Precision Grading” John what is Jake's address for mailing a check or better yet paypal account for him. thanks . Great job from both you and Jake, God will bless your life and pour out his love, kindness, understanding and full fill all the needs of his children.
It is in the description but here it is Make a check to “Precision Grading”. or "Jake Jarvis" Mailing Address Precision Grading c/o Shannon Brookshire P.O. Box 428 Saluda, NC 28773
Being an equipment operator with a lot of experience on excavators I can see that Jake is giving it all it has. By the time they are done with all of this that machine will need a complete rebuild from the tracks to every pin and bushing on the machine. And I would guess that machine cost him between 150,000.00 and 250,000.00 depending on how old it is. He knows the damage that is being done but he is willing to do it to get these people back on their feet. This man and all the others down there with their own equipment need all the help they can get. These machines are their source of income when they get back to the normal jobs. They can ill afford to have to rebuild an entire machine. So help them as much as you can. I am blown away by their dedication to helping people.
I was wondering about the excess wear and tear on this machine. I could hear the squeezing and creaking as he moved and carried huge rocks. God Bless him and his family. Jake has single handedly saved so many people. Some that were stranded were injured and couldn't walk out , some ran out of medicine and most needed food or gas for generator. Where is our Government? That's why we pay taxes for FEMA to do this but I guess we have to take care of our own people. I hope and Pray Jake gets a new excavator soon, I bet there's a new one sitting on some air, army or marine base somewhere BRING IT TO NC & let Jake have it 😁❤️🇺🇸 GOD Bless you all
I thought jake owned that machine but he rented that thing and has been paying the rental on it since hestarted outta his own pocket. That thing is in the range of 1000.00 to 1500.00 bucks a week to rent. That tells you what kinda man he is. God bless you jake . Your a true american hero. We will never forget you sir
That's a lie of the devil. There are no special places in Heaven for any spirit. If you are a believer, saved by faith in Jesus Christ has died and risen again ti forgive you of your sin ,are water baptised and Boen Again of the Holy Spirit of God, and are daily living a life of obedience to God ,then when your body does your spirit will go to Heaven for eternity.but good works will mot get you into Heaven and good works won't getbyou a special place in Heaven. Thatsxall lies. Read your Bible, become saved by the work of the cross, and live a life that reflects Christ and you'll have a peace that passes all earthly understanding. But it's wrong and sinful to spread falsehoods about eternity. Those doing good works to enter Heaven are going to hell cos ONLY by the d3bt Christ paid can our sins be forgiven and a relationship with God can be restored. Hell is separation from God , where EVERYONE who has not confessed they are sinners needing saving by accepting Gods forgiveness bought nd paid for, by the death and resurrection of His Only Begotten Son Jesus Christ , living a new life in the power of the Holy Spirit, Amen. Do mot be deceived. GOD is not mocked, whatsoever a man sows the same shall he reap. Galations6:7 This is the scripture that the devil has hijacked and now calls karma.
There is for me too. As I helped my sons. One worked that area after storms . Now another son I have backed is rebuilding pool cages in Tampa Fla area. Never would have happened without my long support “ mom”.
That’s what came in our back door and busted out the front. It is unimaginable 😢❤🤗 We were not there bc my sister had to sing in temple. When we finally got there the whole neighborhood was there to help 😢 it’s amazing these people they are so wonderful and kind, caring people. 😢 I haven’t stopped crying since this happened. Not for me ! No I cry for NC and they need every single bit of help they can get.
Praise the Lord for Jake ! With a heart of gold helping others ! God will truly bless him ! Thank you Jake for your loyalty towards all the ones needing help ! Thank you for being the hands and feet of Jesus ! Jake is a true blessing to many ! Thank you John for helping these people in need to get the help that is so desperately needed ! We would NOT know about a lot of these people that are in need of help if it were not for you documenting them ! The media sure hasn’t covered ANY of this ! Prayers and L❤️VE sent that way ! Now that we have a new president in office…. Things WILL GET BETTER ! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 Thank you John for all you do ! Please leave a link for donations to help these wonderful people !
@donnarbon4731 🙌🏼Praise Almighty God 👏🏻as He is helping America 🇺🇸 with POTUS TRUMP ,and his team of MAGA PERSONAL. I pray 🙏🏻 help will increase for everyone in NC + Tennessee.🙏🏻
I went to Valdosta, Georgia to help with the hurricane relief through Samaritan's Purse. I'm from Kansas and have been through tornadoes and some flooding in the Kansas City area...I was not ready for what I saw in Valdosta. And to think that western North Carolina was many times worse. The experience gave me a new outlook on just how fragile and precious life is.
That smile on Jakes face just shows he genuinely enjoys helping people... I have watched many videos, by many RUclipsrs, and he seems to show up everywhere! It's like there are ten of him! I'm really hopefully the ecosystem recovers along with the people of the area... Beautiful area.
