDrop, and it is incredible the community coming together and I have family near Asheville and it hits close to home and I want to help all I can. Operation AirDrop is absolutely AMAZING!!! Yesterday they broke a record for most flights flown! God is SOO GOOD!
I help all I can since I am an employee it is the least I can do to help those who have lost EVERYTHING
I live in Black Mountain outside of Asheville, by dumb luck I had gotten Starlink a couple of months ago, and have been able to get supplies to ppl through networking and awesome ppl helping! Appreciate you bringing a spotlight on us
I’m sure you saved countless lives. God bless you and your family
@@Anna-pm8tdwe are just trying to come together as a community and help each other whatever we can do
My family is one of the few in NC who were safe. I'm so thankful God protected my family. Thank you Lord. Praying for everyone who is hurting and seeking help
Prayers for all those who were affected by this tragedy.
I'm in a part of NC that wasn't really impacted by Helene, several local businesses are coordinating using social media to collect and bring donations and volunteers to those in WNC.
It's going to take years to fully recover, but I'm proud of how communities are coming together to help pick up the pieces.
An interview with the survivors talking about their needs for daily life would be super helpful for sending them what they need
Praying for NC, Tennessee etc. - Seattleite 🙏
I live there and it was terrible. I had a nightmare last night about it, which never happens. There was a man today who came to a rescue spot looking for his 10-month old baby😔. This was terrifying and my mom and nana both said that this was comparable to hurricane Hugo
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Omg… I pray he finds his baby. I can’t think of anything more horrific than having to search for your missing child. God help them
living in East Tennessee it is absolutely devastating to see all of this going on. This is affecting poor Appalachia. These people do not have the same amount of security or financial support as other parts of the country, and this is going to take a huge toll on people and some may not be able to recover fast enough. Seeing bridges be taken out as well as roads be washed away in these mountain towns that were never made for this type of disaster is absolutely depressing. Me and my mom are praying for our neighboring counties around us and will be volunteering at shelters.
Got a brother helping with the NC emergency response services and are doing there best to try and help the many mountain communities that were completely destroyed by the floods. Many prayers to the people affected and are helping.
I’m here in South Carolina. I’ve been waiting for you to talk about this and was hoping you would! Thank you for covering this and getting the news out there. The amount of damage and unpreparedness has been so upsetting. I’m very thankful that my family and loved ones were only affected in small ways. Praying for everyone else affected (in small and big ways)! ❤️
Also it really has been neighbors helping neighbors here. Private groups have been assisting and local businesses have been helping out as much as possible too. I think even some linemen from Canada came to help in some of the states! It’s very much appreciated. Every little thing matters.
Thank you so much Brett for covering Hurricane Helene and the devastation it has brought to us in western NC. I'm right outside of Asheville, a lot with dozens of campers just a few miles from me got completely destroyed and several people lost their lives.
Literally entire TOWNS have been completely wiped from the face of the earth. I'm very fortunate to still have my home etc. Also no, we did not expect anything like this because it just doesn't happen here.
It's horrible seeing our communities destroyed like this and we're already an underfunded area of the country with poor infrastructure because we're rural Appalachia and it will take YEARS for us to recover from this.
My mom is in Seminole Florida near Johns Pass at Mafiera Beach and said the town and whole area was completely destroyed-devastating to have that beautiful tourist attraction and so many amazing small businesses and homes destroyed. Praying for all of those displaced from their homes and jobs from this. 💕
I live in Charlotte and thankfully, we weren’t hit too bad. But, since we have a house and friends in the mountains, my mom has gone up with supplies for some of the people up there and she has said that it was devastating. Like, genuinely, all of the land is messed up, I think it was 6000 power lines down and it’s probably gonna take years to fix. All of my prayers go to everyone up there.
Sending prayers to everyone who has been affected by this disaster ❤
Thank you for caring. We don't really expect much help overall, but please, everyone reading this, please pray for us.
Had these towns held only migrants they would’ve been drained, cleaned, and given unlimited funds to help them. Bless DeSantis! Wish the man could be the governor for the ENTIRE eastern states!
donald trump raised $3million n joe biden's whining about how donald trump's a liar 😢
“whining”? Trump is a liar, and that ain’t “Alternative facts”.
@@UncleEbenezer77 i think the point went completely over your head. trump lies, kamala lies, we lie, everyone lies but during hurricane helene trump responded with $3million and joe biden responded with "donald trump lied about me !!!! 😡😡"
Didn't trump try hiding the deaths during hurricane Maria? He said the death toll was 64, it was later revealed that 3,000 people died
@@UncleEbenezer77the point went over your head. when hurricane helene hit, trump responded with $3million n joe biden made a twitter post about how trump lied about him.. also if you watch the video biden was literally at the beach taking phone calls lol
@@UncleEbenezer77True, but my liar will beat your liar.
I live in North Carolina, and I have several friends that attend Appalachian State University. They were evacuated along with UNC Asheville and we found out that they are going to have to spend the rest of the semester online. I had professors that had to cancel classes because of family that were impacted by the storm. This truly is a scary and heartbreaking time.
Thank you for this, Brett. Just got Wi-Fi back. I’m in east TN (Butler) near Boone NC. It’s bad out here but mountain folks are so tough. We started the cleanup immediately. It’s been so heartbreaking but so much good is happening in our communities! ❤✨
I donated to Samaritan’s Purse. They were in NC on Sunday. I saw their truck when I was watching local news.
Prayers for my best friends mother in law and other family members
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Saturday my mom and I are going to Asheville through Thursday to help! We are from Mississippi but this is what we love to do. They need as many people as possible!
Thanks for coming to support! Look to help the communities outside Asheville. Asheville has a lot coming in where the outer small communities are struggling. Burnsville or Old Fort
@@tannerinboden6775About all of Maddison county NC 😢
Be careful if you go to swanannoa. There's looting and break ins going on there right now.
