Hurricane Arrives! 😮 Glad We Built an UNDERGROUND BUNKER! 🌀

[@jenp83]

Thank god you didn't have any flooding. That bunker would have been a death trap. Glad yall are okay.

[@sterntaler64]

I thought the same 🥴

[@Fido-vm9zi]

Yes, scary.

[@jet4415]

Obviously the best point!

[@somegreatbloke]

Always build your bunker in a mountain... just ask the Swiss!

[@Hustis1]

I would be worried about getting covered in in an underground bunker😮

[@sammythompson3694]

The water towers in Florida are the only thing standing after a cat4 so if I had the bucks I would build a house in the same design. There is a house in Dillon SC that was a farm water tower 15' off the ground.

[@anitamitchell3452]

@@sammythompson3694 Think of the winds up there. idk

[@sammythompson3694]

@@anitamitchell3452 Round houses don't blow away think of haciendas the wall circled the house which was round with the bedrooms on the outside wall with a garden in the middle and open circular roof.

[@Redspottedbug]

Right ? What if a tree or crap covered your exit ! Ugh !

[@ninjatiger6553]

Same and drowning if it floods

[@BajaGirl302]

It’s a good thing you didn’t have the mud slides like NC! Glad you’re safe, and your birds!! It weathered well! 🙏🤗

[@Shadowcat1954]

Glad you and your son survived this disaster.

[@TheRealMrDiGG]

Thank you so much!

[@karenanddogs6645]

So sorry. Hearing you tube stories now from folks who lost loved ones too. You folks dealing with mighty winds and rain while we in the PNW dealing with fires. Hard times right now. Let's all go to God in prayer. 🙏🏻❤🇺🇲

[@TheRealMrDiGG]

Thank you for watching, really hope things get under control with the fires there soon! Take care, friend!

[@wickedgame241]

Nothing to do with religion. This is climate change consequences because greed is listened to instead of science. Elect people who understand that it’s critical to listen to scientists….or deal with more and more weather devastation. Praying about it won’t help.

[@carolsimmons5205]

Thank you 🙏 ❤🙏

[@carolsimmons5205]

@@TheRealMrDiGGpraying for you! ❤🙏❤️

[@tmo.48]

Amen❤❤❤

[@lotusbeoneinspirit7193]

God bless you all... may the angels help all in need and help everyone asap

[@belindahopkins7875]

Very happy your parrots are safe.

[@mikesorg6746]

Glad you and your son are safe. Things can be replaced but people can’t.

[@jimhoran5445]

👍🏻👍🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 I lost my house in hurricane Andrew. I had 200 mph gust down my street. Three months of no power, Phone or water. Hope you have a quick recovery

[@gravelydon7072]

It was 5 weeks for us without commercial power. But we had generators so we only had to make fuel runs daily. As for the 200MPH winds, I was in a building with a certified 188mph wind rating door and a 10% overload factor. It folded in.

[@FloridaGirl-]

😱😱😱

[@jet4415]

I had friends in Homestead, Florida that had a plant nursery that was decimated by the wind. I am not sure that the plant growers ever recovered.

[@gravelydon7072]

@@jet4415 Most of them have and more have sprung up. Between them and the building boom, food crop production in the area is way down. Strano Farms which was one of the biggest packing houses in Florida City Is gone, and no potatoes whatsoever are grown in the area anymore. Homestead in the winter use to have two trains daily out loaded with produce on the SCL. Now we don't even have a train track in use.

[@AstroKris]

As a Floridian, it's crazy to me that people leave their patio furniture and yard ornaments about knowing there will be heavy wind. Rule number one on the equator during a major storm anything can be a projectile through the walls of your house is you let it get picked up.

[@gigicollins3498]

"On the equator" lol

[@arianboisclair7527]

I grew up in Rhode Island-We ALWAYS put away anything that could possibly blow in high winds/hurricane.

[@GeckoHiker]

When I was growing up in Florida, we filled the tubs, started chili, rice, and beans, cleared the yard, put up the plywood, setup sand bags around the doors, and played Monopoly by candlelight while eating from the prepared food as we sat through the worst of it. After the hurricane and inevitable power outage there would be a neighborhood freezer barbeque. Our freezer was small back then. You didn't want to be losing that much food all the time.

[@mardicheriex291]

Well said same here in Australia,

[@FloridaGirl-]

I pick up everything! Stick in garage or shed. Think of your neighbors too! Stuff flying around!!