The Awesome, Amazing American Spirit of neighbor helping neighbor as the Bible teaches us to love our neighbor as ourselves. Love seeing this exemplary man using his heavy equipment to help this family. Also the heartwarming song. I appreciate The Appalachian Channel. 💯
Like I said on another person's youtube post: "With allthe helicopters that were in the air, they didn't see the people in the mountains!!! The people in the mountains should have been helped as well. Awesome Jake and Presicion Grading helped this family and others out.
The people in the mountains did get help and rescue, by some helicopter. It was mainly ground crews and four wheel drive vehicles that made it to them.
That song is beautiful! That 18 year old has been through so much & all he wants to do is get back to school. It's not easy being away from your friends when you are that age. It broke my heart when he was talking about missing school and sports practices bc it wasn't safe for him to go in the dark. You would think the state would have gotten to these kids to make sure they could attend school. That's just crazy! Their hero Jake comes in and gets a temporary drive put in in about 8 hours, Why didn't someone come out sooner than that?! Yes they have a home and there's others worse off than they are but they couldn't get to their home with a vehicle. I would have thought that would have been at the top of the list for emergency repairs. Thankfully we have angels like Jake who want to help & come in and does what needs to be done without all the red tape. Anyway thanks for sharing their story with us! I hope they can start the healing process and their 18 year old can get back to practice and school. Keep stories like this coming please we all need to see this. The beautiful spirit of our country Americans helping Americans! It doesn't get any better than that!!
I cannot wrap my brain around all the destruction you are showing in your videos. I have lived in northwestern NC for 75 years and I have never seen anything that comes close to Helene. What amazes me is that the hurricane traveled hundreds of miles and still had the power to completely devastate the mountains. Hugo is the only storm that only comes close and it was nothing compared to Helene.
Hugo was a wind storm not a continuous rain and wind storm. Plus with Hugo we didn’t have 9 inches of rain before the hurricane hit us like with Helene
Hugo went west from the coast , stalled, and then backtracked, ripped up stuff good, but nothing like Helene.. Some places got 30+ inches in one or two days. It's always been my theory that ever since the massive deforestation in the rainforest, that all those trees held moisture, now they are gone there is more moisture on the loose, that would have been tempered .
I just watched this amazing video. My heart breaks for all involved. I live in Texas & will be sending a check to Jake the 1st. of the month. I pray for everyone 🙏
EXCELLENT VIDEO,NONE OF US EVER KNOW,WHATS COMING OUR WAY,TO SEE HOW TRULY SPECIAL SOMEONE HELPING ANOTHER IN A BAD SITUATION,WARMS THE HEART.BLESS ALL THAT WENT AND ARE STILL GOING THRU THE AFTERMATH OF HELENA.💯🙏
This just pulls at your heart. Just one of many. Thank you, John, for your commitment and faith. And continued prayers for this family. God has their back!
Jake has been a blessing for these folks; without him n his crew it would’ve been impossible!! Bless them all for their hard work n dedication to bring in their heavy equipment for this painstakingly difficult situation!! ❤
From all of us across America, thank you Carolina for inspiring this beautiful song that expresses what we feel as AMERICANS. The evil will not overtake what we are as AMERICANS. People, stick together as GOD has directed us to do. GOD BLESS ALL AND PROTECT EACH AS WE HELP EACH OTHER.
Interesting tidbit of info. Last year We adopted a young tabby cat from a rescue group in our area of Florida. His name was Paradise Falls. Now Chai. He is the color of the beautiful fall trees of golds and rich browns and a tiger stripe tummy like the bobcats. He is unique in color and beauty just like the beautiful Paradise Falls where you live. I asked how they came up with that name and they said, at the time they were naming kittens after places on the map. We camped in the area of the Appalachian Mts. many years ago when our children were young and are heartbroken about the devastation we watched on RUclips. We got trapped on a mountain in a campsite near Cades Cove ourselves in the 70's and had to wait 2 days for the water to go down to cross the bridge to get out! Very scary indeed and something you never forget. All the best to you! and God bless the helping hands that gave of their time to help when it was so desperately needed!
If you want to support Jake, make a check to “Precision Grading”. Mail All Checks to the address below The Appalachian Channel c/o Shannon Brookshire P.O. Box 428 Saluda, NC 28773 If you would Like to support The Appalachian Channel, make a check to “John Ward” Mail Checks to the above address. I also have a PayPal account that you can send money to for The Appalachian Channel johngward1472@gmail.com
Keep these videos coming!! They remind us of the great need of our fellow Americans.🙏🇺🇸🙏 With the holiday season approaching we will need these videos even more so that we don’t forget these who will not be able to have a normal holiday 😥 THANK YOU for what you and Jake are doing ❤
We are so glad to see that you finally got help. We have prayed for the people of North Carolina since the storm raged. We are in upstate South Carolina and we're out of power for six days and thought we had it bad. What a beautiful road and wonderful wonderful men!
