Hurricane Helene's DEVASTATING Impact on Erwin, TN!

[@jjcooper1477]

I live in Erwin, one of the best videos I have saw on the devastation. Great job and thank you for posting.

[@Offroadviking]

thanks so much 🙏

[@snowcheetas]

Thank you for doing this. This is the best video I’ve seen on the destruction. Poor people, everything is gone or destroyed.

[@Offroadviking]

Thanks so much, really appreciate that 🙏

[@johnhaluska250]

Ty for keeping us outside the area informed

[@ruthguinn2136]

Bless their hearts.Praying for you all.thank you for the footage.God bless you all.

[@pupcake524]

Great video! Just devastating for our small town!😪

[@marshaedwards1328]

Thank you. This is one of the best videos I have seen of this horrible storms damage.

[@Offroadviking]

@marshaedwards1328 thank you so much 🙏

[@marshaedwards1328]

Erwin is my hometown. I have lived in Unicoi for 45 years.

[@donnataylor5163]

It’s hard to see all the devastation 😢 , thanks for sharing.

[@OrbitFallenAngel]

One of the most intense and heartbreaking videos I have seen from Erwin.. . My husband and I live in Stoney Creek. And 4 years ago we drove through Erwin and I remember telling my husband how beautiful I thought it was... We never imagined that something like this would happen. ..!! I know that people are still in shock mode from going through this Natural Disaster..But what I have seen while living down here is that people here are close knit and will help one another no matter what!! ❤ We have got to remember that we are Americans! And this is our home. Our beautiful State. It's going to take a few years, but I know that the good and beautiful people of Tennessee will rebuild their small towns and communities!! I know that!! ❤ We just have to keep our heads up and never give up hope! And if you can, help one another out!! If we ALL come together we can certainly do this!! God Bless the Amazing people of Eastern Tennessee!!! ❤🙏🇺🇲❤

[@Offroadviking]

Very well said! Thanks so much for the kind and encouraging words. No doubt in my mind everyone will continue to pull together for each other. 🙏

[@SD40Fan_Jason]

Prayers for the victims of the casualties of Hurricane Helene. Thank you for sharing this video.

[@jimwynn6421]

Yeah. Just like school shootings. We did nothing to help the climate. Now just give useless prayers.

[@SD40Fan_Jason]

@jimwynn6421 I will pray specifically for you. I will lift you up and ask that you be given wisdom and enlightenment so that maybe you stop wasting so much time trying to tear others down over the internet and find a more positive outlet for your energy and enthusiasm

[@terrynichols7199]

Great job on video in Erwin. Never been there but prayers to all there, such destruction unfathomable

[@Offroadviking]

@terrynichols7199 thanks so much, prayers very appreciated 🙏

[@chelsea44444]

This is the first video I have seen of the devastation there….😢 just wow….our hearts and prayers are with you!!!

[@Offroadviking]

@@chelsea44444 thank you 🙏

[@Samuel-l7y1d]

This was my home town it's unbelievable that it looks like this water is a powerful force my prayers go out to all the people there i loved growing up in unicoi

[@stevewilson1388]

Thanks for posting this. Sad to see.

[@justdave7520]

Rode through here in my semi today since 26 finally opened and to see this devastation in person truly touched my heart. Never seen ANYTHING like this before and I’m going to pray for everyone!

[@Offroadviking]

@justdave7520 it's like I've told alot of folks, pictures and video just doesn't do it justice. Thanks for the prayers, so many folks needing it now for sure. Stay safe out on the road 👍

[@justdave7520]

@@Offroadvikingthanks you so much and you’re more than welcome! You’re absolutely right, pics and vids doesn’t do it justice! Stay strong! Peace and Blessings to you!

[@jonander3678]

This is an excellent and informative video. So moving and challenging. i live 60 miles south od Erwin TN; I assume that was I -26 West that we saw along side of that river. Great video! ( and music)

[@Offroadviking]

@jonander3678 it was, it actually took out the west and east lanes. They plan to open it up to two lanes on Wednesday while they repair the bridges. Thanks so much for the kind words 🙏

[@janiceprice7403]

Praying for all affected by this storm.

[@margaretchurch7718]

Something (the river) that was and looked so angry a couple days ago now looks so peaceful great video

[@Offroadviking]

@margaretchurch7718 very true and thank you 🙏

[@kttnlvr2bynxylee622]

I was scheduled to have an MRI at that hospital on Monday, September 30th. They were going to schedule me on Friday but i had something else to do and they had an appointment open on the 30th and i asked for that one, when i found out about the flood i just sat down and bawled when i realized that i would have been there if i hadnt of had to babysit my 2 youngest grandsons! God was watching out for me that day!!

