I bought a house in Asheville, then hurricane Helene happened... 

I'm beyond gutted for the people of that area. You are a humble and good person, and I wish y'all the best of luck recovering.

One of the reasons I have watched your videos over the years is because of your stoke and your kindness! This video is informative and comes across in the best possible way! Thanks for being the type of person your community needs!

Thank you all for being a beacon of light and showing everyone a fine example of the very best in humanity. it's a spiritual battle of light against darkness and even the light of a matchstick will dispel the darkness. All of you, matchsticks shining together are giving off the light of a beacon. Stay strong and share together, while healing hearts and lives. Much Love to you all.

You have me crying happy tears for you especially all the wonderful Godly neighbors you have helping one another continue prayers for all 🙏🙏♥️

First off, congrats on the new home...that is awesome...and great to see everyone coming together in the video for each other! I'm across the hill in Erwin, TN and we're seeing the same thing on this side. Stay safe and best of luck with the home repairs 🙏

As a resident of Lake Lure, thank you so much for bringing a load of supplies to our community!

I haven’t cried in 4 days and here I go crying again. 💔. Survivors guilt is normal. It’s ❤ wrenching. You are in Asheville and not Florida because God knew you and your gf are a needed light.

Welcome to Asheville ! Great job they need us right now. Thank you for all you and your girlfriend did for your community!! NC is a great place 🙂

Glad to help, dude! Chainsaw work is so satisfying! Asheville has got so much work to be done to recover, hopefully we can continue to raise money to help those who need it.

Thank you for making the video and in good timing. We are in the middle of cleaning up from hurricane Milton in the Tampa Bay Area. The video gave me a sense of things will slowly get back to normal here and gave me a minute to breathe to reset. Thank you.

Wow, you did an amazing job putting together a thoughtful informative video about this. Glad you are okay and have such a great Community around you.

First, I’m glad that you made it through unharmed. Helene was devastating but it’s an encouraging to see people come together and support each other.

Everything works out in the end and to see you paying it forward is inspiring to say the least. Thank you for sharing your experience with us all and may love and light follow you and all of those effected by this disaster

Yo so glad you were okay during all this. I live in East TN and we got a little but not like this… our hearts go out to everyone in WNC. Thank you for making this video. More coverage needs to be made so we can get more resources to your neck of the woods🤜🏼🤛🏼

I’m so happy that you and your family survived relatively unscathed! It’s so awesome and inspiring to see you be so willing and eager to help everyone around you! Keep up the great work of being an amazing human being! ❤

I just found your channel. So sorry you’re community is going through this.

Absolutely heartbroken for y'all - and all of western NC and surrounding areas. One of my favorite areas, and it's a lot to take in. Please keep your spirits up and let this community know what we can do to help beyond donations. And please update us on what's happening in town and with your house.

Great timelapse of the tree removal. Glad you're safe.

You absolutely deserve the Nobel Peace Prize for producing an outstanding video when your whole world was literately coming down around you. If there is one thing we all desperately need right now is faith in humanity. You delivered it in spades. I shared this and encourage all of you to make this video go viral. (standing ovation in my living room)

THAT is the BEST coverage of this that I've seen! GR8 work!

Amazing. Humans coming together during the worst division in history. It touches my heart to see all the people come together to help. GOD is alive and well in our hearts. Wish you the best my friend.

Always love to see you making the best out a bad situation, was sad to hear you didn't get to reveal the house the way you wanted but life happens sometimes and its awesome when you share these things

I am so sorry this happened to you but for someone who has never had to deal with this, you are doing great...so blessed ❤❤❤

I love how you shared your story!! And how as you got help it moved you guys to reach out and help others!!!

Thanks for sharing. Growing up and still living in an area that is never affected by hurricanes it is really hard to comprehend the scope of damage and the recovery process. Great to see how neighbors and communities can come together to help each other pull the pieces back together

Congrats on your new home! The damage doesn't seem so bad. I've seen worse happen right after a new home purchase. Hang in there, brother! Everything's gonna turn out OK! 👍

So sorry about your house but I’m glad you’re all ok and alive. I hope your house gets repaired soon

Survivors guilt is very real. I lost nothing but went through the same feelings.

What fabulous cooperation!

This was a very good video of one person’s story of the Helene Hurricane and the response in Western North Carolina. I live north of Charlotte and my son’s family is up in Boone. My son says they are all ok and trying to help others too.

Keep on being you. Thanks for sharing. Enjoy the ride

So touching, the human element of it all.

Blessings! Glad you’re ok!

Brand new home owner, doing phenomenal mate!!!

So glad youre safe and relatively unharmed! Such a bummer about your place. Its cool to see you and your community stepping up to help each other. I just ordered a Get Stoked sweatshirt. Hope it puts a few bucks in your pocket to help with things.