God Bless each and Everyone that have gone through this horrible hurricane and lost so much, some lost All. Bless you Jake for all that you are doing. I love the song, it is Beautiful
That was amazing! And the couple was really resourceful getting down and out via ropes and the ladder bridge. Would never have thought of making a foot bridge with ladder and wood. That is going in my disaster notebook! Take care!
This brings tears to my eyes, thank God for people like Jake & for not charging people that needed help!😢 our thoughts & prayers with y'all that are effective by this storm!
Can't say enough about the giving spirit that Jake has had over the past month plus that we know of. All we can do, besides donate what you can, is say thank you from the bottom of our souls for helping all our brothers and sisters out there. 🙏🙏🥇😉
If you want to support Jake, make a check to “Precision Grading”. Mail All Checks to the address below The Appalachian Channel c/o Shannon Brookshire P.O. Box 428 Saluda, NC 28773 If you would Like to support The Appalachian Channel, make a check to “John Ward” Mail Checks to the above address. I also have a PayPal account that you can send money to for The Appalachian Channel johngward1472@gmail.com
Hey, we also came to east Tennessee from Houston, TX. Harvey hit and 80% of our former neighborhood was flooded. Our house there was not. Maybe we were trying to get away from the hurricanes, but mostly we left because of the heat and humidity. Where we are, we were safe, but areas around us were not so lucky. Our only problem was having no water or internet or cell phones for almost a week. That was nothing. We pray for all y'all to get through this trial. May God bless you like he did Job after he had overcome his trials. I'm glad you are safe.
You all in the Appalachian Mountains, you were devasted with the loss of your kin. The loss of a place to stay and the loss of self. God wanted to see if you all had the guts to stand up and strong despite the loss. You had many come together and work as a unit to accomplish what needed to be done. You have showed the strength this country needs to show that we are a strong country. And despite the animosity we are feeling right now these videos gives us hope we will overcome. All the people who have come out to help in many ways regardless of where in the Appalachian Mountains blessing are upon you all. To see these videos, and to see people overcome with their tears of what we all are capable of helping out shows compassion. BLESSINGS TO ALL.
You all are amazing, those that went through this awful catastrophe, and these people that are pitching in and helping all those in need. We all send every bit of respect we have to those that helped these people, our neighbors. God Bless you all. 🙏🇺🇸♥️🙏🇺🇸♥️🙏🇺🇸♥️🙏🇺🇸♥️
I’m watching from Australia and can’t believe volunteers have to do this with no sight of council, state government helping. Thank you to John and Jake for helping folks
❤The compassion of heavy machine operators! These guys and gals have hearts of GOLD!! You make think they are gruff, they are not! They are a gift from God, especially when they respond to all the disaster they do, many on their own dime and many trusting God will, through His people, take care of the needs they have, as they continue serving. May God bless Jake and all those working with him & bless their families, whom I am sure are trying to run their home front. ❤🇺🇸♥️🙏👏👏
Don't want to miss thanking John for making the videos. Without your help people would not know of the wonderful work that is being done. I'm from Eastern North Carolina, and have witnessed much damage here in the east because of hurricanes. To have people like you guys, there aren't enough words to tell you how much I appreciate the help you are giving for the people of our beautiful mountains. Thank you!
Wow, that's alot for these people to manage. Marvelous temporary solution for access. Thankyou for sharing these video documentations, sharing people lives with us, seeing how marvelous Heavy Equipment is and smart Jake and others are❤ Once again, thankyou
Hello there John Ward. It is always a pleasure seeing you and watching your awesome videos 📸. My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone that was affected by hurricane 🌀 Helene. I also want to say Thank You Jake and Precision Grading for all of your hard work and dedication you all do during the difficult time. May the good Lord always bless everyone and may God wrap his arms around his people to have Peace ✌️🕊️ which surpasses all understanding in Jesus Mighty Name AMEN 🙏☮️✝️
Jakes' abilities as an excavator has just shined on his creativity, artistry and engineering skill. As well as being a blessing, I hope others realize just what companies like Jakes' go through and just how impactful they are in resettling this wonderful state. We need to set up an equipment reserve to assist in getting this equipment restored pre-storm so Jake still has a business after all this work....
Beautiful video, almost brought me to tears! I’ve donated to Jake and wish I had more. He is doing amazing work. I encourage everyone that can donate to do so, I feel we are part of the solution. This is really what Americans are all about, helping our neighbors when in need.
It's nice for someone like you John to come in and spend time with folks instead of just coming in and shooting a 20 minute video and that's all others do. Some families, like these fine folks eventhough they didn't lose their home in some ways are just as bad off because what's the use of having a home if you can't get to it to sustain a living environment in it. These folks I believe were ignored to some extent by a government here in NC that sadly put other things first. Thanks John for spending some time with us. We hope you come back regularly ❤
What a great video! I love the photos at the end, with the water and autumn leaves. I have been through hurricanes, and the noise is unvelievable. I can't imagine the noise with boulders tumbling, also!!
