Thank you for letting fellow south africans know what is going on in their own country. Very littli info on main streem media.

@ChristoffSmit

9 ай бұрын

Exactly why I am documenting this. Thank you for the support 😁

I'm sorry for the loss of their home 🏡 😢help LORD BLESS THE FAMILIES 👪

Wow, I cannot believe that that is Franshoek, its a shock to the system! Thank you Christoff for your drone footage, it must have been frightening for those living there at the time of the 1. hectic winds, 2. the biblical rains, 3. the mud/landslides. Those centuries of vines, some unique to the area, countless barrels of wine vats ruined, complete farms and other sections that Franshoek is famous for wipe out completely. To those affected, may you keep safe and call out for help if you need volunteers to help with the clean up!

@ChristoffSmit

9 ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind words and the support. Hopefully every bit of awareness helps in whichever way it can.

Thanx Christoff for bringing us this footage! Excellently Documented!. My Heartfelt Empathy goes out to my fellow South Africans!❤

@ChristoffSmit

9 ай бұрын

Such a pleasure, I am glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for the support. It is really sad to see it in person. There's a very sad mood when walking around in these areas.

@labourlawact7826

9 ай бұрын

This is footage that was not shown on TV at all

Developments in flood plains should be stopped.

Now you know where to build massive storm drainage.

Very unfortunate for all affected by the flood damage. Fascinating to see this footage it looks like from the land surveyors / architects / builders / and homeowners very few saw they were building on old river beds, waterways.

Thank you so much for this!!! For those of us who aren't there but know our homeland areas, it means a lot to see. Thank you!

@ChristoffSmit

9 ай бұрын

Such a pleasure and thank you for the support.

Thanks for this coverage.

@ChristoffSmit

9 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for the support 😁

Very, very sad, but excellent footage and so glad someone actually shows us what is going on.

Developers elling houses on the flood plain....they are not cheap houses either....🤦🏻‍♀️

@RickPeake01

9 ай бұрын

What do they care.. they've already got the money... 😢

@kateseverein7650

9 ай бұрын

And Municipalities allowing it in the first place - greed?

@ChristoffSmit

9 ай бұрын

Excellent comment. Someone had to say it.

@wahwah7701

9 ай бұрын

@@RickPeake01 But what has happened will scare away investors. No one would want to invest in a place that suffers this much from floods.

@wahwah7701

9 ай бұрын

@@RickPeake01 But that doesn't take away that they lost billions of money and won't get refunded because house insurances don't cover natural disasters.

I feel for the people who were flooded out. But over the years the slow creep towards the central river beds of buildings. Until you have a 50, or 100 year storm. And then what! We have this also here in Worcester, and the surrounding areas. It is only a matter of time.

@ChristoffSmit

9 ай бұрын

That is very true... people don't consider these things when designing developments or when buying a house. And most of ours towns are over crowded.

@andrewchristopherharry4797

9 ай бұрын

I then seen a good chunk of our terra, and many people na-aap die ryk, seafront house is luxurious, 20 meter wave tells me I'm a sand man. I prefer deserts and high places...rivers are my feedgrounds, then I go away, die waters sal jou upin die nag, laat lekker slaap en dan is dit te laat, Die Hollanders het geboue op die waters wat dryf...hint hint hint

Baie goeie beeldmateriaal. Die krag van water is verbysterend!

@ChristoffSmit

9 ай бұрын

Baie dankie vir die ondersteuning, bly dit word geniet :-)

Nobody saw this coming. May you all be comforted homeowners in this time of loss. Be strong. This will pass too. Life is full of challenges.

@ChristoffSmit

9 ай бұрын

Very kind words.

Imagine how we're arrogant and proud of worldly riches and stuff. At wink of an eye, it comes to nought.

Thank you. Stunning and sad video. Our estate Le Petite Provence outside Franschoek also badly affected 💔

@ChristoffSmit

9 ай бұрын

I saw that when driving past, wanted to film it, but I was already out of drone batteries at that time. Good luck with the cleanup 😔

This is so painfull cry SouthSfrica cry Africa

Wow amazing footage and quite frighening

@ChristoffSmit

9 ай бұрын

Thank you for the support. Glad you enjoyed the footage. I literally had chills during filming.

And people think it took millions of years to create the grand canyon

@karamurray4044

9 ай бұрын

Powerful!

@jeromejooste3493

9 ай бұрын

​@@karamurray4044 When looking at the dongas at 04:01 and 04:25 I thought of the Channeled Scablands and how it took mere days for billions of tons of water to to carve out that spectacular landscape.

@ChristoffSmit

9 ай бұрын

Excellent comment!

@kalaharikreef7371

9 ай бұрын

It did.

