It was terrifying. We will never be the same. Generational homes were lost, countless are homeless. Those who still have homes like me are turning into storm shelters for those we can help. No one was evacuated. No one was warned. We are still trying to hear from our families and friends who are stranded from roads washing away. Houses were washed completely away and slammed into bridges. Water poured into every room of my house. It lasted hours and hours, it felt like the longest day of my life. I’ve never heard a sound like that rain and wind. I’ve never seen something like what happened. More people need to know how badly we need help.
@@thomasdunaway2573 no, we are still trying to figure out how. I guess it could just be that the impact was unexpected, but none of us up here were told it would be this bad. We were told a little rain. University classes were supposed to still happen. We also don’t really have a local news, it’s really rural in a lot of places. Everyone is trying to come up with theories as to how on earth we had no clue this was going to happen.
@gloriagehring8676 You can probably call the county the community is located in to ask for information. They may have answers to that question. You may or may not be able to get through to the fire department or police in the area. I don't even know if it's a great idea to be calling them now. Will probably take a bit of time to know information. First responders will probably set up some communication resources.
We are in Cherokee County, the furthest most western county in the state and we were not affected by the storm, but also do not have cell service. Our local grocery stores are running low here due to all the warehouses being located in and around Asheville and not getting deliveries. The ramifications of this storm are so far-reaching, it's just unbelievable.
My entire town was destroyed. We are small so we are low priority. They say it'll be a month before they get portable power production here @ soonest and no timeline whatsoever on restoring actual power. 80% loss of businesses. No water or power or phones. Didn't have cells till just a bit ago. We've been cut off completely. My subsection of the town was cut off completely by the river with our one road out. We still can't get out without hiking. No fema or national guard here yet. Big shout out to Oklahoma for sending search and rescue guys. They're about all that's showed up so far. People's food has went bad, no stores open for 50 miles. Some people may starve or contract dizease from contaminated water. Will be years before we come back. Madison county NC. A small tn border community.
@@onceuponadime978 I hear you! We were without power iny small town 6 WEEKS after hurricane Ida. We are mostly subdivisions and so were low priority. How is the weather by you right now! Is it hot or is the weather a little cooler now? I ask because I'm in the south and we just got our first cool front.
I am asking the same thing!!! From Calif!! News flash!! Biden and CO do not give a hoot!! Even his pal Gavin Newsom waited 4 days to declare a state of emergency for four counties ON FIRE! Just bet that JOe will send $$$$ to Ukraine long before the Americans who lost everything!!
That initial shot is what's left of the bridge from Chimney Rock, North Carolina to Lake Lure Hotel and looking back up the river from the bridge showing what is left of Chimney Rock village below the park. I recognize our mountains on the left. Chimney Rock and Bat Cave are gone.
@@judithmccrea2601 it’s not political. It’s just a fact that the US seems to take care of other nations while letting us hang out to dry! Remember Hawaii? Those people got 700$….thats it. 700$. And you call this kind of talk “political”? Shame on you for not recognizing that US citizens will get little to no help from the government! Shame on YOU! This isn’t democrat or republican, this is about all American people.
@@judithmccrea2601 division is ripping the country apart at the seams! I am in my mid 60's and I am seeing it get worse. Just prepare because the next disaster is right around the corner. 🕊️🙏♥️
Where the hell is the governor to help the people of North Carolina,? Where is Joe Biden, or Kamala Harris ? Billions for Ukraine but no help or money for people in North Carolina
@@emraith9well, the republicans didnt include extra funding for fema in the spending bill. Look at project 2025 and see which departments would get axed… It takes time gathering supplies and getting helicopters into the roadless areas.
My sister has (or maybe had) a nice big place in the forest up a really steep curvy road there and I’m betting it’s history. I thought it would be a fire that got it, but looks like it will be a flood.
