Helene destroyed my hunting season

[Jmort1754]

Still no power in western sc. We got smashed but are safe and getting by. Luckily we have house genny but can’t get propane till who knows when. They said 2/3 weeks for power since my farm is out in the sticks. Blessed to be safe and spending time with family, truly wasn’t prepared like I should have been.

After storms things changed with your emergency plan. I know that we are not nearly as prepared as we need to be.

 

[MikeDeltaFoxtrot]

It's already open.

We have a vacation house in Pigeon Forge, and I checked with the agent. Apparently Sevier County was spared. No damage to our house, and their biggest worry is that people can't get up there for planned vacations.

I feel horrible for all the folks who have lost their homes and worse.

 

[Choupique]

As a kid in Louisiana, hurricanes were something we looked forward to. Most of the family would all gather at a house on the high ground. It was like Christmas for us kids.

As an adult, its awful. Stress, discomfort, mountains of work to do, houses to sandbag, freezers to keep working, find a way to let family know you're alright, keep the wife sane, its rough.

Luckily for us, living in the mountains a week at a time teaches you a little about being comfortable with discomfort.

 

[Yoder]

We have a vacation house in Pigeon Forge, and I checked with the agent. Apparently Sevier County was spared. No damage to our house, and their biggest worry is that people can't get up there for planned vacations.

I feel horrible for all the folks who have lost their homes and worse.

I'm glad your house is ok. We stayed in Sevierville for our vacation this year, it's a beautiful area.

 

[MallardSX2]

I was very lucky in GA. The eye of the storm went right over the top of me, and I got 12" of rain here at the house.

I only lost 1 small tree in the back yard. I just got everything cleaned up with the tractor yesterday. I feel very fortunate compared to a lot of people in other parts of the state and in TN/NC/SC.

That flooding up at Chiney Rock NC was next level.

 

[CMP70306]

If you want to know how much water went through that area I pulled up some Sat shots from the 27th and found spots I could see between the clouds. In Fletcher Town, NC the Cane Creek went from 16 yards wide and a couple ft deep to 25 ft deep and 2/3 of mile a wide.

 

[loganwayne]

If you want to know how much water went through that area I pulled up some Sat shots from the 27th and found spots I could see between the clouds. In Fletcher Town, NC the Cane Creek went from 16 yards wide and a couple ft deep to 25 ft deep and 2/3 of mile a wide.

the water flow gauges on all the rivers are almost all gone.... alot of them stopped reporting in the early morning on friday between 2 and 4 am. rivers weren't expected to crest by predictions until 8am.

I-40 in Asheville had over 10ft of water on top of it at a bridge that was typically 40-50ft above the river.

My old house flooded in 2004 supposed to be the worst flooding ever seen in the area it had 5ft of water in it. we moved 3 years ago. went by it the other day and water was 3ft over the roof.

Whatever the news is saying it is at least 100x worse. The amount of people that have died is going to be in the 1000s not 100s like they have said so far.

 

[Weldor]

That's incredible. Water just tears s__t up. The infastucture will take some time for sure. Dumb question from a desert dweller, Does your car insurance cover flooding without a special rider? Being as a new Truck is north of $100,000. Let alone house insurance. Feel for those who lost so much.

 

[loganwayne]

ya i think vechicles carry flood insurance. but most people here dont have flood insurance

 

[Macintosh]

I feel terrible for people affected by this having watched similar first hand a number of times. In 2011 Irene took out entire towns in my area, left villages totally inaccessible, washed out roads, etc. Had forest rangers bringing MRE's to villages on foot, and the national guard dropping water and medical supplies by helicopter as it would be weeks until vehicles could get in. Last summer we had record flooding again, and again it washed out some of the same towns, plus others due to rainfall in different areas. This summer we had record flooding again in July, and then again last month. I am exceptionally fortunate living on top of a hill, but looking around at friends and neighbors it's really heartbreaking even knowing it's not nearly as bad as others have had it (this, katrina, sandy, etc, etc, etc). The one thing that I can offer is that it was really truly inspiring to see people come together in these little small towns helping neighbors dig out--everything from truly heroic rescues by boat down main streets, to simply dropping off water and supplies to disinfect basements and feed and clothe kids, to getting in and helping strangers dig yards of nasty mud out of basements. I get frustrated and disenchanted with a lot of things in my state and elsewhere, and these experiences have given me some far better degree of hope and respect for my neighbors. I hope with all my heart that you folks bearing the brunt of this have some of that coming your way.

 

[blackdog of vt]

I feel for everyone affected. We just got power back after 7 days. Trees down everywhere, stores basically empty, in general a real Cluster F. A landslide behind my land a couple days ago took out a dozen or so real old oaks, that stream was easily ten feet higher than normal.. Another took out our cell tower. Funny thing is, no one prepared really and no warning that was anything serious.

 

[loganwayne]

The true scale of this is just starting to be seen. Have some friends that work for DOT and they've already said there is going to be communities that may not have been damaged but all homes will be condimed due to no way to rebuild roads to the homes. Some rivers have moved over 150yds in places and now 3x as wide.

 

[*zap*]

Praying for the folks effected

 

[JohnJohnson]

To make matters worse, less than 1% of people in Asheville (for example) had flood insurance. Understandably so but that's going to make it so much worse.

 

[bowhuntercoop]

I got power back!!! What a week. Ordered a 500 gallon propane tank and 250 gallon gas tank for the farm with a solar pump. Wired my shop to run off my small portable generator. Will be more prepared next time for sure. Kiddos loved it as crazy as it sounds, they don’t know any different. I’m glad I kept my 7 freezers of elk, beef, deer, and pigs going. Ate like a king through all of it off the grill so can’t complain one bit about that.

Going to take months for this area to get back to normal. It is awesome to see the community come together and help one another though.

 

[AdventureHunter]

Prayers for everyone up there

 

[timekiller13]

It’s hard to fathom how bad this is. I’ve seen it first hand and still can’t believe it.

The body count is going to be horrendous. There are thousands still unaccounted for. Many will never be found. They’ve been swept away or buried under 30 ft of rubble/mud in some hollar.

My BIL is currently doing body recovery right now using sonar. He told me that the rivers are “littered with corpses.”

 

[bowhuntercoop]

It’s hard to fathom how bad this is. I’ve seen it first hand and still can’t believe it.

The body count is going to be horrendous. There are thousands still unaccounted for. Many will never be found. They’ve been swept away or buried under 30 ft of rubble/mud in some hollar.

My BIL is currently doing body recovery right now using sonar. He told me that the rivers are “littered with corpses.”

It’s unreal.

 

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