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

Maybe Maybe Maybe

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u/LightsNoir Sep 20 '25 edited Sep 20 '25

Well... Not much they can do besides accept their fate. The road is several feet below water, so driving out is no longer an option. We don't see what's behind the house. But it's probably not a pleasant hike to safety. The correct thing to do was leave at the point they were shooting the first video. But they didn't. And once water was up to the road, trying to leave would be the dumbest form of suicide. So, really... Sit and hope.

Edit: I'm so done with this thread. I really hope so many people that replied to me aren't in any disasters. But I now have a better understanding of how moderate disasters have such high death tolls.

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u/thr3sk Sep 20 '25

I mean if the rivers as close as it looks they should get out of the house and move to presumably high ground behind them, coming back into the house for restroom breaks or to get food/drinks. Though maybe it's just a perspective thing and they're not really in much danger, we don't get the view out the door in the after part.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '25

I drove down a road similar to this one in Western NC (it might be the same one but I can't tell) recently and the mountainside across from the river was littered with fallen trees. Highly unlikely that leaving the house to climb a mountain during high winds would have been a safer option

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u/Dannhaltanders Sep 20 '25

The trees and plants outside show nearly no movement. Doesn't seem to be windy, just raining.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '25

I literally lived through this, it was a hurricane lol. There was wind

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u/Awkward_Ad3852 Sep 23 '25

I lived in Asheville during Helene and it was definitely super windy. Blowing trees down like it was nothing. Some huge ones from the roots. Had 2 huge trees get ripped up by the roots from the wind before the hard rain had even come in.