Please come to the smaller towns and report and get the word out--WE NEED HELP. Big cities are getting all the reporting coverage, donations and help, but the little, less known towns are *struggling*--no CELL or big company trailers to provide, electricity restored to as many as can in 48 hrs (THANK YOU French Broad Electric Company and all that helped in restoration), NO city water, people stranded on the mountains. Maybe help is on the way, but no communications from media coverage, town, FEMA, support organizations, etc. saying it's on it way. #BurnsvilleNC
I have a friend that lives in silva, Glenn and debbie robinson. I called the police station and couldn't get nobody to answer. Then I called McDonald's and they answered and told me what was going on. So mcdonald's was open They still had power but a lot of water.
Our family is from all across NC and in GA and gulf side FL. My family in Boone and spent so many years going to Daniel Boone restaurant and supposed to go next month and we all for generations have been going to mass general store and tweetsie and just all over those mountians family and memories. We have home there and GA and will wait to find out damage and at my parents and others places there.
This is a direct job for Harris and Biden, but especially Kamala Harris. The democrats are in charge at this point. But Trump can also be good hearted and pinch in.
@@jennysantiago2624 lots of people keep starlink as a back up, and have their accounts paused and when needed turn it on.. they have no internet to turn on the internet. Starlink should automatically just turn on all the starlinks out there paused or not.
My daughter called me after a couple days of not knowing they were able to get to the fire department on foot where they have satellite phones, but everybody is limited to how much time I just received a message that said I am safe and then today because there won’t be any water or power for over a week and roads are collapsed - mud slides trees total devastation. It will take a few years to restore . Catastrophic
At times like this we realize we're just a speck on this Earth and we are powerless against the forces of God and nature.... my people are from that region and many many of them are Christians
@@scallywag1716 it costs to evacuate. Some cannot afford it. Shelters don’t allow pets or livestock. Evacuation is best but not always possible for some.
The honeymoon is over indeed in America! And speaking of the 1800's, something of the dark past was happening in America. Now the repercussions of that dark history is doing it's job. In fact,I would be totally ashamed to bring up the 1800's!
@@user-so-v9o I agree with you 100%! If you haven't kept up with history and the weather attached, here are some good examples to research weather, Noah and the Ark and why...Sodom and Gomorrah...the great movement of woke and LBQ, trans and confusion for our children since 2020...
@@Charlotte-bn4gp Well when I stopped drinking they told me that if I wanted long term sobriety that I had to correct the wreckage of my past & when I did that, it's almost been 36 yrs of sobriety for me. Ok, the same way on a Broad scale, America has to correct it's past if they want peace & prosperity etc. It's not helping them they trying to sweep the past under the rugg.
@spirals73 It's to the point now to no one has to prove anything to you or the kind of people like you! That's the main problem, you always think someone has to prove something to you EDOM! You can't dismiss me or the butt whipping the weather has in store for you. And you know exactly where you can go!
@@evergreens92 can’t wait until these Christian’s come telling everyone here how wicked they are. Because Billy Grams place is under water too all the Christian communities up on the hills they gone too, so tired of hearing this! So tired of your evangelicals coming to this town with their amps and destroying any artist trying to make a living for blocks. While they preach “Gods love.” Making sure to monetize their RUclips ministires. Mathew6:5 Smilesotheylikeyou
The problem is people don't listen to weather forecasts or pay attention to weather. People are just living in their zone and are caught by surprise. Utterly unprepared.
This is horrible. Terrible. My heart just aches for everyone caught in the path of these terrible storms. There will be more storms, more deaths, more grief if we don't elect a leader willing to do what's needed! The Democrat presidential candidate has a plan of action against climate change. The Repubican candidate doesn't even believe in it. It's OUR choice in November! My prayers tonight are for all in harm's way in this video.
Come on Red States you don’t need government help 😉 why should taxpayers keep paying to fix the coastal areas after a hurricane 🌀 maybe it’s time to find another place to live besides on the coast🧐 the USA 🇺🇸 has plenty of space 👍
It was terrifying. We will never be the same. Generational homes were lost, countless are homeless. Those who still have homes like me are turning into storm shelters for those we can help. No one was evacuated. No one was warned. We are still trying to hear from our families and friends who are stranded from roads washing away. Houses were washed completely away and slammed into bridges. Water poured into every room of my house. It lasted hours and hours, it felt like the longest day of my life. I’ve never heard a sound like that rain and wind. I’ve never seen something like what happened. More people need to know how badly we need help.