[@markpashia7067]

One other thing most don't know. Wildlife is highly displaced when these happen. Watch were you put your feet especially without lineman boots or gators. Nearly all snakes are looking for a new home and I know you have some venomous ones there. Big cats are often evicted by flood waters along with all other wildlife. Should have a pew pew on your hip for a while if wandering around out there. Keep your head on a swivel until things settle down.

[@carolsimmons5205]

I grew up in Boone near Meat Camp & we only had black snakes! Daddy found one in the attic and left him to eat mice, his name was Smokey Joe! Needless to say momma nor I ever went in the attic. That was daddy’s friend! 😂

[@elainedaprano9130]

​@@carolsimmons5205LOVE ME SOME King snakes😊

[@jonbell2305]

Its mad to think a 30 tonne excavator can't even push them big trees down without digging out the roots and the wind rips them out the ground root ball as well like its a little weed in the yrd. Amazing Hope your all OK over there. The UK 🇬🇧 is just rain 🌧

[@Skorpychan]

It's all about leverage. The wind blows the leafy branches at the top, and the roots are pushed out by the resulting forces. Or the trunk snaps.

[@kennethney4260]

As the other guy said, leverage. You've got a parachute of leaves at the best leverage point. I'm sure the actual force per square foot is minimal compared to what an excavator exerts

[@melissacoxen6001]

When you use big machinery you're pushing from the bottom which is the structurally strongest part of a healthy tree. The wind comes from the top which is typically a much weaker area plus the branches act like sails and catch the wind and the full weight of the tree shifts. It's just a different dynamic of force.

[@javonbrowne4938]

Plus you got to think of saturated grounds, the more saturated the ground is the more likelier a tree would be uprooted...

[@notnow7995]

You can rebuild, but you can't bring back lives. So glad you all are safe and well. Praying for all that were affected by the storm.

[@gregstone1306]

Somehow I think raw material for the mulch business is going to roll in. Sorry for your mess. If no one was injured accept your blessings.

[@tomrogers9467]

Imagine the loads the yard is going to see in the next few months! Going to need another grinder to keep up!

[@jeremymanning6967]

Yeah there will be too much and companies won’t even be able to give it away

[@3_3645]

Or logging industry. Big pine, maple,oak

[@Cynthia-s4h]

You need to get a wood stove that heats hot water and cooks and heats. You have enough firewood for a lifetime ❤ love from Australia

[@carolsimmons5205]

❤🙏 yes great idea! He probably has one somewhere! I have 2

[@BUFORD-T]

Ryan, I am so glad you, Jackson and the rest your family made it through the storm safe. I am a HAM radio operator and I man from down you way was on the radio last Friday morning. I asked him if he knew of Grass Roots and the landfill. ( Of course, I forgot his name already.) He stated yes and that he and his wife love your garden store. I live 10 min west of Asheville NC and the EYE went almost over top of us. It is BAD up here. We just got power back yesterday along with text and voice cellphone service back today. We still do not have an estimate on cellphone data service and internet being restored. We made it thru the storm ok but lost all our food in the fridge and both freezers. Be careful cleaning up, stay safe. I look forward to you videos and make sure I watch them as soon as they are posted.

[@davidpontnak3819]

Wow thanks for the update, our thoughts and prayers are with you and all your families, Thankfully you are alive and safe!

[@rickhay9782]

You have a bunker, but no generator? Dude !! Glad you're safe brother...

[@kennethney4260]

I'm sure he probably has a dozen but they're most likely at the landfill and othe busineses

[@DearMe2u]

And no chainsaw!😮 it's stuck in the shed.

[@golfer963]

I'm so glad that y'all are okay nobody's hurt in your family .5 gallon bucket of water out from the pond sure good in the toilet

[@raystormont]

My heart feels for you and your family and your whole area. Living my whole life in south FL we've been thru what you now face and wish everyone a speedy recovery. In an area like yours that rarely sees storms like this the trees are not ready for the wet ground and high winds so you will expect much tree damage and road blockage. Your power distribution system will take some time to be repaired so simple things like getting gas beccomes challenging until the gas stations have power restored so conserve as much fuel as you can. Be careful as many injuries happen after the storm has passed from people attempting to make repairs. You all have my prayers and wishes for a prompt return to some sense of normalcy, Treat all downed power lines as hot until verified as safe, some will be energized and are extremely dangerous. God bless. Ray

[@timgiven3826]

Glad that you and your son and the birds are all ok and safe, also thank you for filming. Please remember while cleaning up to keep yalls head on a swivel

[@ordyhorizonrivieredunord712]

The good thing is he's going to have a lots of wood to heat in the winter if he loses power again... 🌀kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2jNiWqQoMaimLc🌀

[@keithsimpson1268]

God be with you and your son

[@robdeaton9910]

Looks like the grinder is going to be working making chips for you for quite a while. Glad you're okay without damage to your house.😊😊

[@davewood406]

If the can get diesel. if their crew can get there and feed the machines...

