This storm literally scoured every bit of soil from the gorge! Exquisite drone work Sir! It amazes me how far away you fly that thing without it losing the signal! Keep em coming please! I’m real interested in seeing the bridge spans recovered/repaired/repositioned!
@ I think they will. Otherwise I think they’d have cut it up into scrap. They’ve attached two cross beams to each span to attach slings to lift the ones right at the piers. Probably will lift them up on level ground, make necessary repairs, then place them back in the proper place. Downstream, those two sections will be more difficult to access, but one is considerably smaller than the rest. Side boom bulldozers like the ones RJ Corman uses to clear train wrecks can walk the sections back to the restored rail bed, then back to the bridge site. It might take 4 to 6 of them to move the bigger span, but they’re totally capable of it!
Were those rocks always there or did the storm drag them in? I’ve watched so many videos from the beginning of this devastation. I was stunned by the torrent of the river and it’s swollen width. And houses and debris floating away. I have never seen a flood, not one. This was unbelievable and so sad. I wish I could be there to help, but that’s impossible at seventy-six and on a fixed income, and not nearly strong enough. But I am praying for you all and am so sorry that you’re having to go through this disaster in your lives and in your lovely mountains. Watching the large equipment clearing debris and what’s left of your once beautiful trees is very satisfying and makes me glad. ❤With love to all of you, from land-locked Kansas.❤ (Loving the ocean as I do, I wish I lived closer to it…but not too close. Although I used to want to live within walking distance, but not anymore. I was naive. Love to you all.and prayers. This is getting awfully long, but I have to tell you how inspiring you all are, your faith and resilience.
@ The river not only moved massive boulders, it also swept massive concrete and steel highway and railroad bridges hundreds of feet from their location! It literally stripped all the soil from the gorge, and moved unimaginable amounts of stones and rock!
That's one thing I have noticed about all of the rivers in WNC and Eastern TN, is they have been scoured down to bedrock. It's unbelievable!! But then you look at those gorgeous, but dangerous mountains that drain into the Nolichucky Gorge and it amazes me how the river holds it all. That day it was too much. Way too much. The rivers and creeks and streams will never be the same again. Thank you for the video! It shows us so much! Keep up the good work!
Mind still can’t wrap around just how much land was essentially clear cut by the winds in so many different areas. Though much devastation, this video is a reminder of how majestic and beautiful these mountains are. Thank you Designs In Orbit for lil bit of a positive.
Having lived in Erwin during my youth, and hiking up the gorge to Lost Cove. This brings tears to my eyes. This was rugged beautiful country. It will be again, in time.
It's probably more rugged with all the downed trees and no easy way to get into the gorge now. Breaks my heart to see this beautiful place in tatters and all the destruction in Erwin...
Thank you so much for creating and posting this. I find it interesting on a number of levels, from trains, to weather, to geology, topography and disaster understanding! And such a beautiful part of the country.
Thanks for the motivation to do what it takes...if you want to help my one man crew out, sharing this video on social media of any sort is very helpful. 😊
I can’t imagine what a daunting task the SAR had on foot in this area and the dogs unbelievable. They are still searching with limited professional teams. The task is of such magnitude they could use more professional SAR and trained cadaver dogs. I believe they said too heavy equipment and operators were needed. I heard that on another video. They literally have tons of debris to remove. God bless all who are helping.
What a beautiful set of views. I am glad you enjoyed some good weather that allowed these flights with strong sun. Nice music helps us to enjoy the ride.
The distance from Poplar to Erwin is 10.5 miles, the drop in elevation from Poplar to Erwin is 544 feet. The drop in elevation caused the water to pick up speed as it traveled this distance, more runoff along the way caused the increase in water level. My estimate of the speed of water was 30 mph.
yeah in the area there were tons of wind gust some over 100mph. combine that with nearly liquefied soil and you see both uprooted trees and trees snapped at the trunk from wind forces
FB9 is my favorite run. Maybe go check it out in the spring. I know most of the trees are gone along the banks. Was always nice to stop in the shade and have a beer
All that top soil washed downstream, incredible. The volume must have been horrific. Water may not clear for some years cause of all the stopsoil and organics in the river.
Mostly an absence of coloration that used to come from organic matter/soils that grew right up to the edge of the water. The banks being scoured clean so far back means not much in the way of leaves or other organic detritus currently getting into the water.
Gorgeous views, the avid hiker in me, see's many mountaintops from your drone footage that would make for incredible views from a lookout tower. I wish there were more lookout towers to hike in that section of the Appalachains.
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This storm literally scoured every bit of soil from the gorge! Exquisite drone work Sir! It amazes me how far away you fly that thing without it losing the signal! Keep em coming please! I’m real interested in seeing the bridge spans recovered/repaired/repositioned!
Will be interesting to see if they reuse the old spans. Kinda doubt it
@ I think they will. Otherwise I think they’d have cut it up into scrap. They’ve attached two cross beams to each span to attach slings to lift the ones right at the piers. Probably will lift them up on level ground, make necessary repairs, then place them back in the proper place. Downstream, those two sections will be more difficult to access, but one is considerably smaller than the rest. Side boom bulldozers like the ones RJ Corman uses to clear train wrecks can walk the sections back to the restored rail bed, then back to the bridge site. It might take 4 to 6 of them to move the bigger span, but they’re totally capable of it!
