Helene Floods Cut Off Access, Cell Signal To Western North Carolina

[@jelenedressler]

We are in Cherokee County, the furthest most western county in the state and we were not affected by the storm, but also do not have cell service. Our local grocery stores are running low here due to all the warehouses being located in and around Asheville and not getting deliveries. The ramifications of this storm are so far-reaching, it's just unbelievable.

[@davergent1521]

How far did you have to drive to get internet connection to post this comment?

[@JoshuaWithTheBuses]

I'm also in Cherokee County. In Andrews. We were so lucky not to have been affected too much, but the cell service and the 911 stuff are bad.

[@JoshuaWithTheBuses]

​@@davergent1521Internet is still around here in Cherokee County. Some don't, but some do. Internet is kinda the only way some people can communicate.

[@kellygarvin7955]

Prayers wirh you.

[@spirals73]

@@davergent1521 I have at times in and out of disaster not had cell service but internet was fine. And I've had the reverse. If both of her services were out, you'd not see her posting.

[@jamesbyrd468]

Avery county is decimated. No cell or power. Only one remaining road. Landslides all over.

[@civildk9077]

THANK YOU for reporting on Boone NC!!! My wife's grandparents are there and NOBODY has heard from them! He's on 'home dialysis'!

[@DG-nm3te]

@@civildk9077 You might think about hiring a drone service that can carry a message to and from her grandparents

[@Fido-vm9zi]

I hope they are ok!!!! Best wishes!

[@brendasusanchristensen7058]

prayers lifted up for them🙏

[@gloriagehring8676]

Where would you even begin to look with no cell service. Very few homes have been spared? I’m so sorry for your delayed reply from them.

[@Fido-vm9zi]

@gloriagehring8676 You can probably call the county the community is located in to ask for information. They may have answers to that question. You may or may not be able to get through to the fire department or police in the area. I don't even know if it's a great idea to be calling them now. Will probably take a bit of time to know information. First responders will probably set up some communication resources.

[@onceuponadime978]

My entire town was destroyed. We are small so we are low priority. They say it'll be a month before they get portable power production here @ soonest and no timeline whatsoever on restoring actual power. 80% loss of businesses. No water or power or phones. Didn't have cells till just a bit ago. We've been cut off completely. My subsection of the town was cut off completely by the river with our one road out. We still can't get out without hiking. No fema or national guard here yet. Big shout out to Oklahoma for sending search and rescue guys. They're about all that's showed up so far. People's food has went bad, no stores open for 50 miles. Some people may starve or contract dizease from contaminated water. Will be years before we come back. Madison county NC. A small tn border community.

[@TonyMontana-tm7ul]

@@onceuponadime978 so sorry 😞

[@southernbelladonna78]

@@onceuponadime978 I hear you! We were without power iny small town 6 WEEKS after hurricane Ida. We are mostly subdivisions and so were low priority. How is the weather by you right now! Is it hot or is the weather a little cooler now? I ask because I'm in the south and we just got our first cool front.

[@Thyalwaysseek]

The military should be helping, not good enough.

[@kellygarvin7955]

Presidential candidates need to focus on this and help!!!

[@bright_as_morning-nh9jl]

Footage from Chimney Rock is devastating. No word on Bat Cave. Yes, you read that right. All the little towns along the Broad/French Broad River...

[@opaca512]

@@bright_as_morning-nh9jl 🙏

[@ameliaferris7992]

It was terrifying. We will never be the same. Generational homes were lost, countless are homeless. Those who still have homes like me are turning into storm shelters for those we can help. No one was evacuated. No one was warned. We are still trying to hear from our families and friends who are stranded from roads washing away. Houses were washed completely away and slammed into bridges. Water poured into every room of my house. It lasted hours and hours, it felt like the longest day of my life. I’ve never heard a sound like that rain and wind. I’ve never seen something like what happened. More people need to know how badly we need help.

[@daisyadele967]

Are you in North Carolina?

[@thomasdunaway2573]

how were you not warned. was it like the gatlinburg fires where the cell towers went down. and no one got warning.

[@kellygarvin7955]

You will rebuild. It will just take time.

[@spirals73]

@@thomasdunaway2573 Because everyone's focus was on Georgia. No one thought NC would be hit as hard.

[@ameliaferris7992]

@@thomasdunaway2573 no, we are still trying to figure out how. I guess it could just be that the impact was unexpected, but none of us up here were told it would be this bad. We were told a little rain. University classes were supposed to still happen. We also don’t really have a local news, it’s really rural in a lot of places. Everyone is trying to come up with theories as to how on earth we had no clue this was going to happen.