This video pulled at heartstrings and the song lyrics gave the peoples plight so much more realism & depth. The kindness the love the sheer power of Jake & John was immeasurable. Though catastrophic Helene didn't break the North Carolinians spirits. God bless all those affected by Helene & especially all good samaritans like Jake.
I hope everyone that watches film from NC realizes the people coming to help those in desperate need what you are witnessing is REAL AMERICANS helping Americans. Like the USA used to be. It just warms my heart to see these wonderful people of Western NC get the help they need. Thank You to All those volunteers ❤
Jake made that machine work to its full potential, that is for sure! That was mesmerizing watching the accuracy of grabbing those stones & placing them. I’m glad he had his helper inside the cab behind him! Jesus bless those hard workers 🤍amen
WOW Amazing job! What a blessing you are to this community, Jake, John, and all others. I couldn't figure out how you were going to get 'er done.... but you are a pro! Thank you for sharing! Much love from the Mississippi Coast!
My Prayers are for this family... And also this guy helping them .... God will make a way where there seems to be no way.... He will provide for y'all just believe in Jesus 🙏.... Much love and Prayers coming your way from Kentucky ❤
Thank ya all so much for helping the people. May God Bless You many times over and over. Words cannot express the feeling in my heart seeing this.❤ 🙏🇺🇲
Every citizen of this country should watch this video I just dont know what to say. Good Luck to this family. God Bless. Thanks to that nice guy with his machine that put the creek back.
That was awesome Jake. God bless you. Reminds me of a line in a song.........."there ain't too many things these ole boys can't do". ~ Hank Williams Jr.
Many thanks to Jake and his team! I'm glad this family still has a home, and now a way to bring in supplies. Thanks for the video. So many excavators doing work for free. This alone, is hard to wrap my head around. May God abundantly bless them!
I never knew something so big, clunky, and loud could be so graceful. Incredible the precision that Jake has. Thank you so much for your inspiration, work, and dedication to help others in need.
Precision Grading” John what is Jake's address for mailing a check or better yet paypal account for him. thanks . Great job from both you and Jake, God will bless your life and pour out his love, kindness, understanding and full fill all the needs of his children.
It is in the description but here it is
Make a check to “Precision Grading”. or "Jake Jarvis"
Mailing Address
Precision Grading
c/o Shannon Brookshire
P.O. Box 428
Saluda, NC 28773
@ got it thanks so much, I thought it went with your address, it’s all good. Thanks so much John
Im in Texas & would like to have that info too.
It's not showing up in the description.
Being an equipment operator with a lot of experience on excavators I can see that Jake is giving it all it has. By the time they are done with all of this that machine will need a complete rebuild from the tracks to every pin and bushing on the machine. And I would guess that machine cost him between 150,000.00 and 250,000.00 depending on how old it is. He knows the damage that is being done but he is willing to do it to get these people back on their feet. This man and all the others down there with their own equipment need all the help they can get. These machines are their source of income when they get back to the normal jobs. They can ill afford to have to rebuild an entire machine. So help them as much as you can. I am blown away by their dedication to helping people.
A much larger sacrifice of this man's and his company's time, equipment and money than it appears in the surface!
Thank you for the eye opener.
God will bless him.....i firmly believe that.😢
I had no idea, so thank you for taking the time to explain this to us. Greatly appreciated.
Also, irs will may want to tax the donations he recieves. So he will have to carefully track all expenditures to avoid paying tax on income.
I was wondering about the excess wear and tear on this machine. I could hear the squeezing and creaking as he moved and carried huge rocks. God Bless him and his family. Jake has single handedly saved so many people. Some that were stranded were injured and couldn't walk out , some ran out of medicine and most needed food or gas for generator. Where is our Government? That's why we pay taxes for FEMA to do this but I guess we have to take care of our own people. I hope and Pray Jake gets a new excavator soon, I bet there's a new one sitting on some air, army or marine base somewhere BRING IT TO NC & let Jake have it 😁❤️🇺🇸 GOD Bless you all
I thought jake owned that machine but he rented that thing and has been paying the rental on it since hestarted outta his own pocket. That thing is in the range of 1000.00 to 1500.00 bucks a week to rent. That tells you what kinda man he is. God bless you jake . Your a true american hero. We will never forget you sir
There's a special place in Heaven for Jake. Thank you, Jake for helping the people from North Carolina.
That's a lie of the devil. There are no special places in Heaven for any spirit. If you are a believer, saved by faith in Jesus Christ has died and risen again ti forgive you of your sin ,are water baptised and Boen Again of the Holy Spirit of God, and are daily living a life of obedience to God ,then when your body does your spirit will go to Heaven for eternity.but good works will mot get you into Heaven and good works won't getbyou a special place in Heaven. Thatsxall lies. Read your Bible, become saved by the work of the cross, and live a life that reflects Christ and you'll have a peace that passes all earthly understanding. But it's wrong and sinful to spread falsehoods about eternity. Those doing good works to enter Heaven are going to hell cos ONLY by the d3bt Christ paid can our sins be forgiven and a relationship with God can be restored. Hell is separation from God , where EVERYONE who has not confessed they are sinners needing saving by accepting Gods forgiveness bought nd paid for, by the death and resurrection of His Only Begotten Son Jesus Christ , living a new life in the power of the Holy Spirit, Amen.
