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Thank you for adding words of explanation on the screen.

I'm 79 years old in Maryville East TN. Partially disabled Vietnam Vet and watch these with a tear in my eye. Thank you for making these. God Bless you and the ones that will never be found.

Excellent video documentation , and background music. No words were necessary. You are the best at capturing this historic apocalypse, in WNC. The world is watching with heavy hearts , for y'all who live there.

How did you destroy a hurricane? Usually hurricanes destroy!

wonderful video, compliments from Germany

Awesome video. Thanks for the location stamps. I lived across from the gun club in the 90's.

They wouldnt let me warn you.

Thank You so much for your thoughts and prayers,it will take much time and lots of hard work but eventually I feel we will recover💕😢

Landslide information. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXPYe6t-h5msmbssi=0FnNvB7w5_NQb31A

What are paw paws? As a child I remember singing a song about picking up paw paws, put them in your pocket...but are they a nut, or fruit? I live in OH by way of CT....

Great video, music not so much lol

I fear global warming has ore in store for us.

What a beautiful an sad video 😢🙏

My husband and I used to drive truck together and our Boss is from the Boone area (several generations). He no longer owns the trucking company but has a Christmas tree farm that didn't get damaged. I no longer drive but hubby does and his current employer is in Mtn. City, TN. As much as I've been through Boone, driving and decades ago visiting (I grew up in the Sandhills part of NC) I guess I never realized how MUCH water was on the mountains. I currently reside in Greene County, TN. Half of our county was devastated as well, from the Nolichucky River. Blessed all we had was water out for a week. It just seems like most have forgotten about the damage in E. TN🥹 I've got a small YT channel, mainly for gardening but haven't posted in eons. I've been afraid to go into the damaged areas to possibly do a video to bring attention. Maybe I should look into it. I have friends on Roan mountain who weren't devastated but I know there was a lot of damage up there. Maybe I'll check in with them and can get a tour. Prayers for ALL affected🙏❤️🙏. May our Lord bring you peace beyone all human understanding during this horrid turmoil!!

My heart goes out to everyone in our mountains and I think about it all everyday and pray for all every day, both those who lost so much and those who are helping with everything from big machines to small shovels and hard worn hands!

Ha ha, looks like your home has been displaced. You cannot be a republican red if you’re a dumb homeless freak of the south east. Here’s some advice for you and your fellow strangers there, get a job, buy a car and go for a drive on our beautiful highways

So sorry about what happened to you over here❤. We hope you will recover. Love from Saudi Arabia

I live in Chimney rock, NC. I am lucky I had a ton of damage but I am able to fix it all by myself but my poor old neighbors are all poor. I watched my neighbors houses float down the river along with their cows, horses and cars. It was horrifying. Being on top of a mountain I see everything . There is no Fema , there is no local cops or national guard. We have helped our neighbors and they cry when we are able to get them out by cutting down trees from their house or in front of their doors. I am so angry at all of the politicians. But the politicians did get some nice photo opps and then leave in their tax payer funded helicopter.

We had no water for 9 days no power for 7 no cell for 15 days no Internet and only ppl there for first week giving us food and water it was awful it's still awful I'm still traumatized the water use to calm me but that day it was a demon

I live in Hampton tn bout 30 mins from Boone and that day is one of the worst days of my life. I kept getting flood warnings and I was watching the water rise all night but didn't take it seriously and then the water came fast and I grabbed my cat and my dog and ran to the car and videoed the water top the mailbox and I got as far as I cld but water was coming everywhere. So many ppl cldnt get away and stayed in their homes thinking they were going to die that's the worst for me

This is heartbreaking. I hope and pray things will get better soon.

What a nice video showing the governor acting as if he cared. We saw his true colors come out shortly thereafter. And what about those linemen? They were hired by fema but did they ever get paid? Just some observations. Thanks for putting this video out there

Thanks for posting, Rachel. Our family lived off the by-pass just up from our church, ABF, for 5 years; my husband was a pharmacist at Walgreens. To see your videos of places I know well was shocking and heart breaking. 2 friends flooded out. My son and I are home bound so this is the only way we can see the level unimaginable devastation. You did a great job of going all around the county, when you could get through. Though my county, Unicoi, was also hard hit, and I'm supporting it through Appalachian Service Project and I'm committed for the next 2 years to support rebuilding through Alliance Bible Fellowship's disaster relief fund . Beside outstanding Samaritan's Purse, people need to know other reliable organizations to which one can donate.

