Chimney Rock & Bat Cave, NC - Hurricane Helene - Before & After

[@shadyendeavor]

Be sure to check out the newer Before & After videos of Asheville. French Broad River and River Arts District in Asheville: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rmXUYpSqd9aojcU Swannanoa River: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g2fQXoKCpNGJhKc

[@jameslakes5019]

All done harris Biden Obama government starve out usa harris gets nov 5 we doomed to hell on earth 🌎

[@raygirlFL]

Probably one of the best before and after videos of natural disasters that I’ve seen.. Very well done. Absolutely Heart Breaking to see the devastation. Keep up the good work brother

[@shadyendeavor]

Wow. Thanks! I really appreciate the praise! It's the least I could do to bring more eyes to see this devastating situation. Of course, thanks again goes to @markhuneycutt for his videos too.

[@Mr.Martin4500]

Agreed, your time and effort will have a far greater impact than possible with only after shot's. My Wife and I had discussed as we seen the devastation was extremely bad, but with the added context of the before, it changed everything. Thank you Sir.

[@masbradley]

Heartache and tears since Sept 27…Hendersonville, Bat Cave, Chimney Rock, Lake Lure were always a sanctuary of fall enjoyment, rejuvenation, and wonder….This needs to be seen by as many as possible as News Networks are not as focused on this tragedy as they should be. Prayers and deepest condolences to everyone in the area who lost family, homes, livelihoods, and peace of mind. I have donated to Samaritan’s Purse and will continue. God Bless you for this essential coverage and provide strength to you and all involved in the future. ❤❤❤

[@shadyendeavor]

@@masbradley thanks for the recommendation and mention of Samaritan's Purse. Though I can't add it to the video, I'll add it to the description.

[@kathyschlect4852]

So unbelievable

[@edwardmitchell564]

The first picture in this video is cabin thats been in my family for over 100 years. We had to move it up the hill when Hwy 9 was built back in the 50’s. Despite multiple landslides around the cabin its still standing by the grace of god. The landscape there will be scarred forever.

[@kathleenjohnson6800]

I don't know how many times I backed up to the before picture. God, please have mercy on these folks.

[@my2cents945]

Thank you for posting this. The before and after really drives home the extent of the destruction.

[@kathyschlect4852]

Unbelievable and so sad

[@mrknotthall]

I'm a grown ass man from NY and this almost makes me wanna cry. I'm heartbroken for these people.

[@shadyendeavor]

@@mrknotthall I was uncomfortable with the fact that this made me laugh for a second. Then I remembered the saying "laughing is understanding"

[@NoBucks777]

Best summary yet of this disaster! Thank you! This should be on all news outlets!

[@shadyendeavor]

Thank you! I must say, that would be crazy if this was used on any news outlet at all.

[@adamtalksy]

I have lived here my whole life, I don't have Words!!!IBut a country boy & Gal will Survive!! Love Y'all!!!

[@Patricia-qc8ze]

Excellent photographs of before and after! Devastation Everywhere! I work for a company with four locations that has donated bags and bags of coats and clothing for these people. Thank you for showing these pics. Beyond Sad!

[@bob-rogers]

Really good job finding those locations and matching up the shots.

[@shadyendeavor]

Thanks! I appreciate it. I tried to get them as close as possible with what was available on Street View. But obviously it's impossible when a lot of the After shots aren't taken anywhere near the street. So I tried to at least show whatever perspective was possible of the same buildings or lack there of. Either way - incredibly sad.

[@pamcoyer9582]

Words can’t express how heartbreaking this is.😢😢😢

[@annettemucciolo6749]

This is about 20 minutes from my house and I didn’t have as much as a tree down on my property. It is amazing the destructive power water has. I am 74 years old and from my parents down to my grandsons we have spent a lot of time here enjoying the views, shopping, eating at the restaurants and and four generations camping and now it’s all gone. The flowering bridge was especially a favorite place to me because it was so beautiful and peaceful when I was going through a very trying time in my life. It is so very sad and heartbreaking.

[@deepviolet7982]

Heart. Wrenching!!!!!!! Much love from Ohio 😢

[@donnash5813]

Thanks for showing us what happened. It's been great to see and hear that so many are selflessly helping.

