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It's unreal. My daughter is with her boyfriend, as he lives in West Asheville and power is back on. Sisters family and mother still without power or water. They were bringing in food by Helicopter to local residents yesterday. More footage... As a married guy I have been reading the menu and not buying for decades. Given my current proclivities for woodworking tools and stereo equipment, that also means no special cars for moi. Excellent explanation of the highway issues in NC from an actual engineer.

I have an old high school friend that lives just outside of Asheville. NC and she said that while her family is safe, the sheer level of devastation there can not possibly be overstated. She has lived there since e'98 and said that every flood that came before this one seems like a light rain shower now. Just unreal.

I agree and this applies to many who have lived long lives. Aside from those who have medical issues that were not expected or ran in families, these long lived people expended their energy to make good choices, do good things, and sow positive energy. There seem to be few exceptions to this. I'm laughing about your advice to RUN from the car. It looks damn good for its age. It's that GM's colonnades, W-body coupes (gullwing handle in the pillar all the way to this, the very last one), and even a W-body sedan is what I've driven and liked for years. They have fit like a glove. But, yes, even as a second car, it doesn't pencil. I can stay on the "diet," but still read the menu.

RIP

My daughter got accepted at Mcgill this semester. Health sciences. Either dentistry or ophthalmology. She hasnt decided yet. She has got another year to figure that out.

More... One minute mark, Johnson City Tenn. Around Asheville, Black mountain hit this hard also. I-26 Bridge destroyed

More from the air... 0:49 you can see flood waters were powerful enough to push full size trucks up over the railroad tracks....homes off of foundations....interview with local residents especially powerful. Thanks everyone for letting me post this stuff. I am still stunned and grieving.

Next video, go to the 14:40 mark. You can see flying over the disaster just how badly everything is effed up. It's unreal.

21 minute mark in that last video is Black Mountain, where my youngest child and my sisters family live. It's just destroyed.

Scroll ahead to 2:40 and they have maps of just how badly the NC highway network is destroyed... 7:40 shows one of the massive mudslides that completely shut down I-40 East of Asheville.