Do mot be deceived. GOD is not mocked, whatsoever a man sows the same shall he reap.
Galations6:7
This is the scripture that the devil has hijacked and now calls karma.
There is for me too. As I helped my sons. One worked that area after storms . Now another son I have backed is rebuilding pool cages in Tampa Fla area. Never would have happened without my long support “ mom”.
That’s what came in our back door and busted out the front. It is unimaginable 😢❤🤗 We were not there bc my sister had to sing in temple. When we finally got there the whole neighborhood was there to help 😢 it’s amazing these people they are so wonderful and kind, caring people. 😢 I haven’t stopped crying since this happened. Not for me ! No I cry for NC and they need every single bit of help they can get.
Stay strong, Claire -- love wins every time. There is beauty ahead. God bless you and keep you. Sending love and praying
Praise the Lord for Jake ! With a heart of gold helping others ! God will truly bless him ! Thank you Jake for your loyalty towards all the ones needing help ! Thank you for being the hands and feet of Jesus ! Jake is a true blessing to many !
Thank you John for helping these people in need to get the help that is so desperately needed ! We would NOT know about a lot of these people that are in need of help if it were not for you documenting them ! The media sure hasn’t covered ANY of this ! Prayers and
L❤️VE sent that way !
Now that we have a new president in office…. Things WILL GET BETTER ! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Thank you John for all you do !
Please leave a link for donations to help these wonderful people !
I have all that information in the description of the video.
@donnarbon4731 🙌🏼Praise Almighty God 👏🏻as He is helping America 🇺🇸 with POTUS TRUMP ,and his team of MAGA PERSONAL.
I pray 🙏🏻 help will increase for everyone in NC + Tennessee.🙏🏻
I went to Valdosta, Georgia to help with the hurricane relief through Samaritan's Purse.
I'm from Kansas and have been through tornadoes and some flooding in the Kansas City area...I was not ready for what I saw in Valdosta.
And to think that western North Carolina was many times worse.
The experience gave me a new outlook on just how fragile and precious life is.
That heavy machine operator is a real artist.
AMEN to that!!! Beautiful
I was bawling watching this. I bet it's a huuuuuge relief to get this done for them. That heavy equipment operator is doing a fantastic job.
That smile on Jakes face just shows he genuinely enjoys helping people...
I have watched many videos, by many RUclipsrs, and he seems to show up everywhere!
It's like there are ten of him!
I'm really hopefully the ecosystem recovers along with the people of the area... Beautiful area.
Man, tears on that one, Jake is a true American hero. May God bless each and everyone suffering and all those helping ❤
Please tell everyone to send more help to the Hurricanes victims 🙏
Yes, they need all the help they can get
The Awesome, Amazing American Spirit of neighbor helping neighbor
as the Bible teaches us to love our
neighbor as ourselves.
Love seeing this exemplary man using
his heavy equipment to help this family.
Also the heartwarming song.
I appreciate The Appalachian Channel. 💯
Like I said on another person's youtube post: "With allthe helicopters that were in the air, they didn't see the people in the mountains!!! The people in the mountains should have been helped as well. Awesome Jake and Presicion Grading helped this family and others out.
The people in the mountains did get help and rescue, by some helicopter. It was mainly ground crews and four wheel drive vehicles that made it to them.
@@theappalachianchanneland mules
The helicopter pilots did help the mountain residents but the government restricted the air space pretty quickly if I recall correctly ..
I sent a check for Jake at Precision Grading last week. Hopefully I will be able to repeat a donation soon Thank you Jake and John
Please pray for me. Still stranded. Thank you. Blessings to you.
Where are you?
Gloria I pray you're safe and warm, and that your beans and rice are multiplied like loaves and fishes. God knows right where you are
Oh Jesus please hear our prayers for these poor people stranded and others likewise in similar situation,there 😢❤✝️🕊️
Strange but have internet!? You are blessed! Very blessed! Send a message for help!
@@victoriafreudenthal4528 stranded with internet? Hardly!!!!
There’s a place in heaven for that operator. Thank you Jay … the operator.
God will bless Jake and the Precision Crew for their selfless work. An inspiration to all.
Thanks
That song is beautiful!
That 18 year old has been through so much & all he wants to do is get back to school. It's not easy being away from your friends when you are that age. It broke my heart when he was talking about missing school and sports practices bc it wasn't safe for him to go in the dark. You would think the state would have gotten to these kids to make sure they could attend school. That's just crazy!
Their hero Jake comes in and gets a temporary drive put in in about 8 hours, Why didn't someone come out sooner than that?! Yes they have a home and there's others worse off than they are but they couldn't get to their home with a vehicle. I would have thought that would have been at the top of the list for emergency repairs.