[@shadyendeavor]

I couldn't agree more. The love people are showing for each others in need truly shows how amazing people can be.

[@johnharper2016]

I live in Hendersonville, NC. About 30 minutes from Bat Cave, Chimney Rock, Lake lure. Many picnics, Saturdays at Lake Lure Beach, boat tours on Lake Lure. Devastated to see the destruction. Many lives changed forever. Will take years to recover. So sad.

[@ashleyqurollo]

Thank you for this fresh perspective. We live not too far from Chimney Rock and love making family day trips there. The Old Rock Cafe was one of our favorite restaurants, and I have pictures of my children playing in the river behind it. I hope we can take them there again someday. May the community rebuild. My heart goes out to this town.❤

[@jambocoo]

This is amazing. The horrendous damage done can not fully be understood till you view these pictures. Thank you so much for sharing. My thoughts and prayers go out to all of those suffering through this terrible time and to the many agencies and volunteers working so hard to help our fellow Americans in need.

[@jillybean1438]

Thank you so much for piecing all of this together. 🙏🏻 It was obviously a labor of great love; the same for the work Mark has been posting. I was in that area and on those roads many years ago, and the beauty and majesty has always stayed with me. It's been a wish of mine to go back, and I am now determined to make it happen and have others join me so we can infuse money and fresh energy back into that entire area. Many blessings to everyone who has been affected in any way. You will not be forgotten. 🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻

[@Bird1964]

This is the best video of the devastation from the hurricane that I've seen. You did justice to the people who lost everything. Blessings to everyone 🙏 ✨️

[@lamars2486]

Oh wow ... just WOW. Great video editing, the best ive seen so far. You really show how much it's changed and the absolute scale of it. And this is still just a fraction of what's happened in that region of the country. ❤ to Bat Cave and all the others. I worry now about the years of recovery and the further toll something like this takes on sombodys overall health. Good luck friend. Keep putting out the videos.

[@randystone4903]

Best before and after video yet. My friend from Arizona drove through Chimney Rock a week before Helene hit and asked for these types of videos. Without the before and after I wouldn't have recognized the places I drive through every month or so. I was lucky I only lost a little bridge across what is usually an ankle deep creek that rose 7 to 8 feet.

[@ruthguinn2136]

great job on the video.bless their hearts .may god comfort them in their time of need.praying for them

[@MikeChapmanGastoncounty]

Thanks for putting this together. Someone else mentioned its hard to grasp the enormity of the damage without context. It is heart breaking to see.

[@drAgonflysix2]

Well done brother , my prayers go out to ALL who where affected by this disaster. GOD watch over & be with the people of Appalachia Amen:

[@pointnozzleaway]

My Mom was from Lake Lure. My Grandparents lived and operated The Bottomless Pools in Lake Lure for Many Years. I spent most of my childhood there, still can't wrap my Brain around the chaos that went down there.

[@deborahcooler8392]

My family and I have been to that region many times over many years, many beautiful memories. It breaks my heart, there are no words. Absolutely gorgeous area and nice people. It is unrecognizable. I wish I could go back again. 🙏😭💔 This is a solemn time. Please keep your politics to yourself.

[@samw7777]

It’s my favorite part of the mountains. I can’t tell you how this hurts to see it like this now. I was there 8 years ago but unable to go back. How I wished I could’ve gone back more recently. I’m so sorry for everyone that lived there 😢. Thank you very much for this video

[@PhilLewis-xg7iv]

the before and after really puts it into perspective for us who dont know the area, from around the world. thanks for sharing this amazing footage, incredible work.

[@loveistheanswer8137]

Thankyoufor the comparison. I have watched some where the cameraman is clearly heartbroken by what they are recording, but without context of what was there before, you dont get the true scale of the disaster. Prayers for all from Canada.

[@gregoryh8410]

Great Job. Two and half years ago I moved to Hendersonville from South Florida because of all the hurricanes. I have come to the conclusion we can not outrun Mother Nature. Rebuilding the roads is going to take a long time and I am sending prayers to all . If you have money please visit restaurants and shops to keep them going. Lake Lure just reopened a restaurant so let's send some love to them. Stay Safe and be kind to all

[@tonycoghill6129]

UNBELIEVABLE what these folks are going through... God be with them and know that we will do all we can to help ease their misery and sorrow...

