Devastating Aftermath of Helene Flooding at Lake Lure and Chimney Rock!

[@Offroadviking]

Even through all the damage...you can still see the beauty of this area. No doubt Lake Lure and Chimney Rock will bounce back 🙏

[@billmyer2990]

SURE DUG A PATH OF DEVASTATION DESTRUCTION UNHEARD OF NOWADAYS

[@PisgahGravelProject]

👍 thanks. The documentation of this event is very important as a historical reference. Well done

[@Offroadviking]

Thankya sir

[@Hopelesswanderer81]

@@PisgahGravelProject truth there! Only reason I fly these areas. Painful as a local

[@carriegarrisonvos4433]

Part of me wanted to cry and part of me wanted to rejoice! It's rather unbelievable how far they have come even though they have so far to go. Such a beautiful area that I've hiked around etc many years ago. Lake Lure, know for being the location of Dirty Dancing, was always such a beautiful man made lake. It looks 1000 times better than it did with all the debris floating on it! I'm sure they will need to dredge out the lake somewhat with all the silt that has come down to it, but I was happy to see muddy water. Something I wasn't sure we would see! And they are slowly putting the river back where it was. Thank you for this video! Very much appreciated! Bat Cave, Chimney Rock, Lake Lure, Black Mountain and Asheville suffered so much damage. Good sign of hope!

[@echt114]

Thank you for giving us a mostly CONTINUOUS video so that we can see the area with perspective rather than short snippets that shift from one location to another where you can't tell how it's all connected.

[@Offroadviking]

@@echt114 You're welcome! Thanks for watching and commenting!!

[@Carolb66]

Im from the UK & ive seen counyless video's of the devastation caused by Helene, but im also struck by just how beautiful this place is & im sure they will build their homes & businesses back even better than before. From what ive seen of wNC & eTN there are beautiful areas to live & im so very sorry of what Helene did to all of you. ❤&🙏🏻🤗

[@laurelbrennan6295]

Not sure if you have watched videos done by John Ward. His channel is The Appalachian Channel. Rick Moreland wrote the theme song "Helene" found on this video. I'm trying to get the song nominated for the Country Music Awards. Please share wth your friends and like and subscribe to John's videos. He's been in NC for over a month documenting the tragedy, but also the generosity and love from volunteers from across America. kzbin.info/www/bejne/b6urfn2mqcZrirssi=5YqxiKWgRZ-6TWne

[@TL64329]

Great video-smooth, slow and stable camera movements. That really helps people like me who are vision impaired. I cannot even imagine the devastation that happened here. My heart goes out to all the people affected.

[@RobinGerhart]

Thank you, heartbreaking! Needs to be seen!

[@brandispry576]

Wow. What a beautiful video, not the destruction but the music and scenery. I pray those communities and families are able to rebuild their towns and get their lives back; although it will never be the same.

[@peedeeaerialproductions]

Smooth Flying my friend very well filmed/edited thank you for sharing 🙏🏻❤️

[@Offroadviking]

Thanks so much 🙏

[@matthewtuel2747]

Beautiful footage! Makes me fall in love with this place even more!

[@JD-zm4eh]

Seeing the rock cliffs off in the distance is evidence of land slides in the past as weather slowly erodes the mountains down to sand. Comparing photos of before to now seems unreal. Thank you for your video and good drone control.

[@Offroadviking]

Appreciate you taking the time to watch and comment!

[@victormioduszewski4729]

Thank You for showing this..Tough to watch..So many beautiful places in this country and around the World being affected by Mother Nature..😢

[@MamaBearMiller]

Beautiful video. You portrayed the devastation in such a stunning way. My breath caught on the beauty and devastation alike. To see the size of the river and how wide that river got. It's breathtaking in the most heartbreaking way. My heart goes out to everyone affected in any way, shape, or form. Thank you for sharing it in such a beautiful way. You've got my subscription. 👍

[@Offroadviking]

@@MamaBearMiller thank you 🙏

[@altonhipp4075]

the walking garden, the loan-a-book, the eataries, the memories, the refuge from reality....all gone...heal soon WNC, east Tennessee....

