Flat Creek Rd Fairview NC Helene Damage Aftermath

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@bec4337 3 ай бұрын

This is unbelievable damage! Thank you for showing it, I am sad for all of you that have gone through this horrific flood!🙏

@Agent.99 2 ай бұрын

I live on Chestnut Hill, east of Garren creek fire station. I had seen what happened on old fort rd between the fire station and chestnut hill church. It is devastating because they are my church family and neighbors. I had heard reports about flat creek and Garren creek but not seen it. Thank you for showing this. It is every bit as bad and more that people I know down there described. My workman lives on Johnny Marlowe and escaped with his mom and sister with their very lives. I have been wondering if Lumber John is ok (guy with portable sawmill). So many others I know affected one way or another. Absolutely surreal and unimaginable. The first two weeks after, I cried some every day. A very real trauma to the whole community.

@annettemucciolo6749 2 ай бұрын

🙏

@jmvoltrino 2 ай бұрын

I never thought I would live through something like this. Thank you for your kind words. I am the guy with the portable sawmill (Lumber John). From what you're saying, it sounds like Andy made it out alright?

@Agent.99 2 ай бұрын

@@jmvoltrino No way! It’s you, Lumber John??? The name didn’t quite match up with what I had. But you know, KZbin and all. Soooo glad you are ok! That really makes me smile! I know your property is pretty low, on the low side of the road, so have thought of you!!! Andy passed 2 years ago this month. Miss him still! Where does the time go? His son works for me now. It was his son, Andy’s wife/sons mother, and sister/Andy’s daughter that escaped. Saw their dog washed away with their house and trailer. They escaped so fast, the mom even had to leave all her medical equipment behind and she ended up at Mission Hosp. Then the dog was found stranded on an island in the middle of the creek turned river the next day. A bright spot in an otherwise unimaginable event. On a positive note, I’m sure all that lumber you milled for us that we replanked the covered bridge with helped give it the strength it needed to endure! I’m sure you’ve seen it. It’s a bit crooked now, but standing still! I’ve been so heavy hearted this past week since it was the services for 3 ladies I knew from Chestnut Hill church and their husbands. Next week is services for family members of people I know. So really, I appreciate the reply, it did make me happy to hear you are ok!

@MiauxCatterie 2 ай бұрын

thousands of trees, hundreds of houses and people.. the river making it nearly impossible to pass in multiple points on the road unless you have a vehicle suited to it.. it's just an incredible loss. thank you for showing it.

@MDD1966 3 ай бұрын

This is where I grew up, shocking the amount of damage!

@martyburd6127 3 ай бұрын

The people from your area are in my prayers.

@macronomicus 2 ай бұрын

We live off Cane Creek not too far from there, the damage was so insane, it still brings sadness, all the lives, homes, business, animals, people, I'm amazed by the resiliency of mountain folk, instantly out rebuilding. Im still shocked such a thing even happened here, completely unprecedented and tragic in every way.

@kathleenorourke1009 2 ай бұрын

I am very heart broken for your great loss.

@cher3256 2 ай бұрын

The damage is devastatingly heartbreaking beyond words. 😭😭😭😭😭💔💔💔💔💔

@PegVanDyne 2 ай бұрын

I feel your pain. I’ve cried as well.

@akbychoice 3 ай бұрын

It’s heart breaking.

@jasonlawrence4617 2 ай бұрын

WOw. Our flash flooding in vermont was bad, but you guys are working with a hell of a lot more water than we were. I though ours was biblical after seeing the log piles, and whole hillsides gone. Our was devestating. This was a cleansing flood...washed the land clear.

@HowToBeFree 2 ай бұрын

I'm your neighbor. I live between Black Mountain and Old Fort off of NC9.

@Carolb66 2 ай бұрын

It looks apocalyptic 😢 so very sorry. It doesn't get any easier to watch as time goes on. God bless ❤& 🙏🏻from UK.

@1834RestorationHouse 2 ай бұрын

I was doing disaster recovery work around Tryon. I saw a lot of stuff, but nothing like what you showed in your video.

@echt114 Ай бұрын

I had to find this place and look at the pics on google street view. Incredible how different the before and after views are. There's a YT channel called TheGeoModels that has a video explaining the origin of these specific mud/debris flows showing satellite views. In another, he walks up the path of it to where it began at near 4200 ft. I never thought anything like this was possible in a place like this. It's like something from a volcano.