Thankfully we have angels like Jake who want to help & come in and does what needs to be done without all the red tape.
Anyway thanks for sharing their story with us! I hope they can start the healing process and their 18 year old can get back to practice and school.
Keep stories like this coming please we all need to see this.
The beautiful spirit of our country Americans helping Americans! It doesn't get any better than that!!
Jake is doing an amazing job, he is an artist, this is a special talent
I cannot wrap my brain around all the destruction you are showing in your videos. I have lived in northwestern NC for 75 years and I have never seen anything that comes close to Helene. What amazes me is that the hurricane traveled hundreds of miles and still had the power to completely devastate the mountains. Hugo is the only storm that only comes close and it was nothing compared to Helene.
Are you kin to Opal Mae Bare Taylor??? I’m her youngest daughter.
@@bonniebulow7654 I am not sure. What were your grandparent's names? That would give me more of an idea if I knew your mother.
Hugo was a wind storm not a continuous rain and wind storm. Plus with Hugo we didn’t have 9 inches of rain before the hurricane hit us like with Helene
Hugo went west from the coast , stalled, and then backtracked, ripped up stuff good, but nothing like Helene.. Some places got 30+ inches in one or two days. It's always been my theory that ever since the massive deforestation in the rainforest, that all those trees held moisture, now they are gone there is more moisture on the loose, that would have been tempered .
I think Helene had some help honey with these 2 or 3 dams that were let open at the same time
Thank you Jake for all your hard work and for helping people. May God Bless you abundantly! ❣❣❣
I just watched this amazing video. My heart breaks for all involved. I live in Texas & will be sending a check to Jake the 1st. of the month. I pray for everyone 🙏
EXCELLENT VIDEO,NONE OF US EVER KNOW,WHATS COMING OUR WAY,TO SEE HOW TRULY SPECIAL SOMEONE HELPING ANOTHER IN A BAD SITUATION,WARMS THE HEART.BLESS ALL THAT WENT AND ARE STILL GOING THRU THE AFTERMATH OF HELENA.💯🙏
This just pulls at your heart. Just one of many. Thank you, John, for your commitment and faith. And continued prayers for this family. God has their back!
Praise GOD!! Thank you for helping them!!!
Jake has been a blessing for these folks; without him n his crew it would’ve been impossible!! Bless them all for their hard work n dedication to bring in their heavy equipment for this painstakingly difficult situation!! ❤
He is an amazing man with a big ❤.
From all of us across America, thank you Carolina for inspiring this beautiful song that expresses what we feel as AMERICANS. The evil will not overtake what we are as AMERICANS. People, stick together as GOD has directed us to do. GOD BLESS ALL AND PROTECT EACH AS WE HELP EACH OTHER.
You guys Precision Grading a Herculean Saints in overalls and metal crunch rock buckets!!! God Bless
Wow. The gentleman in the machine is a craftsman of extraordinary ability. Wow
Interesting tidbit of info.
Last year We adopted a young tabby cat from a rescue group in our area of Florida. His name was Paradise Falls. Now Chai. He is the color of the beautiful fall trees of golds and rich browns and a tiger stripe tummy like the bobcats. He is unique in color and beauty just like the beautiful Paradise Falls where you live. I asked how they came up with that name and they said, at the time they were naming kittens after places on the map.
We camped in the area of the Appalachian Mts. many years ago when our children were young and are heartbroken about the devastation we watched on RUclips. We got trapped on a mountain in a campsite near Cades Cove ourselves in the 70's and had to wait 2 days for the water to go down to cross the bridge to get out! Very scary indeed and something you never forget.
All the best to you! and God bless the helping hands that gave of their time to help when it was so desperately needed!
Jake needs to be nominated for the Metal of Freedom.
If you want to support Jake, make a check to “Precision Grading”.
Mail All Checks to the address below
The Appalachian Channel
c/o Shannon Brookshire
P.O. Box 428
Saluda, NC 28773
If you would Like to support The Appalachian Channel, make a check to “John Ward”
Mail Checks to the above address.
I also have a PayPal account that you can send money to for The Appalachian Channel johngward1472@gmail.com
I like how you spelled that too 👍🏼METAL of Freedom 🤣amen
Thank you John, you show the great people of our country. The song really speaks of what Helene did.
Keep these videos coming!! They remind us of the great need of our fellow Americans.🙏🇺🇸🙏 With the holiday season approaching we will need these videos even more so that we don’t forget these who will not be able to have a normal holiday 😥 THANK YOU for what you and Jake are doing ❤
Jake is one of😮kind Exelent equipment operations God Bless him truly remarkable American man Great film Mr Ward❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
We are so glad to see that you finally got help. We have prayed for the people of North Carolina since the storm raged. We are in upstate South Carolina and we're out of power for six days and thought we had it bad. What a beautiful road and wonderful wonderful men!
Thank you so much for your prayers and support!