[@bradstoner7226]

Oh my....Hickory Nut Falls Campground is gone. The more I watch this the more I cry. Took my family there when my boy was young many times.

[@geniferteal4178]

Exactly what I was hoping to see. As someone from a much more developed area, it's hard to imagine how beautiful those places were beforehand. The direct comparison really helps.

[@shadyendeavor]

And that is EXACTLY why I made this (well, and for the awareness)! Because I too had no idea until I had to go searching for the "before" myself.

[@TheAgentAssassin]

Wow, seeing places I've been before now gone. So sad.

[@Skettalee]

This is a great video thank you for showing me.

[@shadyendeavor]

Thanks for watching! I just wish there was more I could do. But I'm not exactly Elon Musk.

[@i4cutigers]

Great job on this video.

[@RandySchartiger]

wow! I'm speechless! thanks for the video and God bless the folks in the path of this disaster!

[@Iwillnotbepushed]

I’m trying to follow this disaster. I still cannot wrap my head around how sudden all this hit. My neighbor is from this area. She said there are many small towns not mentioned and they are just gone. I’m praying for you guys. I have tried to volunteer but most just want money. My wife and I give to Samaritan’s Purse.

[@shadyendeavor]

That's great that you're trying to help. Samaritan's Purse is a great one and is one of the organizations that I have in the description. I plan to put out at least one more B&A video that has some of the smaller places and some not as small. Some are in areas where it's impossible to even get before shots of, so that's an issue too. But I believe everyone should be aware of as much as possible that has happened. The more people I'm able to reach, hopefully the more help everyone can get.

[@Iwillnotbepushed]

@@shadyendeavor My son spent last weekend in Newport TN. He went with his church and spent Saturday and Sunday there. He lives in Pigeon Forge.

[@shadyendeavor]

@@Iwillnotbepushed That's what is so amazing about all of this. The outreach and selflessness of others willing to help out. I love hearing about it. You've obviously done a good job raising your son. God bless both of you.

[@billmadison2032]

damn, that was a very beautiful looking place before the storm

[@jonpatterson6479]

Insane. We all watched the news and listened to people tell us that it was very bad. But their words did no justice to the actual level of devastation

[@theresahitt8494]

Still crying over the loss of my one of my favorite places and the lives and livelihoods of those who live there.

[@AEDominguez4444]

This is truly heart breaking! Our family visited Lake Lure 2 months ago and it was breathtaking. We live in central Florida and love the Carolinas. Our thoughts and prayers go out to everyone that is suffering due to that storm.

[@kaybailey-jones3740]

I don’t understand how this isn’t more widely known, it’s insane…..

[@afultz4529]

My heart is rebroken. I see the same images in my head from Maria in Puerto Rico. We need to help one another as one human race. Our prayers to everyone. Thank you for sharing. 😢❤️‍🩹

[@Whitepinoy]

WOW😪THANKS FOR THE PICTURES. A TRUE TEAR JERKER😓😓

[@sharonforkin6064]

This is the best video to show the damage done. Seeing the damage without knowing what it used to look like doesn't have as much of an impact as this video does.

[@cardzbyzanne]

Thank you. I live in Florida and I am speechless. This is heartbreaking .

[@percisionshot4331]

This video represents the devastation of the mountains the best I’ve watched. Some of our state areas might never recover, so sad.

[@joshlong4369]

Mother Nature is absolutely unapologetic. The complete devastation shown in the after clips, is mind blowing.

[@tex8917]

thank you, shed alot of tears praying for the area effected. good small portion of what happened (no one could capture it all) seems like it will take years to fully recover, especially the road system and then utilities in the remote areas.

[@ContrinaJohnson]

Excellent job on before and after

[@bmaclaps]

Man that's heavy seeing the before and after. Keep in mind folks, this is one area down a stretch of about 5-6 miles just in this video. The destruction up here is pretty widespread.

[@Hopelesswanderer81]

I film FPV in WNC. Lived here and flown all these spots that were and still will become amazing again!!! Mother Nature doesn’t destroy. Heals what needs healing!