@timmoore1533 2 ай бұрын

I have tried writing letters to our North Carolina senator Tom Tillis and our congresswoman Virginia Fox and all I get is a letter of what is going on that you would give to TV or the media. We are citizens of North Carolina and we should have our Congress and senators give us special responses and I believe if we all get together and vote them out of office when they come up. And put someone in because we are going to need help for many years for this area and if we don't have the proper people in to get it we won't get it and I'm talking about Republicans we've got to get them on board.

@cyndiwilliams9954 Ай бұрын

My parents lived on Flat Creek Road. They were the couple that would wave at everyone. Heartbroken. Their names were Dan & Evelyn Wright. The kindest people on earth.

@jmvoltrino Ай бұрын

I’m very sorry, your parents were such welcoming and nice folks

@dustinchafin8750 3 ай бұрын

Is the area around ac Reynolds high and middle school ok I used to live right there close by in the subdivision called Laurel creek I went to the middle school before we moved back to Tennessee in 1996 I loved the Fairview area and ppl so much this just hurts the heart

@tracym8952 2 ай бұрын

It's not pretty but the catastrophic damage is further out past the schools. The schools are still there and are aid stations right now.

@dustinchafin8750 2 ай бұрын

@@tracym8952 ok that's what I was wanting to know so it's on back the farther you go into Fairview is where the most horrific damage is

@Biker_1991 3 ай бұрын

I was there as a volunteer last week. We could not begin to move any debris down that road because there was still S&R teams searching that area. Does anyone know if they are still searching? Thanks

@tracym8952 2 ай бұрын

They're in recovery mode now. I'm from candler and thank you for helping my neighbors.

@jmvoltrino 2 ай бұрын

Search teams have completed their work. On to cleanup and rebuilding.

@suzylarry1 3 ай бұрын

this is more like a LOGGERS road as opposed to a vehicle travell road . loads of fire wood for the cooler times

@spacegreycoralred 3 ай бұрын

You started this video just passed my neighborhood…. It’s wild Flower Ridge … 121 Davey Crockett Road. Is it possible for you to get up that road and let me see how bad it is? I’m currently overseas and I can’t get an update on the condition up there/

@tracym8952 2 ай бұрын

It doesn't look good there. Flat creek road is closed but old fort road is open with damage. Your property is probably still there guessing by the shape of the valley. I'm in candler and if I get a chance I'll try to see if I can learn anything more about your area.

@jmvoltrino 2 ай бұрын

Your neighborhood should be fine, I can try to take a drive up there tomorrow. There were two major debris flows, one following flat creek and one following the creek just east of Davey Crockett rd. That one swept through Tyler’s diesel shop. But as long as you weren’t in the river valleys it’s likely okay.

@noosphericaltarzan 2 ай бұрын

Do you still need an answer on this? My email address on this profile works. I live in Fletcher. I only drive a little C-HR, though. I can hike a bit but don't want to leave my car for looters either.

@swl9270 3 ай бұрын

Did Flat Creek tavern survive?

@gingerkirby8208 3 ай бұрын

Is this the area where the Craig family lost so many members?

@tracym8952 2 ай бұрын

It's nearby. A little further north I think

@jmvoltrino 2 ай бұрын

Yes it is. The beginning of the video is where their homes were.

@jennyandrews1671 2 ай бұрын

What are they going to do when it snows up there no bridges to go over yet.?

@edwardranno7119 2 ай бұрын

Insane!

@19valleydan 2 ай бұрын

Reminds me of old pictures of New England after the 1938 hurricane. Hopefully they'll avoid the flood plains in the rebuilding process.

@charlesandsandrafox2655 3 ай бұрын

How is nine mile road?

@tracym8952 2 ай бұрын

If its in fairview not great

@Court-fl8ck 2 ай бұрын

I hope everyone actually learns from this tragedy. Like for instance. No housing of any kind should ever be built in a flood zone. And with climate change the flood zones are going to expand yearly. The storms will be massive. An EF5 tornadoe more and more common.

@cyndiwilliams9954 Ай бұрын

Are you kidding me with this comment??? This is not a flood zone!!!!

@Court-fl8ck Ай бұрын

@cyndiwilliams9954 anything by a river is a flood zone.

@cyndiwilliams9954 Ай бұрын

@ There was no river there. It was a creek you could jump across. Please stop!!! You don’t know what you are talking about.