Many prayers for all affected by the evil hurricane Helene. 🙏 Thank you for making and sharing this video. Hang on to hope, God will make a way. Unimaginable devastation. It's gut wrenching. Y'all are forever in my heart and in my prayers. Love Melissa in the mountains of Virginia. ❤ Mountain Strong. 🙏

You are in my prayers. You aren’t forgotten

I live in Avery County and have not seen much footage of Watauga County or Avery County honestly. I am glad you have footage for all of us to see what happened. I am gutted to see the devastation everywhere. It was bad here also. Thank you for documenting it!

Where do they even start with the clean up? Where do they take all the debris? I have no words.

Thanks for that coverage of the devestation. The Beautiful music juxtaposed to the scenery was quite moving!

Was so beautiful there. And so Heartbreaking to see all the destruction and all who lost their lives. I haven’t the words. My small town where Helene made landfall is destroyed to , Lots of farm animals died and the smell of that will stay with me forever. I can’t begin to imagine the emotional trauma of smelling the Death of Human Beings. I’m so sorry this happened to so many and from the sounds of things a lot of Deaths could have been prevented!!

I personally could not build back in the zone of destruction. They say it was a "thousand year flood" but that is just a saying as it could repeat itself at anytime.

So sorry ❤ never forget. 💔🙏🏻from UK.

billions for israel and billions for ukraine but very little for the mountain people . Shameful to the max.

My heart is so broke. For the people of WNC and Tennessee . I watch so many KZbin’s to see what and how y’all doing. Breath taking scenery and people of fortitude and virtue. I pray for all of you. Gathering your pawpaws you couldn’t possibly imagine what was in your future . Blessings

I'm supposed to head to Todd in a few days, I've avoided going😢

So sad something like this to happen. A hurricane Helen to do this much damage this far north. And the insurance companies saying to bad your not covered. And then the local government saying you can live in a tent but not a temporary shelter built on site. Ridiculous shame on you politicians

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I truly hope that when Trump takes over the office he sends the help and financial aid to these families and the counties that were destroyed by the hurricane. From our family here in North East Georgia to those in all of these areas, we have YOU ALL IN OUR HEARTS and PRAYERS , GOD BLESS YOU. 💕❤️🙏

In my prayers.

Why did they open all five at the damn why did they open all five of them it's like things weren't bad enough they had to add on to it

Not all damage was caused by rivers, creeks, and streams. Some houses I observed were damaged by high winds, fallen trees on roof tops, and mud slides. One particular house I have driven by in the past was so damaged that I drove by it without seeing it. It was a few days later I saw a debris pile on the side of the road and in the background the tip of what was left of the roof. I appreciate the videos and still photography provided by others so that we can share in the seeing the damage caused by Hurricane Helene.

Rachel, thank you dear for showing what Helene did to your beautiful area. This citizens of Yadkin County loves our mountains. We all are trying to help WNC rebuild as we can. The grace of God is bringing relief from all over America. Stay strong. Great photography. It brought tears to my heartstrings.

Three words. Class Action Lawsuit.

That governor should be ashamed

Why aren't the citizens of NC demanding that Gov Cooper, state & local officials allowing their citizens to have tiny homes or trailers on their property?

I'd probably be like a hobbit and go walking to the nearest city thats not destroyed!

A flood in the days of Noah are not comparable to the flood of Helene. Do some research, do some digging, go down a few rabbit holes, before chalking it up to simply an act of God.

29:19 yeah, it’s all good aside from people living in tents up in the mountains trying to save their property. Freezing & fighting off bears looking for food. Solid structures have been provided by various groups, but Oops! Those are dangerous & don’t meet code. 🙄🙄

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Your video popped up after I watched a video from Jaybird Aerial Photography. He's in the Western part of Watauga. It's an honor to subscribe and support locals on YT. Things were really bad all over, especially in the Swannanoa and Asheville areas but it was quite horrific here in Watauga County. The road disappeared behind me at the top of Linville Creek in a landslide. God was with my dog and I. I live in town and was flooded out but I was concerned about a friend so I left to take him water and batteries. Had to spend the night at Skateworld while they patched the road up in Vilas. My G-Grandpaw always talked about the flood of 1916 and my Grandpaw talked about the 1940 flood. Now, it's our turn to talk about the Helene flood of 24. I left for my friends house thinking of poor me, till I witnessed the destruction of others. I felt bad because of that. I had no problem compared to others. I was thankful and grateful for my Blessings! I really appreciate you filming this. People can watch videos and news but they'll never understand. I look forward to watching more of your videos. God Bless you and your family 🙏🇺🇸👍