[@shadyendeavor]

Very cool! I'll have to check out some of your footage. I noticed your banner image of Canyonlands NP and I must say, that place is just crazy. I remember the last time I was there looking at it and it just doesn't feel real. It's like someone just created a giant matte painting and threw it up in front of you.

[@Hopelesswanderer81]

@@shadyendeavor I’ve taken my 4 runner all though canyonlands and hike through arches. I can’t tell young people and Americans enough!! SEE YOUR OWN COUNTRY. SOOOO AMAZING!

[@scottbaker9337]

That truly hurts the heart

[@wandastowe2726]

I AM SORRY I CANT AFFORD TO SEND MONEY. AND IF I WAS YOUNGER I WOULD LOVE TO COME HELP, BUT NOT ABLE TO DO THAT EITHER. BUT I PRAY HARD FOR THESE PEOPLE WHOSE LIFE HAS BEEN TURNED UPSIDE DOWN I CANNOT EVEN IMAGINE THEIR PAIN. MY HEART BREAKS FOR THESE PEOPLE. I USE TO GO TO CHIMNEY ROCK EVERY YEAR, IN THE SUMMER AND THEN FALL. I WOULD GO IN EVERY SHOP. I DID CRAFTS SO I LOVED LOOKING AT ALL THE CRAFTS.I SPENT THE NIGHT IN THE LITTLE COTTAGES ON THE RIVER. I HAVE WONDERFUL MEMORIES THERE. GOD BLESS YOU ALL.

[@catfish24]

So sad to see this. It's a beautiful place and great people.

[@shadyendeavor]

Yeah, I would like to have seen it in person before this happened, but I will be sure to visit sometime in the future. It's obvious by what I've seen of both the imagery and the people's reaction and willingness to help others that what you say it true.

[@amywolfe5673]

Thank you for posting.

[@glyn1]

Thinking of you all STATE SIDE LOVE FROM NZ

[@TheKrisg50]

How do you come back from this? The land the road was on is gone! I hope that if this happened to us, we would be as strong as these folks. Peace to all of you.

[@marcydalde4935]

May God's grace help you all rebuild your lives and livelihood 🙏🙏🙏

[@liann3881]

Woah. That’s crazy to see.

[@denniswoodson333]

Remind me of Nelson county Virginia where I grew up during hurricane Camille and 1969 when I was just 7 years old Nelson county received 27 to 31 in on a very short period of time this took me back to when I was 7 years old because I had to walk through it with my father and I didn't understand what happened now I know at 62 God bless you all

[@bradstoner7226]

So many fond memories of that area for me as a kid we went through there every year and visited the gift shops and sometimes stayed at the Geneva Inn. So sad to see this. Grandma always wanted to stop at the Old Cider Mill and from the pics, it looks like 90% of survived but the roads all around it I'm sure will make access to it impossible for a long time. So sad.

[@Railbugman]

Excellent video !!!

[@miroffjack5485]

I`m Gona share this !

[@shadyendeavor]

Thank you very much! Every share helps with more awareness of this catastrophe.

[@Dis4Ever-ME]

Great job, very depressing but necessary to understand. I’m amazed, where the major boulders and rocks come from, mountains, pushed by rivers, it’s very hard to comprehend. Thanks for any info.

[@shadyendeavor]

I think most of them were just unearthed. The river that was there before is no longer. It's much wider in parts and cuts straight through parts that were just dirt before. Though, of course, the water has now receded. And you can see by the way Lake Lure looks now, all of the dirt and soot ended up there. And some boulders may have come from the massive slides from higher up the mountains. Mark Huneycutt has a great video where he hikes way up to the top of the slide that went all the way down to just west of the Esmeralda Inn.

[@Dis4Ever-ME]

Thanks for info

[@icehouse5318]

thank you for this brother

[@mattwest2633]

Fantastic job. Definitely the most representative video I have seen of the sad loss and destruction here. Have you given any thought to using other videos of Marks in the same fashion. Living in Swannanoa, I would like to see that area depicted in the same manner. Thanks again for putting that together

[@shadyendeavor]

@@mattwest2633 I would love to do another if he has the footage that would work. I asked and he said he was fine with me using his footage, so we're good there. If you know of a good video that shows the area well that is mostly views from the street (or sadly, where the street was), please let me know!