I’d like to see footage 197 redhill to relief stretch of RR and that tunnel/cave??? Can’t get a good view of driving. @Designsinorbit
Were those rocks always there or did the storm drag them in? I’ve watched so many videos from the beginning of this devastation. I was stunned by the torrent of the river and it’s swollen width. And houses and debris floating away. I have never seen a flood, not one. This was unbelievable and so sad. I wish I could be there to help, but that’s impossible at seventy-six and on a fixed income, and not nearly strong enough. But I am praying for you all and am so sorry that you’re having to go through this disaster in your lives and in your lovely mountains. Watching the large equipment clearing debris and what’s left of your once beautiful trees is very satisfying and makes me glad.
❤With love to all of you, from land-locked Kansas.❤ (Loving the ocean as I do, I wish I lived closer to it…but not too close. Although I used to want to live within walking distance, but not anymore. I was naive. Love to you all.and prayers. This is getting awfully long, but I have to tell you how inspiring you all are, your faith and resilience.
@ The river not only moved massive boulders, it also swept massive concrete and steel highway and railroad bridges hundreds of feet from their location! It literally stripped all the soil from the gorge, and moved unimaginable amounts of stones and rock!
That's one thing I have noticed about all of the rivers in WNC and Eastern TN, is they have been scoured down to bedrock. It's unbelievable!! But then you look at those gorgeous, but dangerous mountains that drain into the Nolichucky Gorge and it amazes me how the river holds it all. That day it was too much. Way too much. The rivers and creeks and streams will never be the same again. Thank you for the video! It shows us so much! Keep up the good work!
Mind still can’t wrap around just how much land was essentially clear cut by the winds in so many different areas. Though much devastation, this video is a reminder of how majestic and beautiful these mountains are. Thank you Designs In Orbit for lil bit of a positive.
You're welcome, I needed a positive too.
Trees cut or knocked down but little lumber removed.
Having lived in Erwin during my youth, and hiking up the gorge to Lost Cove. This brings tears to my eyes. This was rugged beautiful country. It will be again, in time.
It's probably more rugged with all the downed trees and no easy way to get into the gorge now. Breaks my heart to see this beautiful place in tatters and all the destruction in Erwin...
In time yes but not our lifetime not even our grandchildren’s lifetime
Nature has a way of cleaning things up. The music is also good.
Thank you so much for creating and posting this. I find it interesting on a number of levels, from trains, to weather, to geology, topography and disaster understanding! And such a beautiful part of the country.
Thanks for the motivation to do what it takes...if you want to help my one man crew out, sharing this video on social media of any sort is very helpful. 😊
Beautiful flying. Puts things into perspective.
I can’t imagine what a daunting task the SAR had on foot in this area and the dogs unbelievable. They are still searching with limited professional teams. The task is of such magnitude they could use more professional SAR and trained cadaver dogs. I believe they said too heavy equipment and operators were needed. I heard that on another video. They literally have tons of debris to remove. God bless all who are helping.
Outstanding work, from the videography to the music.
Looking at this more, I can see that you did an excellent job adjusting the contrast so we can see the details in the shadows.
You are correct, thanks for noticing!
Beautiful footage. Thank you for sharing. ❤
What a beautiful set of views. I am glad you enjoyed some good weather that allowed these flights with strong sun. Nice music helps us to enjoy the ride.
Great vid as always. What a sight that gorge would have been at the peak of flow...
Thanks again for another well done production!!
The distance from Poplar to Erwin is 10.5 miles, the drop in elevation from Poplar to Erwin is 544 feet. The drop in elevation caused the water to pick up speed as it traveled this distance, more runoff along the way caused the increase in water level. My estimate of the speed of water was 30 mph.
In the Toe at Relief Bridge it clocked in at 16mph.
Very strange how the trees were blown down in certain areas. Glad I got to paddle it before the devastation.
yeah in the area there were tons of wind gust some over 100mph. combine that with nearly liquefied soil and you see both uprooted trees and trees snapped at the trunk from wind forces
French Broad is the same way , water is lower because most of the mud is gone from the bottom
FB9 is my favorite run. Maybe go check it out in the spring. I know most of the trees are gone along the banks. Was always nice to stop in the shade and have a beer
So the rivers in the AVL area are also low? I live in Boone, and the streams feeding into the New River seem low.
With that much downed timber wildfires seem almost inevitable when spring or summer thunderstorms bring the lightning.
All that top soil washed downstream, incredible. The volume must have been horrific. Water may not clear for some years cause of all the stopsoil and organics in the river.
Such a beautiful place, even "transformed". The blue water tells me it's still carrying a lot of rock flour. Much like a glacially fed river.
Mostly an absence of coloration that used to come from organic matter/soils that grew right up to the edge of the water. The banks being scoured clean so far back means not much in the way of leaves or other organic detritus currently getting into the water.
Gorgeous views, the avid hiker in me, see's many mountaintops from your drone footage that would make for incredible views from a lookout tower. I wish there were more lookout towers to hike in that section of the Appalachains.
Incredible shot @3:11
I know! That is print worthy.
floods like this will strip away all but redeposite also think i be gem panning in the spring
It will take decades but mother nature will replace what was lost as far as soil and trees go!
the amount of water that went thru there must have been phenomina, and the poor trees ,,,
OMG! The waters flowing BACKWARDS! This is not good! Lol
I know, we are totally screwed. 😊
The whitewater people would have you believe that there are no more rocks in the riverbed.
Am a white water person and since the river is totally fucked and will be for years to come they just need to get the RR up and running
Looks like gold in dem dar rocks
I bet in spots in that gorge was over 50 feet maybe more.