Shipping container seen floating through Asheville
2 TO 3 HOURS WHERE HERE IN OUR
AREA WE'VE REALLY BEEN FEELING
THE EFFECTS LEE WHEN THAT RAIN
FINALLY PUSHED. AND MEANWHILE,
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA HAS SEEN
SO MUCH RAIN. LET'S GO BACK
TO SEAN GALLAGHER WHO'S BEEN
THERE LIVE IN NASHVILLE FOR US
TO SHOW US ANOTHER FLOODED AREA
THERE BEHIND YOU, SEAN.
>> YEAH, GUYS, THIS HAS BEEN
ONE OF THE HARDEST HIT AREAS
RIGHT HERE. YOU CAN SEE THERE
ARE GIANT THINGS THAT ARE
FLOODING DOWN HERE IN BUILT
BILTMORE VILLAGE. WE HAVE SEEN
SO MANY LARGE OBJECTS THAT HAVE
JUST BEEN SWEPT AWAY. I'M
TALKING, YOU KNOW, GIANT
PROPANE TANKS. AND WE'VE SEEN
GARBAGE DUMPSTERS AND WHATEVER
THAT WAY, BUSH, IT'S A A VERY
LARGE TRAILER OF SOME SORT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, FOR THE MAJORITY
OF THE DAY, IT'S JUST BEEN NEWS
CREWS, FIRST RESPONDERS AND
POLICE. BUT WE'RE STARTING TO
GET A NUMBER OF PEOPLE OUT HERE
NOW THAT THERE'S NO RAIN TO
REALLY CHECK SOME THINGS OUT.
I JUST RAN SEAN AND KELCE WHO
ARE NEIGHBORS AND JOHN, WHAT
WHAT WHAT MADE YOU WANT TO COME
OUT AND SEE WHY WEREN'T
MAINTENANCE FOR A COUPLE OF
PROPERTIES AROUND HERE AND
>> THAT'S WHAT BROUGHT ME OUT
TO SEE IF I'M GOING TO BE ABLE
TO MAKE IT INTO WORK LATER
TODAY OR TOMORROW. AND JUST
TO SEE HOW I CAN ASSIST WITH
WHAT COMES UP AND AND KELCE FOR
YOU WHEN YOU GOT OUT HERE AND
YOU GOT EYES ON THIS, WHAT WENT
THROUGH YOUR HEAD? JUST
DEVASTATING OF. I MEAN, I'VE
SEEN IT FLOODED BEFORE, BUT
NOTHING LIKE THIS EVER I JUST
WONDER LIKE WHEN IT'S GOING
TO BE BACK TO NORMAL, REALLY?
THE JUST WENT THROUGH THE U.S.
THIS A GOT A CROSSING ABOUT
30 SECONDS AGO JUST SPOTTED
ON DOWN TO. HOW DOES THAT MAKE
YOU FEEL KNOWING, YOU KNOW, THE
NEIGHBORHOOD THAT YOU LIVE AND
THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS RIGHT
THROUGH HERE.
>> LIKE 4 DAYS A WEEK. AND IT'S
JUST DEVASTATING TO SEE IT BE
LIKE THIS FOR SURE.
>> YOU KNOW, I WASN'T EXPECTING
LIKE FLOODING, BUT NOTHING LIKE
THIS. AND SO JOHN JUMPER YOU
WHEN YOU SEE THIS, I MEAN,
SEEING HOW HIGH IT IS UP TO
ALMOST THE AWNINGS OF THAT
RESTAURANT DOWN THERE. I MEAN,
HOW DO YOU RECOVER FROM THIS?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S I GREW
UP IN A TIME WHERE IT WAS
COMMUNITY. SO I'M AND THE MORE
THAT ANYBODY CAN HELP THE
BETTER OFF. WE'LL BE.
>> YOU KNOW, JUST GOOD
NEIGHBORS, GOOD FRIENDS AND
JUST GOOD PEOPLE TO HELP
EVERYBODY RECOVER FROM THIS,
THAT THAT'S ALL YOU CAN HOPE
FOR. AND WHAT KIND OF I KNOW
YOU GUYS ARE A FEW MILES UP THE
ROAD, BUT HAVE YOU HAD ANY SORT
OF DESTRUCTION, FLOODING?
ANYTHING? A LOT OF TREES CAME
DOWN AND THE AND THE COMPLEX
WHERE I LIVE AND DRIVING UP A
NON HENDERSONVILLE ROAD WE WERE
WITH THE PEOPLE I WORK WITH.
WE'VE BEEN SENDING TEXT TALK
ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH
WHEN WE COME INTO WORK TOMORROW
OVER THE WEEKEND OR COME
MONDAY.
>> AND TRYING TO DEVISE A GAME
PLAN ON WHAT WE HAVE TO DEAL
WITH AT THAT LEVEL. AND KELSEY,
I KNOW SEAN MENTIONED, YOU
KNOW, THE RESILIENCY OF THIS
COMMUNITY. I MEAN, YOU HAVE
FAITH THAT THIS COMMUNITY IS
GOING TO BAND TOGETHER IN THIS
TOUGH TO I ABSOLUTELY
ASHEVILLE. I MEAN, I MEAN,
YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
>> LIKE I WAS A GOOD, A GOOD
TOWN AND EVERYBODY IS SEEING
THE DAMAGE. AND I FEEL LIKE
WE'RE GONNA WORK TOGETHER TO
GET IT BACK. RIGHT? FOR SURE.
THAT'S ONE THING. IT'S JUST A
MATTER OF TIME UNTIL THIS WATER
GOES DOWN. CAUSE.
I MEAN, AS FAR AS TREES GOES, I
THINK EVERYBODY WILL HELP CLEAN
ALL THAT UP, THAT THE WATER IS
JUST GOING TO MAKE ITS WAY
DOWN. IT'S VERY WELL. THANK YOU
GUYS FOR SHARING SOME TIME WITH
ME. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
AND I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, OF
ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT
HERE, EVERYBODY IS DEALING
WITH, YOU KNOW, THEIR OWN
ISSUES RIGHT NOW. BUT THERE ARE
SOME SMILES WHEN, YOU KNOW, YOU
GET THESE MOMENTS OF BREAK
WHERE YOU SEE THESE LARGE
OBJECTS GOING DOWN THE RIVER
OF IT'S IT'S A MOMENT TO, YOU
KNOW, REFLECT AND ACTUALLY, YOU
KNOW, TAKE THIS IN AS YOU KNOW
WHAT IT IS A VERY HISTORIC DAY
WITH.
>> YOU KNOW, THAT THEIR RECORD
LEVELS OF FLOODING HERE.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A VERY
BUSY MORNING AS WELL. WE'VE
BEEN OUT HERE ALL MORNING, BUT
SO THE FIRE CREWS AND POLICE
THAT ARE RESPONDING TO CALLS
OUT FIRE CREWS HERE IN JUST A
NASHVILLE SAY THEY'VE HAD 6
WATER RESCUES AND THEN THEY'VE
HAD REPORTS OF 11 DOWN TREES ON
HOMES AND 18 DOWN ON POWER
LINES. AND AGAIN, THAT'S JUST
ASHEVILLE. THAT'S NOT THE
ENTIRE AREA. AND THIS IS REALLY
A COUNTY, WESTERN NORTH
CAROLINA. PRETTY MUCH THE WHOLE
STATE THAT'S BEING AFFECTED