NC flooding in Asheville and Black Mountain: Damage seen via drone footage in aftermath of Helene - The Tennessean

[Rhiannon12866]

Drone footage captured the impact of flooding Asheville's Biltmore Village as well as in Black Mountain ahead of critical Lake Lure dam breeches that wiped out Chimney Rock. The flooding took place after Tropical Storm Helene hit North Carolina. - Aired on 09/28/2024.

[sprinkleeninow]

1. Oh my heart! Makes one sick to the depth of their being.

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[Rhiannon12866]

2. My grandmother moved to a retirement community in Black Mountain so I spent a lot of time there

And got to know so many of her friends as well. This is unbelievable to me, this is Western NC! And they freaked ot when they got a "dusting" of snow.

[littlemissmartypants]

3. I'm thankful that I didn't see any corpses. nt

[Rhiannon12866]

4. Good Grief! I can't help wondering how those at the retirement community are doing

Those who worked there were often too scared to drive there if there was a "dusting" of snow. And those who move there are also allowed to bring their pets. Plus, there's the "Noah's Oasis" program in the nursing home part where there are dogs on one hall and cats on the other - and patients are allowed to "rent" a pet bird for company which is fed and cage cleaned by employees. My grandmother named hers Amelia. Just hoping that everyone there is okay - including the pets.

[littlemissmartypants]

7. I have read reports that bodies are being fished out of

Rivers in reports from Tennessee. The communication is so fractured in WNC right now because not only is electricity out for over half a million people in NC last I checked but so many roads washed away that people are cut off from getting anywhere.

Also, many of the cellphone towers were either knocked down, in mudslides or damaged beyond the point of usefulness and they will all have to be replaced.

Usually temporary towers can be rolled into an area of need with their own power supply. That won't be happening there unless they are airlifted in and I'm sure food, water and medicine will be priorities instead.

Unfortunately, the NCDOT has issued a statement that "all roads in Western NC are to be considered closed." That’s until further notice.

I have friends that were OK Thursday night and I haven't been able to contact them or haven't heard from them since Thursday night. A couple were just so relaxed about everything then but then the rivers started to swell and I haven't heard a word.

I'm sick with worry.

I heard even some of the National Guard troops sent to help had to be rescued. It's bad Rhi. Really, really bad.





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[Rhiannon12866]

9. That's the reason that I posted this video, I've spent so much time there and found it hard to believe.

When I first read "Asheville" in the news, I figured there must be another city with that name since they're so far from the coast - and then I saw this video. Thanks so much for the update, horrible as it is. I have since lost my grandmother (at 98) and many of the friends I made there, her contemporaries, but I'm thinking of one of our younger friends tonight.

I got to know them back in the late '80s when my grandmother joined a peace group in Black Mountain which had a "sister town" in the USSR and she invited me to join them on their first visit. It was a remarkable group, experienced travelers and dedicated to peace - as were the peace groups we met with in the USSR since they'd suffered terribly during WWII fought on their own land. *sigh* Our group was all senior citizens except for one woman and me so I'm thinking of her in particular tonight.

[littlemissmartypants]

10. ❤️

[OrangeJoe]

5. Heartbreaking, but not surprising

Once again Mother Nature has let us know that she is pissed off and overburdened. Until we implement policies that voluntarily reduce the population on the planet to half of today's number we will continue to suffer huge (and growing) natural disasters. Building more housing for a growing population leads to more impermeable surfaces and greater runoff during storms. Rising temperatures due to excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere intensify hurricanes. We are speeding down a dark road with the headlights off. It ain't gonna be pretty when we finally reach the end.

[Rhiannon12866]

6. I've spent a lot of time in Black Mountain, NC - and it's in the far western part of the state, nearest Tennessee

So I was shocked that they sustained such damage/flooding. When I was there, they only got the occasional "dusting" of snow in the winter. And they weren't necessarily prepared for that.

Thanks for your analysis - and I agree.

[littlemissmartypants]

8. Here's an easy and important way to think about climate change...

I learned this from a lecture I attended a few years ago by a group of climate scientists from around the world. What one said stuck in my mind and I've thought about it many times.

It's that... places that are dry, will get drier and places that are wet, will get wetter.

That applies to anywhere. It doesn't matter where you are if either of those things are proximal you are going to be affected.

They painted a picture where the entire world population will be shifted as a result making most of us migrants even within our own countries.

We are just seeing the tip of iceberg now.

[Think. Again.]

12. Thank you for saying this...

The most basic cause of the ecological disruption we're just beginning to feel the brunt of, is overpopulation.

No one wants to speak of this, let alone discuss it, and the rightwing efforts to continually grow the population are going unchallenged.

We must stop having so many babies.

[Frasier Balzov]

11. All that rain hitting that sloped terrain.

Down into the valley it flows.

[KS Toronado]

13. I'm glad when we sold the farm which was prone to flood

and moved into town we found a place that was 28 feet higher in elevation than the farm.

[Deep State Witch]

14. Devastating

When hubs and I went to Asheville last year, we stayed at the Residences At Biltmore, just up from Biltmore Village. He went to church (and I tagged along) at that church that was in the first shot. I've been trying to locate places that we were, like the Residences and Little Pigs BBQ.

I have a lot of friends in that area. So far, they ones who have checked in are okay. One of them now has a canyon where her side yard was.

[Rhiannon12866]

15. Here's a first look at Biltmore Village - heartbreaking

09-29-2024 Asheville, NC - First Full Look at Devastation at Biltmore Village - Live Storms Media
https://democraticunderground.com/106912229