Are you in North Carolina?
how were you not warned. was it like the gatlinburg fires where the cell towers went down. and no one got warning.
You will rebuild. It will just take time.
@@thomasdunaway2573 no, we are still trying to figure out how. I guess it could just be that the impact was unexpected, but none of us up here were told it would be this bad. We were told a little rain. University classes were supposed to still happen. We also don’t really have a local news, it’s really rural in a lot of places. Everyone is trying to come up with theories as to how on earth we had no clue this was going to happen.
@@daisyadele967 yes the Appalachian region, one of the places that was hit hardest. Our town is unrecognizable.
THANK YOU for reporting on Boone NC!!! My wife's grandparents are there and NOBODY has heard from them! He's on 'home dialysis'!
@@civildk9077 You might think about hiring a drone service that can carry a message to and from her grandparents
I hope they are ok!!!!
Best wishes!
prayers lifted up for them🙏
Where would you even begin to look with no cell service. Very few homes have been spared? I’m so sorry for your delayed reply from them.
@gloriagehring8676 You can probably call the county the community is located in to ask for information. They may have answers to that question. You may or may not be able to get through to the fire department or police in the area. I don't even know if it's a great idea to be calling them now. Will probably take a bit of time to know information. First responders will probably set up some communication resources.
We are in Cherokee County, the furthest most western county in the state and we were not affected by the storm, but also do not have cell service. Our local grocery stores are running low here due to all the warehouses being located in and around Asheville and not getting deliveries. The ramifications of this storm are so far-reaching, it's just unbelievable.
How far did you have to drive to get internet connection to post this comment?
I'm also in Cherokee County. In Andrews. We were so lucky not to have been affected too much, but the cell service and the 911 stuff are bad.
@@davergent1521Internet is still around here in Cherokee County. Some don't, but some do. Internet is kinda the only way some people can communicate.
Prayers wirh you.
Just means your not prepared
This young lady knows her stuff. Great report on the situation that is worse than most realize.
My entire town was destroyed. We are small so we are low priority. They say it'll be a month before they get portable power production here @ soonest and no timeline whatsoever on restoring actual power. 80% loss of businesses. No water or power or phones. Didn't have cells till just a bit ago. We've been cut off completely. My subsection of the town was cut off completely by the river with our one road out. We still can't get out without hiking. No fema or national guard here yet. Big shout out to Oklahoma for sending search and rescue guys. They're about all that's showed up so far. People's food has went bad, no stores open for 50 miles. Some people may starve or contract dizease from contaminated water. Will be years before we come back.
Madison county NC. A small tn border community.
@@onceuponadime978 so sorry 😞
@@onceuponadime978 I hear you! We were without power iny small town 6 WEEKS after hurricane Ida. We are mostly subdivisions and so were low priority. How is the weather by you right now! Is it hot or is the weather a little cooler now? I ask because I'm in the south and we just got our first cool front.
The military should be helping, not good enough.
Presidential candidates need to focus on this and help!!!
@@kellygarvin7955 No, this is a direct job for Harris and Biden, but especially Kamala Harris. The democrats are in charge at this point.
Avery county is decimated. No cell or power. Only one remaining road. Landslides all over.
This is the type of thing that hundreds of billions of tax dollars should go to, not foreign nations.
@@programaticLearning That's how they wash money. No profits helping US citizens.
My Mom is stuck without water. A huge apartment building downtown Asheville with disabled and seniors and noone to contact.
Is her name Sarah? If so I saw her rolling round doing good deeds as usual.
Smilesotheylikeyou
Yeah Asheville is an island right now, no way in or out as far as I can tell
PRAYERS 🙏🙏
@Rac-fpv prayers works for school shootings, poverty & disease etc. /s
Katrina did the same thing. Never has a hurricane caused a loss of cell AND landlines, but Katrina did for several weeks so I really feel for you.
Why are we not connected to starlink?
@@terywetherlow7970 starlink is bringing portable setups. be patient good luck
@@terywetherlow7970 not sure honestly
After Hurricane Katrina we couldn't make cell phone calls but we could text.
i wonder how it causes that
@@nancyscogin7549 for us it’s the opposite, I can get in a rare call from the street but no texts for days.