[@jays106]

yeah just from his own door yard!

[@madelinelambert605]

Ryan my heart breaks for you and your family and everyone that's been hit with that hurricane. Please take care. I know how stressed you are. Thank God your parents are ok too. you all are in my thoughts and prayers. Hope all your employees are ok .. thanking of you all..

[@adrianking8538]

Thoughts are with you Ryan, the main thing is that you and Jackson are safe, everything else can be repaired or replaced but not both of you

[@brian7327]

Thanks for the update brother glad y'all made it

[@henline.robert]

I glad y’all are ok. Great to have a bunker!

[@lindaweges8624]

I see a logging venture in your future.Be safe!

[@TheRealMrDiGG]

👍👍

[@zippo1009]

It felt kinda bad to put a LIKE on this video....but you know why i did it 😊

[@brucelarrow7897]

I mean a like sometimes means acknowledging you have seen it

[@gregcorcoran2541]

Ditto. Thoughts are with you, family, and the greater community affected.

[@Skorpychan]

Sympathy likes are a thing, and helps 'support the channel', assuming youtube even pays him anything.

[@sonny9149]

The like for me is "you my our support in these hard times".

[@johnlocke1018]

The best news from this video is you, Jackson and your parents are okay. I hope and pray that all your associates are okay also. You are right though, it’s going to be a process to get back to some sort of normalcy. I’ll be thinking and praying for you and all the people effected.

[@MrNoodle8185]

Better get rotochopper coming with a few machines. Going to be grinding for days!!!!! Glad you’re safe.

[@djdew78]

@Mr. DiGG glade to see your fine sucks all the damage but that stuff can be cleaned up your birds all safe

[@wasfazed]

just the trees we've got down up here in Greenwood could keep you in the mulch business for 2 years. Just got power back after 5 days, but the bottom line is - if you're not injured, count it as a blessing.

[@georgewest2096]

I am glad you are okay! This is one you and your son will never forget.

[@brian7327]

Come on folks let's show Ryan some love 1400 views not even 200 likes everyone wants him to put out videos yet not everyone doing their part in helping his channel

[@donanything6816]

Glad you and your son are OK and didn't drown in the bunker. Could have been worse so be thankful for that 🙏

[@dankenney7827]

You and yours are OK that’s all that really matters. The rest just needs cleaning up and fixin’ up. It just takes time … and money. Do watch out for those dead falls! Be Well

[@alanedwards6491]

Hope everyone is safe.....a good community will come together and clear it up....Good luck

[@davidbofin2658]

At least you're safe, things can be replaced, people can't, viewing from County Sligo Ireland 🇺🇦🤠🚲📷✍

[@Bill-Tucson]

Ryan, you have a good team and will be able to take on the cleanup and help others.

[@Staceymi2001]

Mulch on the hoof! Sorry about the damage, happy you and son are safe.

[@markbbuilder]

glad you are safe

[@kennacurry5019]

Thank you for giving us your story.

[@TheRealMrDiGG]

And thank you for watching!

[@mischef18]

Thanks so much for this video bro and hope your crew had only superficial damage rather than physical. Sure have a few weeks worth of clean up but so glad you 2 and the house are ok. Safe travels. Ken.

[@josieruiz3946]

Many other towns lost their homes wiped out,nothing to come back to. Your blessed alive and well and your family well and a home . God Bless You. Still sad but alive.

[@TheRealMrDiGG]

so true

[@ronarant2897]

Thank God you and your son are ok! Please be careful while cleaning up, those trees will be under stress and they can snap in unpredictable ways. Also when you dig up your bunker, maybe you should consider digging a tunnel to your house so you don’t have to go outside! Stay safe! Ron

[@richardsolomon8076]

Cheers for the update Ryan 👍🏻 preys on ❤ stay safe team 👍🏻 🙏

[@Jimmyfisher121]

Just glad you and your lad were safe, but if you ever do the walking in the woods again while trees are coming down, think of your family, never push your luck Ryan just for content, get some sleep then get up to the yard and get some of that heavy gear working to help your neighbours.