Mooiste plek daai. Even when it is a bit slapped by mother nature. Hoop almal het hulle en lewendehawe mooi Beskerm

Anything on Franschhoek Estate on mountain slope under the pass? Excellent footage

@ChristoffSmit

9 ай бұрын

As far as I could see, there wasn't any damage, but with the strong winds, I ran out of drone batteries quite quickly, so couldn't go everywhere I wanted too. Thank you, I am glad you enjoyed it.

I echo like some of the comments, nice footage 👍

@ChristoffSmit

9 ай бұрын

Thank you for the support and glad you enjoyed it 😁 Every single viewer can say it, never gets old to hear that your content is appreciated.

No SABC day and night coverage or interviews of people affected?

@ChristoffSmit

9 ай бұрын

It doesn't seem like it. I was very tempted to interview a few people affected. The stories I heard whilst walking around were super scary.

@glywnniswells9480

9 ай бұрын

@@ChristoffSmit This is the most expensive natural diaaster i have ever seen. Just whats in some of those homes garages is worth millions. Franschoek,Paarl Stellenbosch,, Strand all flooded Ive heard Napier has extensive flooding too. Yet almost no decent media coverage on TV

@ChristoffSmit

9 ай бұрын

@@glywnniswells9480 I can't agree more. Very well said. I don't understand why they don't cover this on main stream media.

Sjoe, jammer vir almal.❤

Oh no.

super over view - thanks. had a school reunion there on Saturday - drove out over the pass a few hrs ahead of the storm. Hectic...

@ChristoffSmit

9 ай бұрын

Timing is everything hey... I wanted to visit Theewaterskloof dam, but the pass is completely closed off now. Thank you for the support 😁

I am so sorry. Wish i could turn back the clock.

Some good footage there bro. Thank you dankie. 👍

@ChristoffSmit

9 ай бұрын

Thank you very much, I appreciate the kind words and support. You have a very interesting channel yourself 🤩

😧O my aarde! Dit is verskriklik! Ai, ek is so jammer vir daai mense.😢

Hoe lyk dit by die monument en omgewing

@ChristoffSmit

9 ай бұрын

Die monument het geen skade gekry nie. Was self verbaas daaroor. Net oorkant die pad van die monument was daar wel skade aan geboue.

What about the townships in Cape Town? More damage?

@ChristoffSmit

9 ай бұрын

I am in the Boland/Winelands area, so I rarely visit Cape Town side. I have seen some footage of losses and damage there as well.

That time your home insurance does not include floods. That time your home insurance company classifies floods as "act of God" and excludes cover for incidents due to "act of God".

@rolotomasi5935

9 ай бұрын

Didn't know god was into Cloud seeding!

Unbelievable. Sorry to hear of all the destruction that came upon the people of this area. Now the Vredendal/Lutzville/ area are flooded for the 2nd time as the Clanwilliam dam is overflowing for the 2nd time this winter. (But it is Spring now.)

@ChristoffSmit

9 ай бұрын

It is absolutely crazy that we have to deal with this for the 2nd time within 3 months. Not ungrateful for the water, but wow 🤣 I didn't know Vredendal area is flooded again. Is it as bad again?

@susanm9545

9 ай бұрын

@@ChristoffSmit It looked like that from a few photos I've seen.

The build back slogan comes to my mind. We are really under attack... These events are not natural..." We will own nothing and be happy😢 "

Devastating😢

@ChristoffSmit

9 ай бұрын

It is 😔

🔱Marduk!🌊

Do not put your trust in princes, in mortal men, who cannot save. When their spirit departs, they return to the ground; on that very day their plans come to nothing. the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them-- the LORD, who remains faithful forever.  Psalm 146

@wahwah7701

9 ай бұрын

Power to those words. Facts

Skokkend .

Pretty hektic . The bible predicted all theses things , earthquakes faimines ,floods ,fires wars and they will increase before the csecond coming of Jesus Christ.he will make a new heavens and new earth . amazing footage thank you .

I have been waiting and wondering why my Cape Town friends were no longer posting or uploading Tik tok, Instagram videos about their lavish lifestyle, expensive houses, cars and wardrobes . Apparently nature always find ways to teach us how we should humble ourselves. 24/7 in public space.

😢❤ Voel onwerklik

@ChristoffSmit

9 ай бұрын

Dit doen. Dis n baie groot skok aan almal dink ek.

😢hectic

The car I bought for my son is in this video. It is written off.

@karamurray4044

9 ай бұрын

Which vehicle is it?

@henniederuyter6848

9 ай бұрын

@@karamurray4044 In 00:18. Ford Figo.

@ChristoffSmit

9 ай бұрын

That is so sad 😔 As long as he is okay. Which car is it in the video?

