Hurricane Helene

[Woody B]

My Dad is still without power, but that's minor compared to what's happening just to the West.   Shelby NC (county seat, where I live) is a hot bed of activity.   They're the closest mostly back open area to the damage.   All of the hotels are full.  There's also a bunch of people coming here for gas, water, and other needed supplies.   

 

A friend of mine has a helicopter and has been flying supplies up to the mountains every day.   

 

One of the biggest problems is the amount of rain, combined with the terrain.   The mountains just funnel the water down into the valleys.   Why weren't people prepared?   A few reasons.   You can't prepare to be 10 feet under water.  Also, mountain people have never had to prepare for a hurricane. 

 

The government, nor anyone else has a magic wand to make this go away.    

 

[VolFan]

If anyone wants a good workout, come to TN or NC and help shovel mud. It’s way more exercise than shoveling opinions or typing on the internet. We will be finding deceased for weeks after this, probably in the lakes on the Catawba chain that a few of us fish.
As far as the airspace, it might shock you but you need to know where helicopters and planes are going t ok take off and land and refuel and what they’re doing to avoid accidents, confusion, and wasted resources. This is not Florida or New Orleans; the land is treacherous and what roads were there are significantly impassable the further off main roads you get (and even still on some main roads). Even helicopters can’t get into some of the narrower areas safely so it’s rescue squads going on foot through the mud in many places. Politics has absolutely no place in this. 

[Catt]

Speaking from experience the fastest responders are the private sector. Of those churches are the fastest with Independent Baptist the fastest of those. 

 

The biggest problems will be the fight with insurance companies. 4 yrs after Laura & many still haven paid for damages. 

 

Gas generators down here out preform solar hands down. Now we do live the the heart of oil & gas industry. 

 

[Glenn]

REMINDER!

Politics is absolutely forbidden on BassResource. 

Politics is absolutely forbidden on BassResource. 

Politics is absolutely forbidden on BassResource. 

 

Warnings have been sent, suspensions are next.  

[VolFan]

I will say on a lighter note that many of the people that live in some of these corners are like the 101rst in Bastogne. They don’t need rescuing and are taking care of each other.

[thediscochef]

9 hours ago, gimruis said:

 

Military is generally not responsible or deployed for weather-related issues.  They are responsible for defense.  The national guard in each state is, and that's already been done.

 

As I already stated, nothing goes fast.  It has to go through the normal line of Incident Command just like every other weather catastrophe.  It operates like a civilian branch of the military from the top down.  I work with Commission Core Health Responders who are activated for public health measures after events like this and none of them have been deployed yet because they haven't been ordered to.

My dad was a DMAT guy, you're speaking reality about this 100%

[FishTax]

Cool to see how far first responders are coming in from and how quickly. I've seen California firemen in pictures, with their equipment. I'm sure every department in the local region has sent folks and throughout NC where I live it's all hands on deck shipping supplies and teams to help. Many more are ready but can't deploy because there is no access. 

 

I agree with what @Catt said - the church response in NC has led the way. Every church is gathering supplies and volunteers and 'baptists on misson' is coordinating it so it's productive and organized. Our church sent 3 tractor trailers full of supplies Monday morning with more going out throughout the week, and are coordinating with 'baptists on mission' to get supplies to the region. They have one of the best response and distribution setups going, along with Samaritan's purse which is based in Boone, right in the heart of the damage. 

 

Also, glad to see 1000 active duty military finally deployed to help. The 82nd is only a few hours away at Fort Bragg and they are trained for things like this. I'm sure there are many guidelines to using military resources domestically (for good reason), but knowing they are there and not being utilized is frustrating. I know there is a massive federal and state response in addition to private, it just sucks that we know people are dying and can't be reached and no matter who does what it will never be enough. The terrain is so difficult it's just unimaginable how long this will take. Places like Swannanoa are just starting to have reports come out, and they are bad. 

 

I'm very thankful all of my staff have been accounted for and are healthy in SWVA. Many don't have power or water, but they are able to travel and gas and supplies are available in their local area so it is much better than many places west of them. 

[Catt]

The reason the private sector is faster at responding is most don't have to wait on some boards of directors approval or the DOD. 

 

This is the reason to support LOCAL businesses!

 

"Improvise, adapt, and overcome" 

 

Due to the terrain the Cajun Navy is coordinating teams with horses & pack mules. 

[kingmotorboat]

Guys I moved here from catts neck of the woods. And I’ll tell you, after all the things we’ve been through I’ve never seen anything like this here. It’s making Laura look like Mr Roger’s neighborhood just ten miles east of me. I hope everyone in East tn and western nc on here is safe. 

[herder]

Saw this picture this morning, wife asked me if I was ok,,,,,,,,

 

[Tennessee Boy]

5 hours ago, herder said:

Saw this picture this morning, wife asked me if I was ok,,,,,,,,

 

Touching photo but it looks to me like it was generated with AI.

[Koz]

14 hours ago, herder said:

Saw this picture this morning, wife asked me if I was ok,,,,,,,,

 

That’s an AI generated image.

[MN Fisher]

It's gonna get harder and harder to tell a real pic from a computer generated one...you thought all the Photoshopping was bad the last couple decades - AI imagery makes Photoshop look like a kid's crayon drawing.

[TnRiver46]

I read a sad tale today from Fairview, NC. 11 members of the same family were all killed by a mudslide. They all lived close by each other and their homes were completely smashed/buried without warning. One man interviewed said he lost his mother and father, aunt and uncle, great aunt and great uncle, cousin and second cousin . 🙏 

[bowhunter63]

Absolutely Horrible Prayers sent down 🙏