[@LuciaChaurand]

Hurricane Helene 🌀 cuts off access, cell signal to the western in North Carolina 🇺🇸.

[@nancyscogin7549]

After Hurricane Katrina we couldn't make cell phone calls but we could text.

[@adria171]

i wonder how it causes that

[@Bars3409]

Yes that was before fifth generation technology aka 5G

[@southernbelladonna78]

Katrina did the same thing. Never has a hurricane caused a loss of cell AND landlines, but Katrina did for several weeks so I really feel for you.

[@terywetherlow7970]

Why are we not connected to starlink?

[@thomasdunaway2573]

@@terywetherlow7970 starlink is bringing portable setups. be patient good luck

[@southernbelladonna78]

@@terywetherlow7970 not sure honestly

[@amymegginson-uz7jj]

My Mom is stuck without water. A huge apartment building downtown Asheville with disabled and seniors and noone to contact.

[@keithwolfe-festivalandstreet]

Is her name Sarah? If so I saw her rolling round doing good deeds as usual. Smilesotheylikeyou

[@edw8889]

Really scary. Stay safe.

[@jannethpatterson1472]

Some people has internet. I just heard from my niece in Asheville NC

[@reneecoyner185]

PRAYERS 🙏🙏

[@Rac-fpv]

As useful as a chocolate teapot.

[@Icon-x8g]

​@@Rac-fpv prayers works for school shootings, poverty & disease etc. /s

[@pppjourneyonabike5992]

Sea level? Flood level.

[@howardhughes7596]

My sister has (or maybe had) a nice big place in the forest up a really steep curvy road there and I’m betting it’s history. I thought it would be a fire that got it, but looks like it will be a flood.

[@johnbostic4063]

I can relate hurricane Katrina wiped out stb parish, where I currently live ,we have not fully recovered, since it happened,

[@davidjohn4326]

Where the hell is the governor to help the people of North Carolina,? Where is Joe Biden, or Kamala Harris ? Billions for Ukraine but no help or money for people in North Carolina

[@larrybuckner8619]

This administration only likes to help people from other countries. Not the USA!!

[@emraith9]

Lots of liberals who just LOOOVE Harris and Biden, and Ukraine and Palestine, where is the help from them? You support them but when it comes to your life where are they? Wow.. 😂

[@HackbotT1000Legion]

Your ignorant..This isn't traitor trump administration...

[@macking104]

The Republicans didn’t include extra funding for FEMA in the stopgap spending bill…

[@macking104]

@@emraith9well, the republicans didnt include extra funding for fema in the spending bill. Look at project 2025 and see which departments would get axed… It takes time gathering supplies and getting helicopters into the roadless areas.

[@tayloranderson8386]

One doesn’t measure water flow or flooding by feet above sea level. 🤷‍♂️

[@jamesa5720]

This young lady knows her stuff. Great report on the situation that is worse than most realize.

[@SLEEPWALKINGINTHESNOW]

What does flooding have to do with no cell phone service? Did the cell towers come down?

[@phillyfan3942]

Why did this take 3 days??? They have been underwater since Friday

[@EdwardDean-z4f]

Some people from Louisiana are bringing in starlink service

[@mr.christopher79]

smokey mountains huh?

[@28105wsking]

That initial shot is what's left of the bridge from Chimney Rock, North Carolina to Lake Lure Hotel and looking back up the river from the bridge showing what is left of Chimney Rock village below the park. I recognize our mountains on the left. Chimney Rock and Bat Cave are gone.

[@keithwolfe-festivalandstreet]

Sad, Boone has such cool festivals! Good folk, good government, the complete opposite of Hendersonville. Hoping they rebound soon! Smilesotheylikeyou

[@terryhunter2526]

I have a friend that lives in silva, Glenn and debbie robinson. I called the police station and couldn't get nobody to answer. Then I called McDonald's and they answered and told me what was going on. So mcdonald's was open They still had power but a lot of water.

[@Thyalwaysseek]

That says everything when you can't contact your police but can contact Maccas.

[@spirals73]

@@Thyalwaysseek Especially when they closed down the Waffle Houses.

[@blue03r6]

Will Ukraine and Israel send funds for help?

[@judithmccrea2601]

@@blue03r6 why do you politicize this disaster. Shame on you!