Jake is utterly amazing
God Bless each and Everyone that have gone through this horrible hurricane and lost so much, some lost All. Bless you Jake for all that you are doing. I love the song, it is Beautiful
God bless Jake. He is an amazing man. Thank you John for your coverage of this.
Thanks for watching! I agree, Jake is a true hero.
Lord have mercy! Protect and keep them safe as they see their way through this unbelievable transformation to their landscape.
That was amazing! And the couple was really resourceful getting down and out via ropes and the ladder bridge. Would never have thought of making a foot bridge with ladder and wood. That is going in my disaster notebook! Take care!
This brings tears to my eyes, thank God for people like Jake & for not charging people that needed help!😢 our thoughts & prayers with y'all that are effective by this storm!
Can't say enough about the giving spirit that Jake has had over the past month plus that we know of. All we can do, besides donate what you can, is say thank you from the bottom of our souls for helping all our brothers and sisters out there. 🙏🙏🥇😉
If you want to support Jake, make a check to “Precision Grading”.
Mail All Checks to the address below
The Appalachian Channel
c/o Shannon Brookshire
P.O. Box 428
Saluda, NC 28773
If you would Like to support The Appalachian Channel, make a check to “John Ward”
Mail Checks to the above address.
I also have a PayPal account that you can send money to for The Appalachian Channel johngward1472@gmail.com
Hey, we also came to east Tennessee from Houston, TX. Harvey hit and 80% of our former neighborhood was flooded. Our house there was not. Maybe we were trying to get away from the hurricanes, but mostly we left because of the heat and humidity. Where we are, we were safe, but areas around us were not so lucky. Our only problem was having no water or internet or cell phones for almost a week. That was nothing. We pray for all y'all to get through this trial. May God bless you like he did Job after he had overcome his trials. I'm glad you are safe.
You all in the Appalachian Mountains, you were devasted with the loss of your kin. The loss of a place to stay and the loss of self. God wanted to see if you all had the guts to stand up and strong despite the loss. You had many come together and work as a unit to accomplish what needed to be done. You have showed the strength this country needs to show that we are a strong country. And despite the animosity we are feeling right now these videos gives us hope we will overcome. All the people who have come out to help in many ways regardless of where in the Appalachian Mountains blessing are upon you all. To see these videos, and to see people overcome with their tears of what we all are capable of helping out shows compassion. BLESSINGS TO ALL.
You all are amazing, those that went through this awful catastrophe, and these people that are pitching in and helping all those in need. We all send every bit of respect we have to those that helped these people, our neighbors. God Bless you all. 🙏🇺🇸♥️🙏🇺🇸♥️🙏🇺🇸♥️🙏🇺🇸♥️
What a story -- and I love that song! It's all hard to watch without tears.
Jake that was such an awesome job you & your crew did for this family!!!!May God bless you 100 fold!!!❤🎉❤🎉❤
I’m watching from Australia and can’t believe volunteers have to do this with no sight of council, state government helping. Thank you to John and Jake for helping folks
❤The compassion of heavy machine operators! These guys and gals have hearts of GOLD!! You make think they are gruff, they are not! They are a gift from God, especially when they respond to all the disaster they do, many on their own dime and many trusting God will, through His people, take care of the needs they have, as they continue serving. May God bless Jake and all those working with him & bless their families, whom I am sure are trying to run their home front. ❤🇺🇸♥️🙏👏👏
You're welcome I wouldn't miss a one! Great work Jake, you da man, that machine is an extension if your hands.
This song is awesome and tells a story ❤❤❤
Unbelievable excavating talent, probably started with a little boy, excavating toys, and a great imagination. RESPECT ADMIRATION
Amen!! Admiration for sure
Great Job ……. clear roads …… low lying water bridge ……👏👏👏👏👏
Don't want to miss thanking John for making the videos. Without your help people would not know of the wonderful work that is being done. I'm from Eastern North Carolina, and have witnessed much damage here in the east because of hurricanes. To have people like you guys, there aren't enough words to tell you how much I appreciate the help you are giving for the people of our beautiful mountains. Thank you!
Thank you so much for your support, I am glad people see the work being done.
Wow, that's alot for these people to manage. Marvelous temporary solution for access.
Thankyou for sharing these video documentations, sharing people lives with us, seeing how marvelous Heavy Equipment is and smart Jake and others are❤
Once again, thankyou
Hello there John Ward. It is always a pleasure seeing you and watching your awesome videos 📸. My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone that was affected by hurricane 🌀 Helene. I also want to say Thank You Jake and Precision Grading for all of your hard work and dedication you all do during the difficult time. May the good Lord always bless everyone and may God wrap his arms around his people to have Peace ✌️🕊️ which surpasses all understanding in Jesus Mighty Name AMEN 🙏☮️✝️
Jakes' abilities as an excavator has just shined on his creativity, artistry and engineering skill. As well as being a blessing, I hope others realize just what companies like Jakes' go through and just how impactful they are in resettling this wonderful state. We need to set up an equipment reserve to assist in getting this equipment restored pre-storm so Jake still has a business after all this work....
