Hurricane Helene's Nolichucky River Gorge DESTRUCTION Revealed

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It's been one month since Hurricane Helene brought flood damage to the Western North Carolina. This video includes shots along the Nolichucky in Erwin, TN as well as Poplar, NC and the Nolichucky River Gorge. See what the mouth of the gorge looks like now after the storm.

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@djm322 3 ай бұрын

Outstanding video, the way you’ve captured the beauty & the devastation is amazing! Love how there is no talking, just stirring music. Keep making videos, you’re very good at it.

@Offroadviking 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much, really appreciate the kind words!

@kimruff7133 Ай бұрын

He does great video I love the music and the way he puts it together all some I bet his KZbin channel has when up ⁉️

@Michael65429 3 ай бұрын

Sad... I spent the better part of 25-30 years guiding the Nolichucky starting in the mid 70s. What a striking contrast the post flood picture paints. I see the old store is gone, but Virgil and Jennie Peterson's old place is still there. I first met Virgil in 76 and he had a cable crossing to Ford the river. I fell in love with his homestead and the beautiful town of Poplar. I have many, many fond memories from those days. I don't know if I have it in my heart to return if it ever gets back to normal...

@Offroadviking 3 ай бұрын

@Michael65429 It's truly insane how much everything has changed.

@JD-zm4eh 3 ай бұрын

This is incredible video, truly shows the horrible flooding that tore through the gorge. Restoring the rail line will take years. Your videography skill is top notch, thank you.

@_Coffee4Closers 3 ай бұрын

Raft guiding and kayaking that gorge all through the 80's, 90's, and early 00's seeing how big the geological changes to the river are is emotionally hard. It is like losing an old friend... I have no words. 😢

@suebee1436 3 ай бұрын

Im sosorry. Cant even begin to imagine.😢

@SKE1650 3 ай бұрын

Well done video! Thanks for the work it took to produce it.

@Offroadviking 3 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏

@tomt9543 3 ай бұрын

Excellent video here! I wish someone in that area would do a video series, even shorts, documenting the process of rebuilding the Poplar bridge. Very interested in seeing if they try to recover/repair/reuse the old spans, or build new. Kudos on a wonderfully executed vid of one of my favorite mountain areas, beautiful even in its ravaged state!

@Offroadviking 3 ай бұрын

Thanks so much, and yeah they plan to replace most bridges in the area. I'll continue to post updates as things happen and I'm sure other folks will as well. Going to be a long hard road ahead for the region but no doubt it will eventually be back to some sort of normal. Thanks for commenting!

@timatwell3728 3 ай бұрын

I would think that they would give the old bridges to the local people that lost their private bridges because don't think they would be safe for the weight that the train's haul but would be perfect for cars I no it would be hard to get them to where they need them but be a good write off for csx instead of scraping them maybe if your still there and see one of the big bosses bring it up to them just a thought by the way great work on these videos keep them coming I used to travel thru there back in the 80s / 90s / 00s hauling produce from SC and Fl still go thru once in a while for fun not work stay strong Tn / Nc

@mattmcdowell5225 3 ай бұрын

Thanks OffroadV. I lived right there in the Nolichucky Gorge Campground for a summer, roughly a decade ago. Tough scene for sure. btw, dig the bike. 🙂

@Offroadviking 3 ай бұрын

For sure, it still doesn't seem real a month later. And thanks! Really enjoying the GS for sure

@AstraLuna-o9i 3 ай бұрын

I think your footage really shows the geography and makes it’s easy for people not familiar with the area, to understand how many people had no time or place to evacuate to when the wall of water came. The sides of the gorge are steep, a lot like the canyons we have here in the southwest.

@Offroadviking 3 ай бұрын

@@AstraLuna-o9i thanks so much for recognizing that. This is one of the reasons I make these. I just don't think folks truly realize how the terrain is if they haven't been here. Some rugged areas for sure.

@AstraLuna-o9i 3 ай бұрын

@@Offroadvikingyou did a great job showing it. The power of that water was incredible. You can see how it scoured the ground leaving only the bedrock in place. It makes me incredibly sad for the people lost, their property and communities. Husband and I will continue to send monetary donations to the local organizations there on the ground helping. My heart and prayers are with the people there.

@Offroadviking 3 ай бұрын

@AstraLuna-o9i thanks so much 🙏

@Carolb66 3 ай бұрын

It's beautiful there, even with the devastation you will never forget just what a special place it is. God bless everyone affected by Helene. ❤️🙏W

@knifecoop001 3 ай бұрын

Nice job on the video and drone footage, thanks for showing the devastation and recover work!

@Offroadviking 3 ай бұрын

Thank you, appreciate the kind words!

@RobinGerhart 3 ай бұрын

So important this is documented! Thank you. Prayers for all!

@pamketron 3 ай бұрын

It’s so hard to imagine all the devastation caused by this storm. Every little place and town far and wide that was touched by this storm caused so much emotional and physical damage. The river as wide and tall as it became is beyond anything that could have been prepared for. Lives and landscapes are forever changed. God Bless everyone touched by this storm. Great video. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

@carriegarrisonvos4433 3 ай бұрын

You're very talented with that drone and you do wonderful videos!! Seeing places I probably won't see and finding empathy because I live in an area about 75 miles from you that was devastated also. I wish I could operate a drone to do the same for all of us here. It's overwhelming the devastation and the beauty at the same time. I'm from Avery County NC

@georgiareddirtroad9919 2 ай бұрын

WOW- excellent video! The destruction is heartbreaking, my soul aches for all that was involved…

@dankeene9879 3 ай бұрын

Very well done, thank you for your time.