[@Dumpster_Dave]

Wow, sorry this happened to all you guys. Luckily you have equipment.

[@budatkins5917]

Im glad that you and your son and parents are ok. All of the destruction sucks. Its hard liking a video like this as someone else has said. Hopefully you can get back to normal before too long

[@SLCFarms]

Ryan glad y’all are safe and ok. The damage done is just crazy. We went to Asheville yesterday with 3 huge load of food and animal supplies hay and so much my little community put together in less than 12 hrs. It’s bad bad in the mountains. Praying for our nc sc and tn families

[@leeshaver7825]

Praise God you and your boy are safe my step son Corry has a cousin in Easley SC they had a lot of tree damage one tree fell across their Suburban but at least the house is ok my thoughts and prayers are with you and yours and all the people that have been affected by this hurricane God Bless

[@jerrykelly7052]

glad to hear that y'all ok

[@coocookachoo2806]

Great bird sanctuary, you are an amazing guy Ryan.

[@wobblyboost]

My heart goes out to you and everyone that was in the path of hurricane Hell-lien. Good to see that even a catastrophic storm, severe damage and sleep deprivation couldn't stop the Dad-jokes.

[@RogowskiBubba0864]

Glad to see you and your family are in 1 piece. Greetings from the Netherlands 😊

[@robertjones7901]

Looks like you gotta lot of work ahead of you all! I am glade to see an hear that your family is safe! Stay away from those widow makers! Doesn’t matter if you’re married or not! Be safe buddy!

[@fgllc]

So glad you and your son are alright! Thank you for the update. Our thoughts, prayers and well wishes are there for everyone impacted. Wish there was more we could do from here! Stay safe. Keep us posted when you can.

[@SDCourage27]

Always good to have the extra tools including hand tools in multiple places. Sorry you are dealing with the mess

[@PenntuckytheCrag]

Beautiful spot and beautiful birds. Glad alls good

[@philipberry2704]

Prayers for everyone affected by Helene but especially for the people in western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee unbelievable devastation and flooding 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 Glad y’all are okay Ryan

[@billblock8090]

Glad you two are ok. I can relate, having been through many hurricanes. I lived on the Texas coast for over 50 years, before I moved to West Texas. The most misrable part for us was no water or electricty for weeks. I hope all your people are ok.

[@Cricket74able]

Glad you all are safe. Crazy how huge trees pull up roots but your outside furniture near the pond are still in place.....

[@TheRealMrDiGG]

Thank you! Isn’t that wild? The ground was super soft and saturated, which didn’t help the trees any

[@tomessary4099]

“Root of the problem!” Love it!!!! God bless you all!!!!

[@jeffd9205]

St. Paul-Mancini's Jeff here. We were hit with a storm in mid-August. I thought our neighborhood was clobbered. I was wrong. Your area was devastated. My heart sunk for everyone around you and has since. My thoughts are with you my friend and for everyone in your area. Be safe....

[@skyhunter823]

Y'all took a good Luck glad y'all & family are doing OK & are safe we have some really bad storms here having a safe place to hide is absolutely the best thing to have just never know

[@petefrenzel7296]

So glad you guys are OK! We have heard of so many deaths from it, so still be careful out there & God Bless!

[@BarryHooper-cx9to]

At least you are all safe

[@cozdiver]

Glad to see yall made it through, I was thinkin about yall! You will make it back to normality, just focus on the positives! Ya ll made it through alive, everything else can be remade or repurchased! Keep up the great work and know you are in all of our thoughts.

[@lordcaptainvonthrust3rd]

Jeez Louise Glad you got through it safely Mr Digg Your in my thoughts and prayers buddy I can't be there in person but I'm with you in spirit 👍

[@RavenNl403]

Glad you are okay. We felt it in TN too. 🙂

[@jackhart-l5o]

So sorry to see the damage that you suffered. I guess the positive is you and Jackson are safe & sound.

[@markpashia7067]

You and your son are still breathing so count your blessings. Get some sleep and clear your head so that you will be safer later. Stay out of the woods for a while and just focus on what must be done to secure the house and access in and out. The rest can be done over months. Nothing is about "pretty" at this point. I know from experience. Trees on the dam and in the lake can wait. I guess you are right those are not "widow makers" when you are single, but they dang sure can be "orphan makers" so think of your son and safety.

[@jccorder1]

Glad you are safe. I hurt for you and so many others. Your footage reminds me of the tornado event in 2011 that hit us in Alabama. I wish I could help.

