First warrior, Rodger, anyone heard from him?

silvermouse

There is footage of a house being washed away in his township of Newland so, even though he is at a higher elevation, he likely without power. Just concerned for his well-being.

https://www.wcnc.com/article/weather/hurricane/helene/homes-float-away-collide-helene-flooding-north-carolina/275-22108eb8-2873-4c30-b3b1-e23e4407b5f6

ShawnOL

Damn! The power of nature can be pretty scary sometimes.

dirtdude

Rodger is probably building a house to replace the one washed away.

CharlieHeis

Been checking every day to see if he's been active. No power or cell service in his area.

ShawnOL

Rodger is a tough old bird. He'll make it through ok.

Guitarded

@First_Warrior
Roger, please check in.
Your botl are concerned.

First_Warrior

Well Im still alive but Helene was a ball busting brassplated BITC H. Lots of trees uprooted and mixed with broken powerpoles and lines. Roads are cut by landslides or if near a creek the roads are undermined. In the woods I saw four uprooted trees in a line the first one knocked out the next and so on and on 70 ft trees. We lucked out and although we lost the tops of big five trees nothing hit a building. No power for six days and using 5gal buckets filled at a stream to flush.
Had to grind some of Peter's famous beans in a motar and pestle, crank up a propane stove for water and hunt a cigar with a headlamp. The fairgrounds are being used as a staging area to send out rescuers. Lots of helos landing some bringing in bodies. Folks from all over the country are helping us out even though some are Yankees.
Will have plenty of firewood.
Thanks for the kind thoughts fellas.

Yakster

Glad to hear you're OK Rodger!

Rdp77

@First_Warrior said:
Well Im still alive but Helene was a ball busting brassplated BITC H. Lots of trees uprooted and mixed with broken powerpoles and lines. Roads are cut by landslides or if near a creek the roads are undermined. In the woods I saw four uprooted trees in a line the first one knocked out the next and so on and on 70 ft trees. We lucked out and although we lost the tops of big five trees nothing hit a building. No power for six days and using 5gal buckets filled at a stream to flush.
Had to grind some of Peter's famous beans in a motar and pestle, crank up a propane stove for water and hunt a cigar with a headlamp. The fairgrounds are being used as a staging area to send out rescuers. Lots of helos landing some bringing in bodies. Folks from all over the country are helping us out even though some are Yankees.
Will have plenty of firewood.
Thanks for the kind thoughts fellas.

Good to hear from you. We went through the same thing here a couple years ago. I figure a lesser man wouldn’t know how to handle such a thing. Glad you and yours are well.

genareddog

Let us know what we can do now and in the future.

TRayB

Thanks for letting us know you are ok, Rodger.

Usaf06

Happy to see you are good, Roger.

IndustMech

It's a relief to hear from you, Rodger.

OutdoorsSmoke_21191

Good to know old Mother Nature can’t take down a seasoned warrior. Glad all is well.

First_Warrior

Thanks for the kind words guys. Even with all the destruction the NC mountains are still a beautiful place to live.

Bob_Luken

Great to hear from you Rodger.

Maybe we should all start a ham radio club. Seems like this has happened before where we wanted to make contact with a fellow forum member and due to power outages we could not. I assume you can run Ham Radio on 12 volt power or a small generator.