[@oriolesfan7807]

I was there two weeks after Helene after I delivered a carload of donations to a local mom. Wow. Unbelievable! The cold weather and snow will only hinder the cleanup and rebuild.

[@chattsignal]

It is shocking to see Chimney Rock and so many of the quaint, posh, wonderful little towns and villages in this area being so devastated. It looks to me like it’s an entire generation of rebuilding and regrowing to get back close to normalcy. God bless all the people there. The world is watching your tenacity, bravery, fellowship, and love for one another as you rise out of tragedy and shine like stars. ☮️

[@8978Marty]

another amazing video. Again thank you for sharing your local tragic footage

[@Offroadviking]

@@8978Marty thank you for watching 🙏

[@alpittman902]

Every night for almost 2 months I have searched for videos of this historical event, especially Chimney Rock and Bat Cave. I agree with PisgahGravelProject in his comment that documentation is very important. I so wish more vids would follow the river on upstream to Bat Cave, to see what is occurring up that way. I'm also searching for drone footage of the Green River Cove, the actual river from Fishtops Access down toward Lake Adger. Thanks for posting this video.

[@rms1245]

Just to see brown water when before crystal and blue! Hurts to see that for sure. Have a connection to the area even though we are North near Chicago. Just a beauty to behold!!

[@trvman1]

Nature will return it back to blue again in time.

[@randyroyston2461]

The amount of soil & silt carved out of the land and transported downstream to settle in the lake is unprecedented. It’s hard to get your head around what happened there. Thanks so much for the video ❤️🤍💙🇺🇸

[@Offroadviking]

@randyroyston2461 very true, and yeah I don't know if it's possible to wrap my head around. Crazy the amount of damage. Thanks so much for watching and commenting 🙏 much appreciated

[@laurelbrennan6295]

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[@sharonl.chandler8428]

Thank you so much for such careful documentation. You are doing very important work.Though I am from West Virginia and South Florida , I've deeply loved this area since childhood back in the 1950s and 1960s and taken friends to visit in the decades since. My family still owns a little property in McDowell County between Old Fort and Black Mountain --- which is inaccessible for now. I am so proud of those" West Virginia Boys " who built the road in Bat Cave ! Love and Prayers from South Florida.

[@producerk8247]

Nice slow smooth drone flying.

[@Unknown-ym5gz]

thank you for sharing. Have you heard or seen anything about Hot Springs NC? My Pastor was asking about them.

[@Offroadviking]

@Unknown-ym5gz yes, I was over there the week after the flood and then again last week. Things are coming along over there. It received significant damage but it wasn't to the extent of Lake Lure.

[@MrIslandman59]

Great footage, I see The Geneva survived yet again, I stayed there many years ago with my mother, her name was Geneva!

[@drAgonflysix2]

The people of W NC & Appalachia are very resilient people their worth is in their hearts & the creation that GOD made around them these people have an amazing ability to come together without misgivings, the people of Appalachia are true patriots the example of what it is to be American. may GOD bless protect & prosper ALL those who have been affected by Helene .stay strong in your faith brothers & sisters GOD is with you ALL.

[@eldrickzod6980]

Just a heavy heart to see these places I visited growing up destroyed. The lives lost and people impacted it is so sad. Never will it be the same.

[@beebop9808]

Sweet little town. Spent many happy days fishing the Broad back in the 70's and 80's. Last time I was up there picked up a friend of 30 years in Fairview and we drove over the gap to have some ice cream down in town and had a nice walk on the beach. Not sure which is worse. The destruction nature brought on the river or people defiantly rebuilding in the floodplain. The old mountain folk we're nearly so naive. Least none I knew.