Thanks Alex, your story needs to be told. It gives perspective to just how devastating Helene was and how the community is actually keeping spirits high pulling together to make things work. The utility guys are incredible in power up so quickly for you. I do know that there is still so much remote and stranded pockets of people still without power, fresh water. You have a long term project ahead of you and the opportunity for the rebuilding of NC is going to be a task that young men like yourself are going to accomplish.. I've watched you since your Shela and BKXC Colorado days... Girlfriend and a house... well done. I know she's a special person taking on the responsibility to go an ferry supplied... BTW... you took this on with a POV that wasn't panicky. I say you've made some life changes that are good for your soul... Keep up the good work.

Good luck and preyers out to all that suffered loss and damage......I'm from new orleans area LA, and katrina was the worse but we go thru this very very often.....banding together as a community is key... As you know waiting assistance fema, etc, etc can be exhausting!!!!!! Preyers to all of you and god bless.... All will work out in time!!!!!!❤

Very sorry to see this brother very sorry.. we are in Asheville a lot throughout the year and very sad to see what’s going on. I was supposed to be coming down again in December for my birthday and bringing my bike.. but congrats on the new house. I really hope everything works out for you. Godspeed.

You have a good heart, important to see what is going on, so yes your video helps

I’m happy you’re ok buddy. I’m in Augusta Ga, we also got hit really hard. I’ve seen things the past 2 weeks that I never thought I’d see…Hurricanes NEVER make it this far inland. Destruction everywhere you look…houses destroyed, people killed, cars smashed, the list goes on. We’ll all get through it, going to be tough. Good luck with everything.

To protect what is left try to get some tarfs and cover where your roof was damaged to prevent the water to get into your house thats what the people were I live did after hurricane Maria, amd clean around the house to inspect what other damage you could have. Good luck, praying for a good recovery. While help arrives.

Wow, the critique is you’re doing great!

Glad to see you are ok and were able to come together with your neighbors to make a difference and help others. Always wonderful to see how we can come together in an emergency and make a difference. My grandfather lives not far from Ashville in SC and while he got away without any damage it was still a mess. My twin brother went to help him and they said the biggest issue at first was as you said living in a bubble. He didn't know what was going on around him until he either went and saw for himself or talked to people that had. It made such a difference that my grandfather who is 82, has decided to sell and move into town where it is easier.

I'm glad you made the video and it fully came across as honest and authentic. That's the thing, everyone does what they can to help with the skills they have. If it's bringing over a chainsaw, bringing water, patching a roof, driving a trailer, using their RU-vid platform to communicate the challenges...that's what matters. Good luck!

Nice Community dude. You found home. Get’r fixed.

More of this mate! Share the community and your journey through this clean up and restoration👊 Get some training from perkins builder brothers💪

8:00 Nooo, I loved Rocky’s Hot Chicken Shop. This makes me so sad because I loved this area of NC. We went up here like 6 times a year usually and I enjoyed riding Kanuga.

Glad you are ok and you have a great group of friends around you. Also, hit the Perkin Brothers up to help get a tarp on the roof.

You should be able to dump some of the water from the bucket directly in the bowl of the toilet to flush it…much easier than filling the back tank of the toilet.m

You live in agreat state with very loving and caring people, work with them and keep doing what you are doing and you will live a great life, God Bless and stay safe, and don't break your collar bone again ! HA I follow Seth on youtube! seen you crash, could beleive you went up that ladder!

Moved here from Florida too, 28 years there through many stronger hurricanes but never saw damage anywhere near the level here. Got to know the neighbors really well and planning on keeping some community dinners going periodically even as things get back to normal so that’s been the silver lining. Hope you can get everything fixed up soon!

crafted workshop father and son for the win 👌🏼

Bill is a Godsend !!...May God bless you all...🙏💜😂

I feel ya buddy. Im in Spruce Pine. Its a hot mess up around these parts. Wont be back to normal for a long time.

Shit man sorry to see that, I also live in WNC and we had 4 trees fall on our house . It is so demoralizing to have this happen, when it happen to my house I was in such a bad place in my mind, but our community came together and help us out with getting the trees off the house and cleaned up. Hope your community/neighbors are coming together to help you out. One thing I have learned and truly love about this area people are so giving of their time and possessions to help their fellow neighbor and community.

ah that sucks! buying a house, then having it destroyed, my parents house was like this too, was 4 years old, and then a lightning hit it, the house is still there of course but a lot was destroyed. all the electrics where shot, the main beam of the roof caught fire, but thankfully not quickly enough, so it could be saved.

Don't stop believing! things will get better..

Sorry, brother. Roof damage is no joke and can destroy a home really quick

Did you have blue tarp! Florida is riddled with blue tarp after hurricanes! But, we never think Mountains and Hurricane! I'm form florda too moved to virginia and learning sooooo much!!! It's so different but survival after no electricity water and internet is the same! GOD bless the man who knows roofing! Amazing how it can all come together!!! Wonderful!!! TARP, Water, Refrig., neighbors and a source of food needs! Beautiful! Little by little everyone together and it will come together. Having order is Awesome! Anyone think of saving wood for winter outages?! IT could be a good plan! Cut them up and let dry (cover). Winter storms and ice storms can cause a great need for wood!