Footage from Chimney Rock is devastating. No word on Bat Cave. Yes, you read that right. All the little towns along the Broad/French Broad River...
@@bright_as_morning-nh9jl 🙏
@@bright_as_morning-nh9jl bat cave is gone too. I live here.
Can we get those Ukraine checks….
I am asking the same thing!!! From Calif!! News flash!! Biden and CO do not give a hoot!! Even his pal Gavin Newsom waited 4 days to declare a state of emergency for four counties ON FIRE! Just bet that JOe will send $$$$ to Ukraine long before the Americans who lost everything!!
That money is completely allocated separately and that’s voted for unanimously in Congress.
Praying for all involved. God is talking . Will we listen?
@Rac-fpv Yes you do.
Thank you Fox Weather
Wasn't Kamala Harris given funds to make sure there would be internet access in such areas as this?
That initial shot is what's left of the bridge from Chimney Rock, North Carolina to Lake Lure Hotel and looking back up the river from the bridge showing what is left of Chimney Rock village below the park. I recognize our mountains on the left. Chimney Rock and Bat Cave are gone.
Thanks for actually presenting the news like it should be in letting people know what's really happening out there mainstream media aired 2 minutes
Really scary. Stay safe.
Will Ukraine and Israel send funds for help?
@@blue03r6 why do you politicize this disaster. Shame on you!
Because it all ties together my friend. Everything is connected... @@judithmccrea2601
@@judithmccrea2601 it’s not political. It’s just a fact that the US seems to take care of other nations while letting us hang out to dry! Remember Hawaii? Those people got 700$….thats it. 700$. And you call this kind of talk “political”? Shame on you for not recognizing that US citizens will get little to no help from the government! Shame on YOU! This isn’t democrat or republican, this is about all American people.
@@judithmccrea2601 division is ripping the country apart at the seams! I am in my mid 60's and I am seeing it get worse. Just prepare because the next disaster is right around the corner. 🕊️🙏♥️
FEMA and your Governor local officials! not political
Helene didn't do this. The flooding started before Helene even hit Florida. The low pressure system that sat on us all last week did it.
ALL part of god's mysterious ways.
Terrible disaster. 😢
Now Bidens going to have to give out a ton of commie socialism with all these storms no one should get a free hand out
Why did this take 3 days??? They have been underwater since Friday
Im surprised in these small towns no1 is running cb radios. That would help keep the locals communicating. I pray help comes quick.
Hurricane Helene 🌀 cuts off access, cell signal to the western in North Carolina 🇺🇸.
Some people has internet. I just heard from my niece in Asheville NC
@@jannethpatterson1472 mines up today.
Smilesotheylikeyou
Flooding is measured by feet above flood stage, not feet above sea level. Rely on the news to get it wrong always.
Thoughts and prayers
Sad, Boone has such cool festivals! Good folk, good government, the complete opposite of Hendersonville. Hoping they rebound soon!
Smilesotheylikeyou
I can relate hurricane Katrina wiped out stb parish, where I currently live ,we have not fully recovered, since it happened,
One doesn’t measure water flow or flooding by feet above sea level. 🤷♂️
yes, I found that odd as well
Where the hell is the governor to help the people of North Carolina,? Where is Joe Biden, or Kamala Harris ? Billions for Ukraine but no help or money for people in North Carolina
This administration only likes to help people from other countries. Not the USA!!
Your ignorant..This isn't traitor trump administration...
The Republicans didn’t include extra funding for FEMA in the stopgap spending bill…
@@emraith9well, the republicans didnt include extra funding for fema in the spending bill. Look at project 2025 and see which departments would get axed…
It takes time gathering supplies and getting helicopters into the roadless areas.
Amen. Right on❤
My sister has (or maybe had) a nice big place in the forest up a really steep curvy road there and I’m betting it’s history. I thought it would be a fire that got it, but looks like it will be a flood.