[@danieltaylor9968]

God please bless the broken roads that is pulling all of us together. We all pray for healing and comfort for all

[@maryannknox7158]

Heartbreaking 💔 Sending prayers 🤲 i will be praying 🤲 every single day and night 🙏

[@kalinystazvoruna8702]

Thanks for this. Do you have drone footage of the devastation in Washington County? The 107 bridge near the Lamar convenience center was taken out along with a whole slew of other bridges in Washington County. People forget that water is the most potent force on this planet. The Appalachians were once the height of the Himalayan mts and over millions of years have been reduced to what you see now thru water and wind.

[@Offroadviking]

I have some that I haven't had time to edit. Going to try and get some more down that way to add with it.

[@kalinystazvoruna8702]

@@Offroadviking Thanks. Stay safe!

[@inscoredbz]

I live in Greeneville, i don't even recognize Erwin now.

[@accessiblenow]

Great shoots of the flats in Erwin

[@GS-191]

Erwin is my hometown. The flood took so many houses along the river. The radio station is completely gone. This footage revealed the depth of the scouring of the soil. So much material removed and taken downstream. I knew it would be bad when I saw another video of this area during the flood, the volume and velocity of the "rapids" moving across the land destroyed so much. I am surprised any structures survived. The truly sad part is seeing the industrial complex where many lost their lives trying to escape the flood.

[@LarryWright-p5d]

🙏🙏🙏🥲🥲🥲 my wife and I live in WNC Erwin and the areas around there are in our prayers

[@WorldToday_2024gf]

The beautiful dreamy houses are now just ruins and desolation, with all my heart I wish them the best and peace, everyone should join hands and unite to start over.

[@hippiemiller]

this is my home town 😢

[@maryannknox7158]

Prayers 🤲💔🕊️

[@haldanson2183]

We also took 35 $100.00 visa gift cards. They can be used for gas, food, clothing.....drugs or beer!! Hopefully, people are more responsible and won't buy the last two.

[@ruthguinn2136]

bless you

[@gloriajones1548]

Prayers for everyone in Erwin to my family and friends that live there glad yall okey. That was the church i went too.

[@Michael65429]

I used to live in Erwin back in the 80s and guided for Nolichucky Expeditions. Does anyone know if the campground is still there across from Unaka Springs? I noticed in your video that the Chestoa Bridge was gone. Thank God the Jackson/Love bridge held up... My prayers go out to all of you in my former hometown...

[@Offroadviking]

@Michael65429 it is, they had damage at the campground and the road in is pretty bad but it fortunately survived for the most part.

[@Happyscmm]

Unrecognizable it’s a totally different landscape now 😢

[@allendavid4139]

When they tell of the interstate been shut down you’re not aware of all the damage that’s been done to peoples homes and businesses in the surrounding area until you view this ,truly moving 😢

[@Offroadviking]

And the crazy thing is this video doesn't truly do it justice.

[@elizabethbullard7231]

Ty for showing Tn destruction. Nobody isand no help

[@Meee33]

8:05 fun fact that blue house in the background has been there since the civil war. ( if you didn’t already know)

[@Offroadviking]

@@Meee33 Did not know that, very cool!

[@thystaff742]

They built it in the right location.

[@ginogennaroalonso1067]

in god we trust...U.S.A. 🙏🇺🇸🙏 2024

[@sofly7634]

Can not get over the scant coverage given to this destruction.

[@haldanson2183]

We just delivered a truck load of chain saws, pet food, sleeping bags and warm coats this past Tuesday. Its a mess!!

[@Offroadviking]

@haldanson2183 Thanks so much for doing that 🙏 yeah it really is, going to be a long recovery and even then things will never be the same.

[@ruthguinn2136]

bless you

[@gcrauwels941]

Just brutal. I'm curious to see what is left if anything of 81 going to Embreeville. I saw a pic where the road was just gone. Prayers for WNC/ETN

[@Offroadviking]

@gcrauwels941 I have some drone video of it as well. I plan to upload another video this week and I'll figure out a way to put those shots in. Unicoi side is gone in many places. Washington Co. Side looks to be in good shape.

