Helene Recovery & Info

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StrangePackage said:
Hey y'all. Been trying to check in. Power is out for most of the city. Water is boil advisory, where it is actually running. As y'all probably know, I 26 to Hendersonville is the only route in or out of town.

Here's some pictures of the river I took:1000005955.jpg
That was yesterday morning.

Then yesterday evening:

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Then today at noon:

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So it looks like the flood waters are receding. But damn.
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Just awful. Glad you're ok.
 
2ManyBlueCups said:
Insulting disaster victims because you were rightly called out for your tone deaf trivialization of their suffering. Big yikes.
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Trivialization? No. It's using this as an opportunity to appreciate a different horror that you among others have trivialized. By no means am I minimizing what people are going through right now. My comment wouldn't make any sense if I was minimizing.
 
superrific said:
Trivialization? No. It's using this as an opportunity to appreciate a different horror that you among others have trivialized. By no means am I minimizing what people are going through right now. My comment wouldn't make any sense if I was minimizing.
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I personally think we are talking far too much about Helene’s damage in western North Carolina and far too little about the dangers of distracted driving.
 
I'm anxiously waiting on an update. My parents and brother's family live in Fairview. My grandpa lives in those apartments at RiverRidge, so I am extremely nervous with the Swanannoa river being so close. It is so surreal.
 
We did y guides on the French Broad and there was a sign like you see at the beach. Hurricane Hazel got this high, Hugo got this high, etc. This was in a wide valley and there was one sign, can't remember the hurricane, that must have been 20 ft in the air. I remember thinking I couldn't imagine how much water it would take to fill this valley. I'm guessing they added a new sign to the post after this year.
 
superrific said:
Just for a moment, think of the damage wreaked by the hurricane and then think of Gaza. Imagine what people in Gaza have been going through.
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What the hell has that got to do with anything? Sit over there and be quiet for once. We all know you believe that you have some sort of valuable insight into things but there are times when you should stop while you're behind.

I just spent the day driving with my enclosed trailer, all my tailgating setups, and as much water and fuel as well could load. We were able to use my 2 generators get 5 houses with some light and a couple of fans and the ability to hopefully run well pumps. There will probably be at least 20 families using those 5 houses and it didn't even make a scratch of a dent in the need out that way. We didn't even make it close to areas that were in the worst shape either.

Gaza is an incredible tragedy. So is this. Neither needs an equivocation, analogy, metaphor, or any other ridiculous cerebral exercise.
 
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Turd Ferguson said:
Anyone happen to be from Old Fort? I have a friend who's mom lives there and they can't get in touch with her.
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I don't know anything about Old Fort itself, but I have seen that I-40 as it climbs the mountain above the town to Black Mountain is closed due to several landslides spilling across the entire interstate. Just awful.
 
Every year we go back country camping in the Harper Creek Wilderness. It's only accessible via a long single lane gravel road. It's my favorite place in the state. Just isolated and amazing

We were supposed to go next week. I'm sad we almost certainly can't go this year but I can't imagine the damage even in those areas of pristine wilderness. I will be able to see it next year.... But the mountains are special and seeing all of the destruction just hurts. Unimaginable.
 
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Raijin23 said:
Hey @8992Tiger and @tallheel95 , got an update on your respective situations?
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Hey. Thanks for asking. Three old, fully mature trees down, an oak and two hickories, and some water in the basement. The wife was pretty shell-shocked, and she vented a LOT when I got home.

Good news: Our basement is "partially" finished: painted floor and no sheetrock, so no permanent damage; it is dry now. Tree #2 sorta fell towards the house, landing about 3' away. It looked like a branch hit the house and pushed the tree away. The crown of tree 3 landed in the neighbors carport up against their garage, damaging their gutter. They are out of town, so I cleaned some of that up and gave them access to the garage. That gave me some good quality time with my chainsaw and truck. Thankfully, Mrs. 8992Tiger is pretty much herself now. The tree removal guys started today and will finish Monday. The bill will be around $15k! (Holy crap!) Thank God for insurance.

Most of Hickory has no internet service and spotty cell. Thankfully, I can watch my beloved Tigers on my phone.

Say a prayer and/or throw some money or time to the mountains. My God, they were devastated.

Again, thanks for asking.
 
One of my sister's families lives in the Asheville area and she was briefly able to text me today before their cellphone service went out again. They're safe (their house is on a hill) but she said the destruction and flooding are incredible and she's never seen anything like it. They've heard that it may be many days before power is restored and they're having to boil water. I also know a number of people in the Boone/App State area and it's a disaster zone there as well. One of my first cousins and her husband had a large cabin on the New River in Ashe County and it's gone, and so is her brother-in-law's cabin next door.

It's going to be a very long time before much of western NC is back to anything resembling normal. I imagine the Blue Ridge Parkway will likely be closed for months to clear away debris and landslides. Of course the loss of homes and businesses is tragic, and I really feel awful for the many people in the region who depend on the tourist industry for their livelihood, as the fall tourist season (and maybe even the winter season) are likely done. Having grown up in those hills they are still one of my favorite places on earth, and I just have no words for either the destruction I've seen on the net and from photos sent to me by people I know, or what the people in the region are going to have to go through to get things back to a semblance of normal.
 
nashcounty said:
I still haven't been able to get in touch with my cousin who lives in the Burnsville area. I'm really hoping that's because they don't have cell phone service. But I'll be worried about her until I hear from her.
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I know it sucks but here in Hickory cell service is pretty bad; I imagine that is the issue there. When I tried to call my wife from TX on Fri, it went directly to voice mail, that told me it was bad service. Hang in there.
 
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