I think there is a pattern here first a flood in 2013 now one in 2023 do any of you guys see lets wait for 2033 and see whats happens

@aurieljordaan7433

9 ай бұрын

2 floods in 2023, June and September.

@MASK_753

9 ай бұрын

@@aurieljordaan7433 3 floods in 2033

Any poor neighborhoods effected ?

@suzanfischer3260

9 ай бұрын

In Franschhoek the poor are invisible as you can see.Maybe we were we all wash away😢😢

@ChristoffSmit

9 ай бұрын

As far as I could see, the lower income areas are situated at a little bit of a higher altitude that saved them. I wasn't able to go everywhere though, so might be wrong.

@ChristoffSmit

9 ай бұрын

@@suzanfischer3260 I hope you are joking 😳

From the scars on the mountain (4:49) it looks as if someone turned on a massive hosepipe and aimed it at the mountain. How can those 4 starting points be so localized so high up. This is in all probability a man made disaster. Check who didn't get flooded in Franschoek,

@vanessaG275

9 ай бұрын

Oh wow yes, finally a person who understands the evils of man. I said it was a man-made storm and people mocked me. America has weapons of mass destruction and I am not talking about bombs. Why did the sea turn black?

@askingoption4125

9 ай бұрын

Your reply is invisible. You are free to speak, but we won't let anyone see it.

@wahwah7701

9 ай бұрын

Are you nuts? So we have Avater water benders now in SA?

@hellomom4910

9 ай бұрын

@@vanessaG275 wahwah doesn't know why the sea turned black, but he mentions a fictitious creature an AWB that has been here since 1973

@wahwah7701

9 ай бұрын

@@hellomom4910 When and how did the sea turn black?

Musiek baie steurend

@ChristoffSmit

9 ай бұрын

😔

@BallieBoogs

9 ай бұрын

ek dink die musiek is stunning! @@ChristoffSmit

@ChristoffSmit

9 ай бұрын

@@BallieBoogs Dankie, ek het ook gedink dis goed gepas vir die hartseer. Maar ek verstaan almal se smaak verskil 😁

... en so vlieg drones net waar ons hul wil laat vlieg. Die jong influencers het nog baie om te leer.

@ChristoffSmit

9 ай бұрын

😔

Why the ominous music? Is that to scare people? We all know climate change is here and there is absolutely nothing we can do about it.

@ChristoffSmit

9 ай бұрын

No, not at all. I am only able to use certain music from the KZread library without having my video blocked for certain viewers and this was under the dramatic/sad list. Surely didn't want to use anything upbeat, that would just be disrespectful in my opinion.

@labourlawact7826

9 ай бұрын

@@ChristoffSmit 😁🙋🏼‍♂️👍🏻

Next a great earthquake...the ENTIRE Atlantic Seaboard into the sea !!!

@billodendaal9225

9 ай бұрын

Really! That's just sick, people are suffering great losses and you make a comment like this. Never mind the countless vineyards lost, how about all those that now no longer have jobs as the shop they once worked in has been wiped out. Just look at the Atlantic Seaboard for instant, you have a great earthquake, it won't just wipe out Camps Bay, also Cape Town and beyond, including a Nuclear power station which if goes the same way as Fugiyama Nuclear power station would probably wipe out a lot of South Africa, making towns unlivible and innocent people die of radiation.

smit just make the music a little louder to entice more viewers. this is serious business and you have no class

These people have no place in Africa, Jehovah is no longer bound by his words. Selah.

@michaelclatworthy8364

9 ай бұрын

And who are “these people” ??????? Explain your disgusting remark ......

@jacquelinew2931

9 ай бұрын

@@michaelclatworthy8364 Right away sir... righteousness. I am talking about anyone not of African descent who arrived on these lands either during or after colonization and slavery. Disgusting though you may think this but Africa is for Africans. Jehovah is here and setting it all right. There are those that find the very stink of these people on the land disgusting. Let's see who's right. Watch and see what Jehovah does no man can do it like him. Selah.

@Michelle-hj5eb

9 ай бұрын

Everything is going to 'pass away & go down'...more & more. The return of Jesus Christ is near. Make peace with one another. Do not hold onto material things & wealth. Everything is going to collapse. Put your hope and focus on The Lord. Every knee will bow to Him soon, very soon. ✨️

@michaelclatworthy8364

9 ай бұрын

@@jacquelinew2931 you members of the god squad really are vengeful, racist and hateful...all things that your “god” told you not to be. Wasn’t it written that you should love one another ? Missed the memo on that one obviously. Hope you are happy in your nasty little pious world

@wahwah7701

9 ай бұрын

God is reminding the white settlers that he is in charge of everything, they are just imposters, a bunch of wannabes.