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VolNExile said:
Amazingly (and no doubt temporarily) have cell and internet this afternoon.

House fine and most of neighborhood fine.

No power, no water, few gas stations open, hour and half long lines at handful of open grocery stores. Water could be out in areas for weeks.

I26 toward Greenville SC has reopened, pretty much only way out of town. We’re headed to G’ville tomorrow for several days to do laundry and restore sanity.

Thanks for the thoughts everyone. It’s been a weird 3-4 days
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I just hoped over to make sure you’re okay. I knew you lived in Asheville and was worried. Devastating pictures from there. 🧡
 
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joevol33 said:
It's bad from what the news is saying. We do have a woman on our county Facebook page claiming she's having reactions to the smoke, and suffering because of this. I'm not making fun of anyone, but I think she's thinking $$. Only problem, it's a good bit away from us, there's zero smoke anywhere here, smell, etc. She's posting asking if anyone else has been having reactions to it.
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My SIL lives next door in Covington. They were on top of this and had a good handle on it. But, it was still pretty dangerous for surrounding residents. Sprinkler head malfunctioned and sprayed water onto some H2O reactive chemicals causing that fire.
 
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They really thought the dam wouldn’t hold. It’s not just “hearing” things as was suggested earlier. The math and sensors were saying it couldn’t hold on. But she did. Built in 1912, she still held on, saving countless lives and properties from Greene County to Newport. At the peak of the floodwaters, she was taking on 1.2 million gallons per second (Niagara Falls peaks at 700 gallons per second for reference).

But she held on. If you’ve ever seen the dam in person the top picture is even more mind blowing than the comparison pic makes it seem. In regular situations, it’s an absolute massive drop.
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the pictures from Western North Carolina are unbelievable. Entire areas just wiped away. Seeing the remnants of the destruction throughout is just wild. But it warms my heart to see how the people of Appalachia are responding to help each other. I’ll always be a proud Southern Appalachia hillbilly, and while my heart breaks for everyone affected, I love seeing the bonds they have coming together to persevere.
 
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volfanbill said:
They really thought the dam wouldn’t hold. It’s not just “hearing” things as was suggested earlier.
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I know there were many other considerations, but I was listening to both emergency radio, reading comments on TVA site. They definate starting hearing pops and bangs in the dark and they deffinately DID think it was the dam failing and in immenent collapse. The numbers were of course why they were expecting it. MY guess the sounds were from the damage to flood gate or building. In any case, those numbers on the water vs niagra are amazing....I hope they can repair the dam and keep her working for another hundred years.
 
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volfanbill said:
You can see the yellow plastic coils that are stored in their yard a long ways down the road (the river at the time). Prayers for those that are lost. They could be anywhere.
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I dunno but if the reports of them not being allowed to leave are true. I wouldn't hold against a family member to get some Appalachian style justice.
 
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volfanbill said:
The worst part is dependent on what you read, the managers did leave and told the workers to stay
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I worked at a place years ago, right out of high school, up in Kentucky. We had a tornado warning, touched down a mile from us. There was an announcement for all management to come to the conference room(the tornado safety area). A few minutes later, ine of them came iut and started telling people what happened. They didn't want to stop production, so they only allowed management, and office people to take shelter. That boss, and about 25 employees walked out.
 
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volfanbill said:
The worst part is dependent on what you read, the managers did leave and told the workers to stay
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I worked at a place years ago, right out of high school, up in Kentucky. We had a tornado warning, touched down a mile from us. There was an announcement for all management to come to the conference room(the tornado safety area). A few minutes later, ine of them came iut and started telling people what happened. They didn't want to stop production, so they only allowed management, and office people to take shelter. That boss, and about 25 employees walked out.
 
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joevol33 said:
I worked at a place years ago, right out of high school, up in Kentucky. We had a tornado warning, touched down a mile from us. There was an announcement for all management to come to the conference room(the tornado safety area). A few minutes later, ine of them came iut and started telling people what happened. They didn't want to stop production, so they only allowed management, and office people to take shelter. That boss, and about 25 employees walked out.
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That’s horrible
 
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