[@petermillington9125]

I lost all there. Thanks for showing I have been East. South. North an West. It's the same

[@singingsparrow83]

Great.....for perspective

[@FLIPPER1439]

Thank you for showing us what it was like before the hurricane 🌀 It’s very apparent that families have kept their LOVE for their homesteads in tack for decades. That’s called perseverance, plus families heritage of the AMERICAN 🇺🇸 SPIRIT with DEDICATION. We have been asking for someone to show us pictures, or videos. THANK YOU SIR 🇺🇸👍🇺🇸

[@sharonmccomas4173]

Thank you so much for this work it’s truly heartbreaking

[@swamplilly14pascoe56]

Absolutely marvelous. Wanted to see this and you did this. Thanks so much.

[@shadyendeavor]

You are so welcome! If you're bored, check out the three others I did of other nearby locations.

[@KnowItAllHVACRTech.]

Was just there helping out the other day. The red house at 2:35 is salvageable from what I saw. There is a supply depot, set up at the Hip Hen and post office across the street. They’re slowly rebuilding, but it’s going to take years. Some of the nicest people I ever met up there. I’ll be back next week with more generators and supplies. Hopefully that’s the plan as of right now.

[@davidturner4987]

How do you rebuild when the land you built on is actually gone? I don't usually get emotional but this is heartrending.

[@davidblum4395]

I live in Lenoir, about a half hours drive south of Blowing Rock. I drive 321 North quite often through Boone to visit family, go to the parkway or drive through to hangout in Valle Crucis. The night Helene hit I had considered going up the mountain just hours earlier and I'm glad I didn't. There were 3 spots between Blowing Rock and Boone on 321 that had mudslides across the road and that wasn't even the most hard hit areas. There are towns where all the shops and houses on one side of the road or another are just gone... We had several 70-to-100 year old white oak trees down on our property and were without power for several hours. We were lucky, as we don't live in a flood plain. You couldn't pay me to live in a flood plain. So many people in the harder hit areas lost everything and still need help, and lots of others lost their lives. People are still missing, bodies are still being pulled from the river. The Biden administrations response to this disaster was despicable... Sending millions... even billions to other countries around the world but won't help OUR PEOPLE FIRST. FEMA helped, to a point, but they have a reputation for being crooked by pocketing donations for "future disasters" and making a dollar in the process. It's sickening. The real heroes are the first responders, the national guardsmen, and our locals who have helped immensely in the recovery efforts.

[@Sabrina.Montana-kk3uq]

The most PRISTINE BEAUTY TO HAVE LIVED THERE..U R BLESSED TO HAVE HAD THAT MAGNIFICENT BEAUTY 😍😍..I AM SORRY FOR YOU ALL THAT HAVE ENDURED😢😢😢BEYOND HORRIFIC 🙏💞🫂💝🌹.. SEEMS UNREAL at the severity of the devastation n what all experienced n still are on All LEVELS..MY HEART N SOUL ARE WITH ALL N I AM N WILL continue my prayers for you all 💝🌹🫂🌎😇🙏🩷💛🤍

[@eugenius1192]

Oh my lord!

[@nicholascummings6803]

awesome video , just so shocking

[@jeffwisemiller3590]

Followed it as they went through Asheville & compared the destruction with Google Earth. Was almost impossible to tell what/where you were looking from the damages except for a few buildings still standing.

[@NCMTNBOY]

The thumbnail of the bridge was built after the floods of 2004. We use to camp in the campground that was there and it got washed away.

[@GregALang]

A month later and I'm still in shock that this place I go to regularly is just gone. I can't even begin to imagine how shocked the people who live there are. Please donate if you can.

[@thomasnew8606]

4:47 That house looked so great before. Like so many destroyed. For some reason that house really seemed like a sad place now eventhough it is still standing around all of the rubble

[@dalebechtel8904]

So devastating and depressing. These regions will never be the same again. 😢

[@AdamB12]

It's insane how this disaster altered the landscape. The locals in some cases are disoriented because of it.

[@johntavary7905]

So so sad! I live in Montana which is a long way away. Can I help?

