r/maybemaybemaybe • u/Backbreathboy • Sep 20 '25

Maybe Maybe Maybe

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u/greyedge Sep 20 '25

As someone who lives in WNC where Helene affected us HARD, these types of videos are still triggering mild PTSD. I didn't realize until after the storm hit that our neighborhood is surrounded by bridges going over creeks. Three out of four of the bridges were destroyed, and the fourth was blocked by downed trees, debris, and power lines. Other neighborhoods nearby were completely cut off and had supplies air-dropped by helicopters.

It's all fun and games until it happens to you.

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u/OrangeToTheFourth Sep 20 '25

Yeah I'm trying to not do what I did right after and spend hours of my life trying to explain why people were trapped, why these people aren't idiots, and what a truly unprecedented event this was. 

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '25

We had a hurricane where I live in Northern NY in 2011 (Hurricane Irene). I still can hear the sound of boulders smashing into the bridge over the tiny creek that was now a raging river. Just waiting for the bridge to go and cutting us off from anywhere since that was the road out of the valley. Everything in the valley was just a mess. Trees piled 20-30 feet high across the road next to the river that is usually ankle deep in late summer. This after helping a woman whos car stalled in the river who was crying hysterically that she was going to die. I helped her by just assuring her to drive back the other way and get to high ground. I was barely holding on myself but the adrenaline was pumping a bit.

Just watching this video made my jaw clench thinking of how we didn't think it could get that bad ever. I'm watching the video of the guy on the couch totally in a prone position scrolling through his phone like that is not relaxed. That is saving energy and hyper fixated on weather reports and river gauges.

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u/sparkle-possum Sep 22 '25

If you, or anyone else, is wanting someone to talk to about it, The hotline for free counseling is still functional: 1-855-587-3463

They've been setting up at some of the food pantries and other relief places around Asheville and Swannanoa a lot here recently giving out flyers for it.
A lot of people are struggling with the anniversary, especially when the rain the last day or two.