Maybe you could take some of them logs and make you a bridge so that people can get across

One thing about us outdoors people…we know how to survive dry camping

Helping is a privilege we earn, by adequately helping ourselves ... first. ( survival is Job One )

terrifying, so sorry man.

Happy you are safe!

Be strong my friend!

Welcome to home ownership!!

Don't think about it too hard you cant control the weather or the situation you are in, but you can and looks like you have been helping make other peoples live a little better and thats all you can do. Much love, its awesome to see people looking out for each other!

Is the dog spayed or neutered? Potty trained? Any idea how old? I may be able to give it a home in a couple of weeks. Ive subscribed, so Ill keep up with you ❤❤❤

I know you were conserving water but you can slowly pour the bucket directly into the toilet tank.

This is so gut wrenching and heart breaking for you and, for the folks of WNC. I’ve spent my entire life in NGA and have grown up playing in NC. So sad for peoples lives, businesses, and the lives lost. 🙏🏽. Stay positive.

pro tip- top all the trees that could fall on the house save thousands long term

Hit the thumbs up 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Thank God for home insurance.

Glad you all were ok! What a devastating storm. I am in Central FL and feel so bad for all the people that have been impacted by Helene up there in NC and TN. Totally unthinkable to have to prepare to deal with what the region was dealt. Great job taking care of your family, neighbors and home so quickly. Stay positive bro!

More power to you. I like that you’re taking things into your own hands and helping yourself. There are so many people in a bad way and if you wait for help it’s going to be so much worse 🙏👍🏻

...When you know you've put down roots in the right place! I'm still waiting for running water, but thankful for everything I have. So many people lost everything.

Went through similar in flood 2021 germany. Lost everything and three friends but my health and job. I still consider myself lucky and fortunate compared to others that took a huge hit to their body. Which makes grieving about what happened a very wired mixture of emotions. All I can say is that I appreciate every day despite being technically homeless and am very grateful for so many friends and family members that gave me a place to stay and did pry deeper to give emotions the very room they need to dissipate.

For a new home owner, you have jumped right into it and are doing all the correct “mitigation things”. And it’s wonderful to have such great neighbors - with skills and tools! Time to get a chainsaw too!

Was just going to ask if you had a drone

4:17 lovely dog

Glad you are okay. Congrats on the new house. Time heals all.

Congrats on the house, thank you for sharing this video, thank you for helping those in need. Good luck to you and your neighbors, from Salida, CO.

Really funny, looked at a house in that very neighborhood. Not that house tho. ended up passing. Great neighborhood, but heavily forested.

Focus on taking care of your community and home man but if you have time to make a video or two about it during the process, you know we will watch cause any video you do even if it isn't about mountain biking is always amazing/inspiring! Stay safe and glad everyone is okay!

Dude I hate tall ladders and steep roofs too. That said, I appreciate your sharing this video. Prayers for all those affected by Helene and the folks helping folks. That's the best. You can stay on our place outside Durango any time.

Great Job, Hope you have a happy life with many kids. Good Luck. Georgia Mad Mike,.. (Sure Hope Kamala dont hit in Nov)

Good luck 👍 Sorry this happened to you and the whole region.

Weather warfare is no joke. To find out if your area is a target look on local gov't websites for titles such as Vision 2040, Vision 2030, any type of "sustainable goal" plan or "smart city" plan.

Lucky

damn dude so sorry to hear!

The devistation there is unreal, I have close friends that live there and it’s been nothing short of shocking. In a crazy turn of events, hurricane Milton just dropped a huge oak on part of my house and totaled one of my cars, missing my bedroom where I was sleeping by about 5 feet. I hope the community there that is so beautiful recovers quickly and fully.

Happy to see you and yours are okay. I’m in Candler and love watching your rides. Sorry about your house but every day is getting better. Feel free to message me if you need any help or need anything.

So sorry to hear this Mr sampler.. hope all works out well in the end. Great to see people pulling together.. Ps.. does the sampler have a girlfriend now? 😀

you should adopt the dog

Awesome and congrats on the home, sorry about what happened, glad to see youve got a positive attitude and are doing what you can. Hope you enjoy knoxville while your out there, windrock, bakers creek, get ya out and on some bike therapy. Maybe host some fan rides and gather more money to help some of the relief efforts, you and or Seth... people would love to go ride with you guys.

alex has a house and a girlfriend OMG! ALSO im sorry brother about the hurricane

I am so happy that your house made it through the storm. Yes, some damage but it could have been worse especially when you see the destruction around the area. Always have blue tarps, straps & bungees, lot's of water jugs, nails, hammer, saw, trimmer and plenty of batteries & gas to power your tools. Hey---you need to put up a video on your foster. She's gorgeous!!! Glad you and your girlfriend are okay. That was a close one!!

Welcome to nc bro. Sorry about your home. But I’m glad you’re ok and safe. I live in Greensboro

Wind damage, hurricane

Omg! The irony! You lived in Florida with no issue then moved to North Carolina and got hit!