[@shadyendeavor]

@@johntavary7905 You sure can! There are 3 great organizations linked in the description doing their best to help!

[@johntavary7905]

@@shadyendeavor Thank you so much!

[@malibubarbie5349]

At 0.52 is the Mitchell house on the hill painted red in Bat Cave on hwy 9, 1 mile before the Buncombe/Henderson County line. It was their vacation home in the mid 60s-70s, when I was a kid growing up in the house on the hill beside it 65-70s. Age 5-10. My "ole timey" babysitter at that time was Anniebell Hudgins. She lived in a tar paper shack. I loved her so much...She's been gone many years. She didn't bathe. The state put a bathroom in her shack and she wouldnt use it. My grandmother Harrill Hwy would make her take a bath at our house on Saturday night's! Old Fort Loop was my playground...Minehaha Falls, riding my bike at 9 and 10 unsupervised...The roads will be rebuilt, the memories will remain in my mind and we will all create new memories...

[@LauraAndrade-p2p]

Iam living in Hendersonville, y so sad see the devastación 🙏🥲🥲

[@Andrew-bj6ym]

So very sad. We went to Chimney rock at least once a month.

[@ag_deville]

The Caulder Realty office at 3:04 got destroyed. It was a beautiful building and they've sold a lot of property on that river and in the area over the years. Nobody expected this magnitude of flooding.

[@dannyramsey4980]

A few years back I lived in the little cabin with the green metal roof just next door. I would fish for trout off the deck! Now everything is gone except for two basement walls. So unbelievable the power of the Rocky Broad. May God bless everyone in this community. My heart cries for you all. 💔

[@CLT4092]

We are planning on going ourselves. .to help out... I got 2 good hands and 2 good feet... can operate any equipment..

[@carolynsears1710]

Everything is just GONE!😢

[@MrIslandman59]

Thank you for that video. I've only been to Chimney Rock twice but one of those times was just me and my mother. We stayed at The Geneva Riverside, do you know if any part of it survived?

[@shadyendeavor]

I haven't seen or heard anything as that's more Lake Lure side than Chimney Rock.

[@ernesthercher5193]

When you think about it water weights about ten pounds per gallon that’s a lot of force rolling down the river.

[@kathyschlect4852]

How were you able to accomplish this with so much before video?

[@shadyendeavor]

A LOT of searching and tweaking. The before images are mostly all from Street View maps available online. So it's a lot of work, first, finding the specific location (of which I'm not a local at all, so I sure don't know the area). Second, moving to the specific spot that I can get the best angle. And third, zooming in and rotating to match the after image orientation as close as possible. I don't live there and not being able to be there to help out, I want to be sure to give as much accuracy to this devastation so people can really know how absolutely beautiful these areas were and how much was lost. Thank you so much for watching and commenting.

[@shannamcdonough9588]

The water and debris came down through all the hallows and then out on the flat parts - down to the river

[@danlowe8684]

Nearly all the photos of destruction have one thing in common: a bridge in the frame. Bridges are chokepoints and become nothing more than plugged culverts.

[@larrybuckner8619]

As sad of a situation that this is, this is how the mountains were formed as they look right now. Floods and landslides and erosion. They say these mountains were the tallest on earth at one point and are the oldest. This is devastation for the people and their homes but not necessarily for the land.

[@GeeGee19]

Truly incredible images. If it happened once it can happen again rebuilding there makes no sense. It's better to start over somewhere else.

[@shadyendeavor]

I disagree. Otherwise, you could say the same thing for rebuilding San Francisco TWICE after terrible earthquakes. You could say that for New Orleans after Katrina and many other natural catastrophes. That being said, I'm sure anybody building again in Chimney Rock (and many other devastated places) will take a lot of new precautions.

[@smtwd6839]

I don’t understand the comment at the very beginning about AI pictures.

[@shadyendeavor]

@@smtwd6839 my channel, until this video has been solely about AI software. So when I created this video, I just assumed it would be only the AI people that watch my other videos seeing this one. I had created some background images that were a bit to realistic looking showing more devastation. So I opted out of showing them at all.

[@smtwd6839]

@@shadyendeavor Thank you for the explanation. Good decision.