[@tannerboucher1231]

never watched your channel before, glad you guys made it out okay. Biggest thing is no one was hurt. You can’t replace a life. Stay safe and resilient out there! ❤ from 🇨🇦

[@TheRealMrDiGG]

You’re right about that, stuff can always be replaced. Welcome to the Mr. DiGG channel and thanks for watching up there in Canada!

[@davidprince2072]

goodluck Mr. Digg, keep us updated, looks like hell bud. Wishing you well.

[@TheHillbillyEngineer]

Glad to see that you and your family made it through the storm. I hope the recovery goes fast and safe!

[@user-JamesLacy]

Praying for you and everyone down there. And be damn careful.🙏🙏😢😢

[@tdkrei]

I feel for you my good man, that's terrible.

[@ni_wink84]

Im glad to see at least yall safe. I don’t really know what else to say, that storm did some extreme damage to so many places. Prayers for everyone who had to ride that out

[@brentmedders]

Here in Coffee County, Ga it is nothing like I’ve ever seen in my 43 years. I have several chicken farmer customers who have complete loses of birds and houses. It was worse than I expected and the track was way off from what I expected. I didn’t expect it to track near yall at all.

[@stevenclaeys6252]

I'm glad to see that you all are safe ! The rest can be fixed. Thank you for another Great video. Cheers

[@paulhammond7489]

The repairs will take a long time, but the fact that you and your son survived the storm is all that matters at this stage. Watch out for those hung trees....

[@funnyent]

So sorry it was that bad. Glad you and your family are safe

[@R_R_R_R_R_]

Keep positive, you can always replace stuff. Your son and you are safe 👍

[@hydroaxop73]

Glad you're ok you guys will be busy at the mulch yard and the landfill wish I could break away from my job I'd come down there and operate equipment and help you clean up

[@terryrogers1025]

My heart and my prayers go out to you, family, and the folks that are experiencing the devastation from the storm. Thank you for sharing the video with us.

[@hunher66]

I feel your pain. I'm about 70 miles of your location and we still have no power. I'm lucky we have no major damage to any structure but over 60 big trees are down all around house and shop

[@meripederson8379]

Good thing you gotthe bird in

[@jenkins2162]

This, along with your other videos, is the best documentary, so to speak of the CSRA. The storm forever changed the area. I didn't even think to record once we cut our way to the main road. I couldn't believe it to be honest. I always keep up with storms, but that day I heard it was headed towards ATL and I never looked at it again.

[@TheRealMrDiGG]

I know what you mean, we just didn’t see this one coming at all. Thank you for that nice comment; I do hope the videos can help folks better understand what we’ve experienced here.

[@williamatkinson5090]

Yikes! So sorry for your loss. If I was in the area I would be out to help.

[@L_O_M]

You urgently need a backup generator for your home. Urgently like last week..A fixed installation for the future.

[@josephkramer4314]

Thank God for you and your son being SAFE ! I HOPE YOU'RE WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILY'S ARE SAFE AS WELL !

[@chrisgalliher497]

Spartanburg, Greenville, and Anderson got hit extremely hard too. I’ve never seen this much damage in SC so far inland.

[@Jamieclarke88]

Glad you and your family are safe and well buddy best wishes for everyone affected by the hurricane 💪💪🍻🍻

[@stevenbale8636]

thoughts are with you Buddy. at least you have a good crew that will help you clear up. best wishes Steve From England.

[@tomrogers9467]

You’re both safe. Your house is (mostly) undamaged. Take those blessings and run with them. Everything else can be fixed in time. Thanks for the video, it puts real people’s struggles in perspective when we hear of these disasters from our various countries. Stay safe and hang in there. From Ontario Canada. (Those ground level water supplies are pretty bizarre when viewed from my climate that sees frost 2 or 3 feet deep in most winters! Everything here is 4 feet plus deep!)

[@DennisBrelje-hj4hj]

I'm from Houston Texas and we've been through it all too I'm thinking about heading that way to go to work I'll clean up and remodeling

[@beckyumphrey2626]

There is plenty to do and they need help. Make sure and bring a tent.or.camper as lodging is limited. Locals are.opening up their lands.for campers and FEMA.showers.are being put up all over.

[@alive6517]

Very tough to take in , thinking of you all down there, stay safe.

[@acefishon1359]

Sorry see things way they are at this time. If I was close and I would come help but I'm 2900 + miles from you. Good luck and be safe.