[@tracelee7332]

Because it all ties together my friend. Everything is connected... ​@@judithmccrea2601

[@padywac1970]

@@judithmccrea2601 it’s not political. It’s just a fact that the US seems to take care of other nations while letting us hang out to dry! Remember Hawaii? Those people got 700$….thats it. 700$. And you call this kind of talk “political”? Shame on you for not recognizing that US citizens will get little to no help from the government! Shame on YOU! This isn’t democrat or republican, this is about all American people.

[@spirals73]

I don't know but I will, instead of complaining about politics. But you do you.

[@SteveSmith-lo2wd]

@@judithmccrea2601 division is ripping the country apart at the seams! I am in my mid 60's and I am seeing it get worse. Just prepare because the next disaster is right around the corner. 🕊️🙏♥️

[@bestlifeever4548]

Our family is from all across NC and in GA and gulf side FL. My family in Boone and spent so many years going to Daniel Boone restaurant and supposed to go next month and we all for generations have been going to mass general store and tweetsie and just all over those mountians family and memories. We have home there and GA and will wait to find out damage and at my parents and others places there.

[@evergreens92]

God works in mysterious ways. This is all apart of his plan, he wanted this to happen. Your prayers cant stop the flood.💀

[@joannerudow337]

Why haven’t any forecasters mentioned Hurricane Michael which came in at 155 mph and wiped out Mexico City?

[@howardhughes7596]

Maybe because Michael didn’t hit Mexico City. CDMX is still there!

[@KennethAdams-d6s]

Y'all people shouldn't be here in the first place. The wrath of Yah has just started 🙏🏽

[@davidarnold344]

Lots Upstate SC is cut off from cell too. Drove 30min to greenville to get signal

[@donnacagle6321]

They need cell service😮Elon Musk help these people !!!!

[@Rac-fpv]

Elon is too busy grifting.

[@thomasdunaway2573]

30 dead and according to some fire people a heck of a lot more

[@SteveSmith-lo2wd]

Time will tell. A lot of folks unaccounted for. Going to be a little while B4 we have a clue.

[@donwyoming1936]

Helene didn't do this. The flooding started before Helene even hit Florida. The low pressure system that sat on us all last week did it.

[@jerrycallender7604]

ALL part of god's mysterious ways.

[@judithmccrea2601]

Terrible disaster. 😢

[@Icon-x8g]

Now Bidens going to have to give out a ton of commie socialism with all these storms no one should get a free hand out

[@jennysantiago2624]

No one has starlink there?

[@davidarnold344]

@@jennysantiago2624 lots of people keep starlink as a back up, and have their accounts paused and when needed turn it on.. they have no internet to turn on the internet. Starlink should automatically just turn on all the starlinks out there paused or not.

[@reginaann7792]

@jennysantiago2624 Yes they have that option. A bit pricey, but well worth it in cases like this.

[@nakieshawest2400]

😢🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@coldspring624]

Kids are melting down without their master........

[@daleolson3506]

@@coldspring624 maybe they will learn how to talk and work.

[@mr.christopher79]

yup

[@emiliebova]

😮

[@NaplesMom239]

😢🙏🏻

[@phillyfan3942]

Can we get those Ukraine checks….

[@userwest626]

good.

[@Kallista1972]

No socialism means no help

[@LIGHTWORKER-po9di]

AI INTELLIGENCE

[@cho7707]

That female reporter is terrible.

[@hologramhouse729]

Mind-blowing : 🌬🧠

[@sallymclain1600]

So how are we feeling about Climate change? Maybe time took into how we got here.

[@kimt1054]

Smh. According to the records, there have been similar hurricane events dating back to the late 1800's.

[@dumpd6227]

Praying for all involved. God is talking . Will we listen?

[@spirals73]

He's been talking for thousands of years.

[@Rac-fpv]

You need help.

[@gracewegman1013]

OK, Elon Musk and cronies, time to step up. Do something for someone else for a change. "Noblesse Oblige".

[@spirals73]

I have fantasies of being very wealthy so I can just help people. But I do respect more those who have little and give to others sacrificially. They will turn up. They always do.

[@whathappenedtomyYThandle]

They are getting starlink to affected agencies and areas.

[@larrybuckner8619]

Don’t blame Elon Musk… he’s done more for humanity than most people have.

[@kellygarvin7955]

Thank you Fox Weather

[@Rac-fpv]

For years and years of not informing its viewers about climate change.

[@gloriagehring8676]

How do they get phone calls?

[@spirals73]

Idk. My mom got a text from her brother but they don't have cell service. Maybe it's spotty but still working sometimes.