Do you know which road routes are open and organzations we can assist?
@@cpnbd This is the right question. I'm in Wilkes currently trying to figure out how to get down there to help.
I live in Tallahassee Florida, and the weather channel had the eye making landfall right on top of us. It ended up going just 80 miles east and making landfall in a small town called Perry. That is the 3rd time in 13 months they have been hit head on by a hurricane. Prayers to all of the people affected.
Tuning in from Hendersonville NC, just got access to my data again. These videos you're seeing don't even touch the peak of how devastating this truly was, it's a much more horrific sight in person and it is going to take us a long time to recover. Currently 5 days without power and supplies are running out quick in the stores.
Back on in Brevard, hopefully they will be in your area soon!! Be safe! Watch those trees, still falling!!
Have you heard anything from people in Saluda? I feel like that town has always been in a precarious situation sitting on top of the mountain
I am currently in Pensacola and by some miracle it by passed us, almost entirely. My brother in law who lives in Missouri, where I am from, is being sent down by the company he works for to help with clean up. I am praying for all those families who have been impacted one way or another and all those lives who were taken by this disaster. My heart goes out to all of you.
The fact that some people still have the audacity to go outside and don't care about how the family may feel in such a terrible time amazes me. They generally have balls of steel
I can’t even express my anger about how this has taken so long to hit mainstream media. it genuinely pisses me off that no one is understanding this horrible situation across multiple states that have never seen this level of flooding or even events similar to this ever before
thank you for covering the story
This story and the story about the longshoremans’ strike didn’t seem to make the MSM…
Sending support, love, and kindness from Lexington, MI, USA.
Thank you for covering this Brett, this is right in my back yard. Friends & coworkers have lost homes… loved ones. We cannot yet even know the total impact. My own community was flooded and experienced damage however nothing like our neighbors in NC. It’s appalling the lack of media coverage and support from our government at this time. I think on paper- we know the government doesn’t care about its people but to see it in real time is just a whole different matter.
Finally someone is covering this! My hometown Boone, NC was destroyed by the hurricane. I'm in AZ for college but my family is still there. We were devastated by the damage and the government is not helping. A lot of people are running out of water and food. Please pray for everyone going through this.
Sending prayers for you and your family
This is the second video that I've watched that you broadcast. The first piqued my interest but this won me over. Great podcast! You are interesting, bold, knowledgeable, compassionate, a great speaker and wise far beyond your years. Content is perfect and very good. I am a fan for life! THANK YOU!😎
Thank you for covering this!! This is totally devastating, we are close to Asheville and although we were spared from a lot of damage, we still feel the aftermath of what happened. So many loved ones lost, people missing, houses demolished. It’s incredibly sad. Praying for everyone that was affected by this.. and yes! The government isn’t doing much- I heard that they are holding military back from going to help and to make sure their families are ok!
As a North Carolinian this is such a tragedy for us. We’ve lost some of the greatest NC places and PEOPLE! Chimney Rock was my favorite place in the state and it’s, gone washed away… Asheville’s art district is gone… THE WHOLE TOWN OF SPRUCE PINE IS GONE… Praying for WNC and the family of the people that lost loved ones
I live in GA and we were originally in the direct path. The storm shifted East just before it reached us, so we were a near miss. My daughter's classmate had a Grandma airlifted off a mountain by a private pilot, my best friend's sister lives there and her family didn't know if she was okay for days, my sister has a friend in Boone that is safe but unable to reach her home. This is unthinkable and tragic and if this non reporting by the media and refusal to help by the government fails to open eyes, absolutely nothing will.
This ep hits so close to home. My Grandparents live in the Mountains on NC and we didn’t hear a word from them until Sunday. It was absolutely terrifying. Thank the Lord, they are safe, but only thanks to themselves and their neighbors. Their house is still standing and in good condition. We still can’t speak to them, but they are actively around shelters helping the less fortunate. Shame on the government for letting it get this far.
How horrific 😢. Praying for everyone affected; our hearts are with you 🫂
You said it right… NO BODY is talking about. So many doing live streams for relief efforts overseas, but silence when it comes to our own. THANK YOU for sharing!
I'm originally from fl but have lived here in east tn for 6 years. I have experience many hurricanes back in fl and people didn't give 2 💩 about anyone else but going through Helen here in tn I have never seen a community more united and helpful and caring in my life. The Appalachian people and amazing people
I'm so happy that a TH-camr with a large following is finally talking about this. It's absolutely insane here. Thank you Brett ❤
Brett, thank you. First time I have ran into you channel (probably because I am in Appalachia area). Luckily our immediate area remained untouched by destruction, but our community is supporting and helping the surrounding towns that need the help. Once again, thank you for this content. These people need help, bad...
I’m from Rutherfordton NC and was a lifeguard in Lake Lure NC all through High School! Chimney Rock was a place we visited all throughout my childhood and it’s so sad to see that these small towns completely demolished. My family has been without power, water, or cell service since Friday and it’s now Tuesday! WBTV News covered a story that allegedly the asst fire chief of Lake Lure NC made a man flying his helicopter in to save people was told if he didn’t leave he would be arrested!!! And there was no fly restrictions in place! It’s crazy and just wish our government would send help/money to all these small towns affected instead of helping overseas🥺🤯
I would have liked to see the fire chief arrest the pilot. Good luck with that one. The police would be busy with more dire safety things than arresting a helicopter pilot. Not easy to get around in those areas.
Yeah, that was disgusting 😠. Sounded like he didn't want to be upstaged by a private citizen. It's sad that matters more than...saving people's lives.
Thank you for the link to operation AirDrop. What a great way for people to help who are too far away to volunteer.