Lots Upstate SC is cut off from cell too. Drove 30min to greenville to get signal
Please come to the smaller towns and report and get the word out--WE NEED HELP. Big cities are getting all the reporting coverage, donations and help, but the little, less known towns are *struggling*--no CELL or big company trailers to provide, electricity restored to as many as can in 48 hrs (THANK YOU French Broad Electric Company and all that helped in restoration), NO city water, people stranded on the mountains. Maybe help is on the way, but no communications from media coverage, town, FEMA, support organizations, etc. saying it's on it way. #BurnsvilleNC
I have a friend that lives in silva, Glenn and debbie robinson. I called the police station and couldn't get nobody to answer. Then I called McDonald's and they answered and told me what was going on. So mcdonald's was open They still had power but a lot of water.
That says everything when you can't contact your police but can contact Maccas.
Our family is from all across NC and in GA and gulf side FL. My family in Boone and spent so many years going to Daniel Boone restaurant and supposed to go next month and we all for generations have been going to mass general store and tweetsie and just all over those mountians family and memories. We have home there and GA and will wait to find out damage and at my parents and others places there.
Kids are melting down without their master........
@@coldspring624 maybe they will learn how to talk and work.
yup
Some people from Louisiana are bringing in starlink service
What does flooding have to do with no cell phone service? Did the cell towers come down?
@@SLEEPWALKINGINTHESNOW Yes. One story said 8 cell towers came down.
“Mount-ins”…….pronounce your t’s. “2 feet of visibility “, “small, little road”.
Why haven’t any forecasters mentioned Hurricane Michael which came in at 155 mph and wiped out Mexico City?
Maybe because Michael didn’t hit Mexico City. CDMX is still there!
@@howardhughes7596 near Mexico Beach it hit first at 155mph according to google
@@howardhughes7596 the point Howard is it did hit stronger then Helene and they aren’t mentioning it like it never happened.!!!
If you guys are local go out and help people. Stop commenting on this on go out and help people if you are local. Take initiative. HELP IS COMING.
Prayers for all those going through this. 😢🙏🙏🙏
Are the folks in Greensboros, High Point, and Jefferson okay?
Greensboro and High Point were spared, practically no damage of any kind.
Sea level? Flood level.
Got plenty of room up here in The Great Lakes… Cheap to live and great weather..
@@murkrow2316 oh but they don’t like the snowball! LOL. I’ll take snow over the storms and humidity any day !
Hola please send address per favor
I’m in Ann Arbor and would not live anywhere else except for the five months in the Yucatán. 😎
Would you be quiet
How do they get phone calls?
iPhone 14 Pro and newer have built in satellite calling and texting capabilities for this very reason
This is a direct job for Harris and Biden, but especially Kamala Harris. The democrats are in charge at this point. But Trump can also be good hearted and pinch in.
No one has starlink there?
@@jennysantiago2624 lots of people keep starlink as a back up, and have their accounts paused and when needed turn it on.. they have no internet to turn on the internet. Starlink should automatically just turn on all the starlinks out there paused or not.
@jennysantiago2624 Yes they have that option. A bit pricey, but well worth it in cases like this.
My daughter called me after a couple days of not knowing they were able to get to the fire department on foot where they have satellite phones, but everybody is limited to how much time I just received a message that said I am safe and then today because there won’t be any water or power for over a week and roads are collapsed - mud slides trees total devastation. It will take a few years to restore . Catastrophic
There is no internet in most of North Florida either.
30 dead and according to some fire people a heck of a lot more
Time will tell. A lot of folks unaccounted for. Going to be a little while B4 we have a clue.
smokey mountains huh?
So how are we feeling about Climate change? Maybe time took into how we got here.
Smh. According to the records, there have been similar hurricane events dating back to the late 1800's.
@@sallymclain1600 how you feel about media manipulation and well educated lemmings.
Smilesotheylikeyou
Natural, not man made, worst is yet to come.
@kimt1054
Soooo....500 yr storms every year. OK...your making it all clear.
Keep revving up those trucks.
good.
At times like this we realize we're just a speck on this Earth and we are powerless against the forces of God and nature.... my people are from that region and many many of them are Christians
FASCINATING!!! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Mind-blowing : 🌬🧠
They need cell service😮Elon Musk help these people !!!!
He has already sent Starlinks to help the first responders.