These people are amazing and have compassion and grit!!!!
Jake is a hero,thank you.
What a beautiful place!
Beautiful video, almost brought me to tears! I’ve donated to Jake and wish I had more. He is doing amazing work. I encourage everyone that can donate to do so, I feel we are part of the solution. This is really what Americans are all about, helping our neighbors when in need.
It's nice for someone like you John to come in and spend time with folks instead of just coming in and shooting a 20 minute video and that's all others do. Some families, like these fine folks eventhough they didn't lose their home in some ways are just as bad off because what's the use of having a home if you can't get to it to sustain a living environment in it. These folks I believe were ignored to some extent by a government here in NC that sadly put other things first. Thanks John for spending some time with us. We hope you come back regularly ❤
It is truly amazing when I watch people using machines to move huge things in such a precise way.
Jake is incredible! Such a giving servant.
What a great video! I love the photos at the end, with the water and autumn leaves. I have been through hurricanes, and the noise is unvelievable. I can't imagine the noise with boulders tumbling, also!!
This video pulled at heartstrings and the song lyrics gave the peoples plight so much more realism & depth. The kindness the love the sheer power of Jake & John was immeasurable. Though catastrophic Helene didn't break the North Carolinians spirits. God bless all those affected by Helene & especially all good samaritans like Jake.
What a great job Jake did for these people ❤❤❤
I hope everyone that watches film from NC realizes the people coming to help those in desperate need what you are witnessing is REAL AMERICANS helping Americans. Like the USA used to be. It just warms my heart to see these wonderful people of Western NC get the help they need. Thank You to All those volunteers ❤
Watching RUclips channel from England its terrible in America Spain god bless everyone
Jake made that machine work to its full potential, that is for sure! That was mesmerizing watching the accuracy of grabbing those stones & placing them.
I’m glad he had his helper inside the cab behind him!
Jesus bless those hard workers 🤍amen
WOW Amazing job! What a blessing you are to this community, Jake, John, and all others. I couldn't figure out how you were going to get 'er done.... but you are a pro! Thank you for sharing! Much love from the Mississippi Coast!
My heart just goes out to every single person. Those who lost and those that came. We have a might God. I see him everywhere.
My Prayers are for this family... And also this guy helping them .... God will make a way where there seems to be no way.... He will provide for y'all just believe in Jesus 🙏.... Much love and Prayers coming your way from Kentucky ❤
Everytime I watch one of your videos ,all l can think is for God to keep blessing y'all, like you are doing for so many people 🙏
Thank ya all so much for helping the people. May God Bless You many times over and over. Words cannot express the feeling in my heart seeing this.❤ 🙏🇺🇲
I no it wants make you cry Jake is working hard thank you lord for Jake he's got biggest heart God bless Caroline's ♥️
Every citizen of this country should watch this video I just dont know what to say. Good Luck to this family. God Bless. Thanks to that nice guy with his machine that put the creek back.
THANKS JOHN
Jake from the heart ❤️
Amazing story! You and Jake keep rolling ❤️
Thanks so much for the support. I hope you are watching the rebuild progress
Thanks for telling us Caleb’s story. As a mom to a teen boy I can’t imagine💜
Awesome job Jake thank you for helping these beautiful people God bless you honey and all that helped them ♥️🙏🏻♥️
💪❤️❤️❤️🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼💪
Through Jake’s dedication the hearts n spirits of these folks who live in these mountain communities have been lifted!!❤
Jake should become a historic figure in these mountains.
That was awesome Jake. God bless you. Reminds me of a line in a song.........."there ain't too many things these ole boys can't do". ~ Hank Williams Jr.
Jake is amazing with his work
Really sweet people with beautiful hearts. It's hard to comprehend how they managed like that for that many weeks. Thank you for sharing. ❤️
Tears. Gods hrlping hands tThank You for stepping up .God s many Blessings touch your life
love love love your channel ❤
So beautiful right there in the river
😢😢😢Thank you John & Jake & others! HuGs ♥️🇺🇸♥️
Thank you Jake. God bless you always. Prayers more people help. This is heartbreaking. 🙏🏻🙏🏻 Jake is a hero on the ground.
Many thanks to Jake and his team! I'm glad this family still has a home, and now a way to bring in supplies. Thanks for the video. So many excavators doing work for free. This alone, is hard to wrap my head around. May God abundantly bless them!
Heaven bless you Jake!!!❤ Thank you for using your skills and equipment to help others.
God Bless North Carolinians !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I never knew something so big, clunky, and loud could be so graceful. Incredible the precision that Jake has. Thank you so much for your inspiration, work, and dedication to help others in need.
Thank you for your kind words.
Remarkable people. God bless you all !
Jake has such a big heart. I hope he takes some time to rest. Thank you for keeping us up to date.
Real journalism 💯🫶 Thank you Jake and John ❤