[@johnpollard4158]

The river looks more like a drainage canal than a river now.

[@frannibarr116]

I live in SC on the side where the eastern side it. Two 95' oak trees met in the middle of my house. Trees got removed. And that it. But everytime I feel whiney or female dog like. WNC is a reminder to me how truly blessed I am. yes ny house is a terrible mess and dealing with insurance is like a jigsaw missing pieces. We used to visit WNC about once a week and loved it. We havent been up since the nightmare but have sent everything we could to try yo help. We pray for everyone effected by this monster. We also pray we could help more, God bless everyone hit and know you are not forgotten and in our prayers.

[@CraigBaughan-mg3hf]

"Buy local" and spend your money in Chimney Rock will be important to recovery.

[@Offroadviking]

@@CraigBaughan-mg3hf 100 percent!

[@j_rainsgoat3929]

What is the official number of missing people?

[@IamVuhnz]

the government....isnt doing anything..

[@bensbrandy]

I want more this video is superb kudos to cinematography I will send $$$$ to action

[@Turk_2023]

The lake lure footage is very nice but hard to tell what it is supposed to look like. I would like to see a video like this before helene, immediately after and a couple months later of each place just to get the full perspective. I am sure it already exists, I just have not stumbled upon it.

[@paulzeigler7616]

It's still so hard to imagine the horror these folks have been through. One day, you live in this peaceful, quiet, remote, and beautiful valley surrounded by nature, beautiful forests, natural streams, mkss covered rocks, natural stream beds and natural stream banks, a lake, good fishing, and canoeing....now it's just a big horrific mess. Even after the clean up is done and the equipment is gone, it will likely never be as beautiful and natural looking as it was....man will never be able to "put back" something that was moss covered and aged and beautiful as sone of these places were....nature made over time vs. man and machine made. I pray for these folks every day, I dont mean to sound so negative, but for some, and for these lakes and streams, the healing process will be a long time coming.

[@zeroch1ll911]

Democrats spent 1.5B dollars in 107 days....Just imagine what that kinda of money could have done here.

[@lindapereboom]

And president musk can just snap his fingers and make this all new again, but in the name of efficiency all funds will be cut off

[@lindapereboom]

2nd attempt And president musk could snap his fingers and make it all new, but he will be too busy cutting all funding

[@myd0gr3x]

the lake att 7:00:00 looks extremely muddy...

[@Offroadviking]

Yeah, it made me think of chocolate milk when I was looking at it. What's crazy is how many trees that were in it just a few weeks back. And with all the digging going on now, I'd say it'll be a good long while before it clears back up.

[@Carolb66]

​@@Offroadviking thanks for that I was wondering when the lake would clear up, I forgot to ask in my comment. Its such a tragedy.

[@Hopelesswanderer81]

I’ve wanted to #fpv this area. I used to swim and play in that river all through and up into my 20s. Until developers kicked all of us out!

[@Offroadviking]

If you do let me know, would like to see an FPV perspective of this 👍

[@Hopelesswanderer81]

@ Definitley will! These other spots just hurt and the lack of help is saddening and it’s cold here now. I love to fly but not this way. I’ll get down there at some point.

[@brianhubbard1621]

Why the screwed up music, talk about the progress

[@Offroadviking]

turn the volume down if you don't like it.

[@rickwaggoner8479]

​@@OffroadvikingI happen to love the choice of music you have added as in parts of video it gave me chills as you continue with the video and as always don't stop sharing this with the world my friend 😊, as always safe travels and big hugs from Arkansas!!!

[@CjbrkBrooks]

@@Offroadviking. Love this calm and serene music.

[@coreylindabury378]

I’d love to know the playlist of all the songs you used!! So peaceful and calming… amazing video too!!

[@Offroadviking]

@coreylindabury378 I'll definitely get that added in the description. Glad you enjoy it!

[@rosemarybrewer-rhodes5300]

My beloved LL. 🫶🏼