Pay all that money, and for what
Praying 🙏
yup
No socialism means no help
Andy Griffith Show? Jaimee doesn't know what the hell you're talkin' about. She's too young.
😢🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
bring in starlink
Why don’t people leave their homes before storms like these roll through? There was plenty of warning. It just boggles my mind.
No one really wants to leave home!
@@scallywag1716 it costs to evacuate. Some cannot afford it. Shelters don’t allow pets or livestock. Evacuation is best but not always possible for some.
@@scallywag1716 There wasn't though. No one knew it would be this bad.
Some are unable to leave.
@@Fido-vm9zi well of course…but between living and dying I prefer living.
😢🙏🏻
Socialism now?
AI INTELLIGENCE
OK, Elon Musk and cronies, time to step up. Do something for someone else for a change. "Noblesse Oblige".
They are getting starlink to affected agencies and areas.
Don’t blame Elon Musk… he’s done more for humanity than most people have.
Elon has already sent Starlink to help the first responders.
@spirals73 I have the same thoughts about being rich and helping people. Is it because we’re poor? Maybe…
😮
Is biden coming to check it out?
@Rac-fpv Bull
The honeymoon is over indeed in America! And speaking of the 1800's, something of the dark past was happening in America. Now the repercussions of that dark history is doing it's job. In fact,I would be totally ashamed to bring up the 1800's!
@@user-so-v9o I agree with you 100%! If you haven't kept up with history and the weather attached, here are some good examples to research weather, Noah and the Ark and why...Sodom and Gomorrah...the great movement of woke and LBQ, trans and confusion for our children since 2020...
When you're truly unhinged ^^^
@@Charlotte-bn4gp Well when I stopped drinking they told me that if I wanted long term sobriety that I had to correct the wreckage of my past & when I did that, it's almost been 36 yrs of sobriety for me. Ok, the same way on a Broad scale, America has to correct it's past if they want peace & prosperity etc. It's not helping them they trying to sweep the past under the rugg.
@spirals73 It's to the point now to no one has to prove anything to you or the kind of people like you! That's the main problem, you always think someone has to prove something to you EDOM! You can't dismiss me or the butt whipping the weather has in store for you. And you know exactly where you can go!
@spirals73 You sound scared and you actually should be.
God works in mysterious ways. This is all apart of his plan, he wanted this to happen. Your prayers cant stop the flood.💀
@@evergreens92 can’t wait until these Christian’s come telling everyone here how wicked they are. Because Billy Grams place is under water too all the Christian communities up on the hills they gone too, so tired of hearing this! So tired of your evangelicals coming to this town with their amps and destroying any artist trying to make a living for blocks. While they preach “Gods love.” Making sure to monetize their RUclips ministires. Mathew6:5
Smilesotheylikeyou
@@keithwolfe-festivalandstreet Not real Christians so not surprising.
@@Thyalwaysseek according to most Christians most Christians aren’t real Christian’s.
Smilesotheylikeyou
The problem is people don't listen to weather forecasts or pay attention to weather. People are just living in their zone and are caught by surprise. Utterly unprepared.
Blaming the victims is crazy. You're a real piece.
Y'all people shouldn't be here in the first place. The wrath of Yah has just started 🙏🏽
That female reporter is terrible.
You mean no Trump rally tonight❤
This is horrible. Terrible. My heart just aches for everyone caught in the path of these terrible storms. There will be more storms, more deaths, more grief if we don't elect a leader willing to do what's needed! The Democrat presidential candidate has a plan of action against climate change. The Repubican candidate doesn't even believe in it. It's OUR choice in November! My prayers tonight are for all in harm's way in this video.
Come on Red States you don’t need government help 😉 why should taxpayers keep paying to fix the coastal areas after a hurricane 🌀 maybe it’s time to find another place to live besides on the coast🧐 the USA 🇺🇸 has plenty of space 👍
@@KCBluesJams derp
Western NC got hit the hardest. Coast was barely touched. Gfys.
Why? Because taxpayers along the coast pay taxes and the government likes collecting from them.
Btw - the vid is from the NC mountains Skippy.
Now Bidens going to have to give out a ton of commie socialism with all these storms no one should get a free hand out
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