@Offroadviking 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much 🙏

@elsdp-4560 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing. 👍

@LC-bb6jd 3 ай бұрын

I am stunned!! I have rafted and kayaked that river many times and I cannot believe my eyes!! My heart breaks for all the loss of lives and property.

@harolddenton6031 3 ай бұрын

Northeasyerm tennessee sure is a beautiful place. I moved zway from the area in summer of 1988. Did not finally get to move back to kingsport until thanksgiving of 2022. On the weekenfs o drive mu colorado zr2 truck and go driving up in them beaitiful unaka mountains. Beaury spot is one of my favorite arras. One of my other happy place is driving up hurricsne gap to the rich mountain fire tower in greene county. I finally got to drive up the mountain in the back of bumpus cove one week before hurricane helene's flood waters destroyed that community. We drove 13 miles up ontop of the mountain. It sure was a very beautiful area up there in bumpus cove. My dad's mom bonnie (Yates) Denton grew up back behind the bumpus cove cemetery. Her mother was a huskins. Her parents and her dad's parents ( phillip sheridan yates and eliza chase yates) are burried at the bottom of that cemetery by the curtis family members.

@8978Marty 2 ай бұрын

another great video. I'm sorry you are having to live with this but thank you for sharing

@kathyb5740 3 ай бұрын

Excellent video.... thankyou for sharing.

@jamesedwards7241 3 ай бұрын

Good to see CSX have not abandoned the line through the gorge, probably cost millions to put right what nature has done to it but it is a lesson to all what can happen and of what we may see more of in the future. Sad when a river gets torn up like it has and it may be decades before it returns to anything like its former self.

@Fish-d9x 3 ай бұрын

Well done

@SeanHerron-kq7jx 3 ай бұрын

Love the video great views of the surrounding area and construction work going to repair some of the devastation! Great job! Some energetic and uplifting music would help, so not to depress everyone! Other than that great work!

@Offroadviking 3 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

@rt3box6tx74 3 ай бұрын

Nice video. I'm so accustomed to watching the spaz amateur's stuff I'm a bit shocked to see something this good.

@Offroadviking 3 ай бұрын

Thanks so much 🙏

@mikewillette6383 3 ай бұрын

Around the 10:20ish mark is where you fly over me and Dael. That prompted me to find out where that drone came from, that’s how we tracked you down. 🙂 p.s. are you using an ND filter in bright sunlight?

@Offroadviking 3 ай бұрын

I kinda thought that may have drawn you guys in haha. I do use an ND from time to time but wasn't on Saturday. Ironically I was running an ND on the gopro that day on my helmet.

@PisgahGravelProject 2 ай бұрын

Speechless. 😢

@guyfriend 3 ай бұрын

Nature just reclaimed and cleared her river. People forget how these valleys got there.

@joepeckjr.8133 3 ай бұрын

Nice cinematic video…beautifully done. Please, starting at 2:24 and ending at 5:38 who is the Artist and Song? I deal with anxiety and this music is very soothing. Thank you 🙏

@Offroadviking 3 ай бұрын

I got you....it's GODDESS LIKE ENERGY (Cinema) - Instrumental by Aurelia

@joepeckjr.8133 3 ай бұрын

Thank you. Unfortunately it’s not available (at least I can’t find it) through Apple Music or Spotify but I did find it on MusicBed. Thanks again

@Offroadviking 3 ай бұрын

@@joepeckjr.8133 Yeah, Musicbed is where I get my music from. I should have mentioned that....no problem! Have a great day!!!

@chrisvalery3678 3 ай бұрын

What drone are you using for the video.. beautiful quality

@Offroadviking 3 ай бұрын

@@chrisvalery3678 I used a dji mini pro 4 in this video

@rondasawyer1758 3 ай бұрын

Nice video

@Offroadviking 3 ай бұрын

@rondasawyer1758 thank you 🙏

@rondasawyer1758 3 ай бұрын

@ off subject but knew your aunt Myra. We went to school together. Is Becky or Teresa your mom?

@Offroadviking 3 ай бұрын

@rondasawyer1758 wow....small world haha. Yeah, Teresa is my mom.

@CSXEK 2 ай бұрын

That CSX line has been mugged

@samuelfink4799 3 ай бұрын

Great video! Just out of curiosity where was that train tressel located?

@Offroadviking 3 ай бұрын

Thanks, this was the start of the Nolichucky Gorge in Poplar, NC.

@samuelfink4799 3 ай бұрын

@@Offroadviking Thanks for the reply, I live in Johnson City and was familar with the one in Chestoa just above the bridge that got washed out but havent ever been over in Poplar, N.C.

@tomt9543 3 ай бұрын

@@samuelfink4799There was a real nice NC Wildlife Resources Commission boating access area there with a big parking lot and restrooms. It all disappeared too!

@tomt9543 3 ай бұрын

Is the road between Poplar and Erwin open now? Wondering if there’s still access from Spruce Pine? I don’t remember road numbers or names, but I’d head toward Burnsville from S.P. and turn right just before Burnsville. Then down through Green Mountain etc.

@Offroadviking 3 ай бұрын

@tomt9543 yes, you can get to Poplar from Erwin.

@fuzzylife727 3 ай бұрын

The road by green mountain is guarded by troopers limiting access on 10/26.

@tomt9543 3 ай бұрын

@ Thank you! I’ve been there so many times that I cannot remember the road names/numbers.

@CherylHughes-s9j 3 ай бұрын

The road from Burnsville to Green Mtn is Hwy 197N. It is being repaired along the river, not open to public. The Relief bridge is crossable, no guard rails. Best to go to Red Hill , then to Poplar at present time.