[@murkrow2316]

Got plenty of room up here in The Great Lakes… Cheap to live and great weather..

[@Ladywolf2263]

@@murkrow2316 oh but they don’t like the snowball! LOL. I’ll take snow over the storms and humidity any day !

[@blue03r6]

Hola please send address per favor

[@howardhughes7596]

I’m in Ann Arbor and would not live anywhere else except for the five months in the Yucatán. 😎

[@spirals73]

I hate snow but I am grateful we only have the occasional derecho.

[@coldspring624]

Would you be quiet

[@scallywag1716]

Why don’t people leave their homes before storms like these roll through? There was plenty of warning. It just boggles my mind.

[@Fido-vm9zi]

No one really wants to leave home!

[@821Farm]

@@scallywag1716 it costs to evacuate. Some cannot afford it. Shelters don’t allow pets or livestock. Evacuation is best but not always possible for some.

[@tybrosion]

@@scallywag1716 There wasn't though. No one knew it would be this bad.

[@Thyalwaysseek]

Some are unable to leave.

[@SoberOKMoments]

This is horrible. Terrible. My heart just aches for everyone caught in the path of these terrible storms. There will be more storms, more deaths, more grief if we don't elect a leader willing to do what's needed! The Democrat presidential candidate has a plan of action against climate change. The Repubican candidate doesn't even believe in it. It's OUR choice in November! My prayers tonight are for all in harm's way in this video.

[@rosean374]

The problem is people don't listen to weather forecasts or pay attention to weather. People are just living in their zone and are caught by surprise. Utterly unprepared.

[@tybrosion]

Blaming the victims is crazy. You're a real piece.

[@spirals73]

In some cases, yes.

[@rethamitchell4686]

Is biden coming to check it out?

[@Rac-fpv]

He’s sent the national guard and loads of crash, much more helpful than throwing toilet paper and the effected.

[@coldspring624]

@@Rac-fpv Bull

[@sharonbice7490]

Prayers for all those going through this. 😢🙏🙏🙏

[@hologramhouse729]

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[@oklahomafreedom5536]

Praying 🙏

[@user-so-v9o]

The honeymoon is over indeed in America! And speaking of the 1800's, something of the dark past was happening in America. Now the repercussions of that dark history is doing it's job. In fact,I would be totally ashamed to bring up the 1800's!

[@Charlotte-bn4gp]

@@user-so-v9o I agree with you 100%! If you haven't kept up with history and the weather attached, here are some good examples to research weather, Noah and the Ark and why...Sodom and Gomorrah...the great movement of woke and LBQ, trans and confusion for our children since 2020...

[@MiraculousMilk]

When you're truly unhinged ^^^

[@user-so-v9o]

@@Charlotte-bn4gp Well when I stopped drinking they told me that if I wanted long term sobriety that I had to correct the wreckage of my past & when I did that, it's almost been 36 yrs of sobriety for me. Ok, the same way on a Broad scale, America has to correct it's past if they want peace & prosperity etc. It's not helping them they trying to sweep the past under the rugg.

[@spirals73]

@@user-so-v9o Whatever it is you're referencing, you're gonna have to cite your sources, else we're dismissing this as your way of coping. I suspect it's the latter. And no, I'm not "doing my own research." YOU brought it up; onus is on YOU to prove it. We're not doing your homework for you.

[@user-so-v9o]

@@spirals73 It's to the point now to no one has to prove anything to you or the kind of people like you! That's the main problem, you always think someone has to prove something to you EDOM! You can't dismiss me or the butt whipping the weather has in store for you. And you know exactly where you can go!

[@LIGHTWORKER-po9di]

FOX EGO NEWS

[@KCBluesJams]

Come on Red States you don’t need government help 😉 why should taxpayers keep paying to fix the coastal areas after a hurricane 🌀 maybe it’s time to find another place to live besides on the coast🧐 the USA 🇺🇸 has plenty of space 👍

[@muddywater6856]

@@KCBluesJams derp

[@tybrosion]

Western NC got hit the hardest. Coast was barely touched. Gfys.

[@PSTXFL]

Why? Because taxpayers along the coast pay taxes and the government likes collecting from them. Btw - the vid is from the NC mountains Skippy.

[@Icon-x8g]

Now Bidens going to have to give out a ton of commie socialism with all these storms no one should get a free hand out

[@LIGHTWORKER-po9di]

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[@LIGHTWORKER-po9di]

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[@LIGHTWORKER-po9di]

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[@spirals73]

Repeated replies in ALL CAPS look like a bot to me.