[@gcrauwels941]

@@Offroadviking Thank you. We're down near the dam. Peak flow was estimated at 1.3 million gallons/sec. That's nearly twice what Niagara Falls flows. How it didn't fail...

[@Offroadviking]

@gcrauwels941 yeah it was insane. I live at the end of the gorge in the Chestoa area of Erwin. Unbelievable how much water was coming through there.

[@Fanaan3741]

Stunning footage of the devastation we're dealing with. Whats the drone you're using if you don't mind?

[@Offroadviking]

thanks so much, I shot this with the mini 4 pro. I like using it for stuff like this because i can pack it in my motorcycle bag and not take up much space.

[@sharoncoe6421]

Please everyone put your trust in God and not many. He will hear from Heaven and heal our land!! 💜

[@maryannknox7158]

Amen 🙌

[@tooge47]

used to live in Johnson City, the late wife and I spent THOUSANDS of hours taking in some of the most BEAUTIFUL scenery in America. PLEASE narrate your videos, give me help in knowing EXACTLY where this video is...................help me get my bearings

[@Offroadviking]

Location is in the title

[@Owl350]

Using the debri to make electricity would be a very good idea .For recharging portable generators are whatever.

[@tishkerrville8942]

30 yrs of GeoEngineering has ruined & desecrated everything ✈️✈️👹

[@JackReel-yz4uo]

😢😢

[@johnhaluska250]

My family had friends in Erwin we’ve been trying to reach one of kids his name is Daniel Lovett his father and my father built racecar togther

[@ichigouchiha7209]

Looks like looking into the past rebuilding and society starting again like in the 1800-1900s so sad

[@martyburd6127]

So sad

[@94montrose]

Need fixing I-40 and I-26 Fast and IN Philadelphia Pennsylvania truck was fire on un hwy bridge Fixing Fast I-95 and fixing i-40 and i-26 Fast

[@bobsmythe1952]

Drone footage taken 2wks after damage trees on inyerstate stacked like cordwood 20 ft high both directions for well over 2 miles they have been burning huge piles day and night

[@Offroadviking]

@bobsmythe1952 this footage was from a few days after. I'm guessing that's what you're asking?

[@DeborahHilson]

💔💔💔🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@carbonking53]

Why are they adding to environmental damage by burning huge piles of debris?! I am no hard core environmentalist. This seems like a lack of any common sense.

[@Offroadviking]

My guess....and completely just a guess...there's just so much debris and so much that has to be done this is the most efficient way of getting everything cleaned up and construction done. This is just a small glimpse of the widespread damage. It's like this everywhere you go in western NC and parts of East Tn.

[@Mike-h7y6v]

4 weeks ago now

[@pjj5840]

You can tell it is a Republican area because there was no looting.

[@carolynvetsch1361]

You see, Gods house wasn't taken down.

[@audreylowe2941]

Where are you taking clothes to be distributed to people in need ?

[@Offroadviking]

@audreylowe2941 at this point for East TN the main location for donations is Bristol Motor Speedway. You may want to call ahead though and see what needs they have currently. Because of the great outpouring of individuals donating so many things there are some items they aren't taking and other that they are. And the needs change from day to day. Thanks so much for helping the region 🙏 The impact is extremely widespread.

[@tooge47]

@@Offroadviking a PHONE NUMBER would be quite helpful !!

[@maryannknox7158]

​@Offroadviking Grindstone ministries would be better

[@maryannknox7158]

​@@Offroadvikingthis a FEMA site not so cool they are keeping Goods from where it should go to

[@garycousino]

Looks pretty hopeless

[@Offroadviking]

Felt pretty hopeless, but people have showed up for each other. Going to be a long road back, and it'll never be the same, but we'll get back to some sort of normal eventually.

[@ابولفضلجهانی-ص2و]

😢

[@MotorMouth419]

All I can Say is Hail Jesus Christ . Ever notice Churches Stand and from first hand it’s the People of Christ helping in a magnitude un seen in The USA in a long time . Hats off to the preachers pastor and congregations . Jesus Gave you empathy and the strength . We came from Indiana ohio four trucks all to the churches not the govt . Inspiring . Christ is King God Bless y’all . Donate to the local churches . It’s getting cold. Our brothers and sisters children need warm Clothes . Coordinate with your church and the local churches in impacted area . 20 ft U-Haul holds a lot it’s about 1200 bucks to rent to get there and back . God bless

[@xrrtracks]

so sad