Wonder if Helene will affect Vol attendance?

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My niece lives in Asheville. She had planned to go to UT/Fla game. No way she can do that now.
im wondering how many other Vol fans won’t come from Western North Carolina and also from storm affected areas in Georgia and Florida.
 
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It's going to affect more than just those in western NC. I'm in Charlotte and we didn't get anything like what the western part of the state did, but with both I-40 and I-26 out of commission for the foreseeable future, getting to Knoxville from anywhere in North Carolina gets much more difficult.
 
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Vfl2407 said:
My niece lives in Asheville. She had planned to go to UT/Fla game. No way she can do that now.
im wondering how many other Vol fans won’t come from Western North Carolina and also from storm affected areas in Georgia and Florida.
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Never thought of that. I’m selling one of my Bama tickets and will donate a portion of my profit to Red Cross. Sad story and I feel bad
for those folks.

I lost a customer in the tornado that hit Maury county TN.
 
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white65 said:
Ticket prices are crazy high. I think if an additional 10,000 tickets came on the market at a reasonable price they would be taken in no time.
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I’m selling a single for Bama and Bama fans agreeing to pay over $700 plus . Insane! I won’t sell to them b/c I prefer sitting w a fellow Vol and support our team. I assume folks will sit elsewhere since it’s only one ticket.

Tix are going for $800 plus fees on seat geek, Ticketmaster and stub hub. And it will only climb when we win Sat nt.
 
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I am from Johnson City and currently live in Boone, NC. Every route over the mountains along the Blue Ridge between Tennessee and North Carolina is impassable. All the major roads have either been washed out or have had bridges collapse. I'm afraid they won't be open to regular travel for quite some time.
 
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dobre_shunka said:
It's going to affect more than just those in western NC. I'm in Charlotte and we didn't get anything like what the western part of the state did, but with both I-40 and I-26 out of commission for the foreseeable future, getting to Knoxville from anywhere in North Carolina gets much more difficult.
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I live in Mooresville, according to waze going 77 to 81 will add 45 minutes to my commute for the rest of the games….I will find out Thursday when my boy comes home for fall break.
 
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vol94 said:
Never thought of that. I’m selling one of my Bama tickets and will donate a portion of my profit to Red Cross. Sad story and I feel
For those folks.
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Would be great if the secondary market for ticket exchanges (for sellers in the damaged areas unable to attend games) would waive their fees or donate their fees to local charities to help with the devastation .
 
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Dadof2Vols said:
I live in Mooresville, according to waze going 77 to 81 will add 45 minutes to my commute for the rest of the games….I will find out Thursday when my boy comes home for fall break.
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Yeah. I've been ploting routes for the Florida weekend and figured 77 to 81 is probably the best option at this time with being just over 5 hours for me.

Another way the NCDOT website shows as open is US25 from Weaverville to Hurricane NC and from there you can pickup 208 which goes to I-81 near Greenville TN. That route is a lot winding mountain roads and may not be worth it but apparently it is open. But I'm inclined to just avoid getting anywhere near Asheville to stay out of the way of the recovery efforts
 
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vol94 said:
Never thought of that. I’m selling one of my Bama tickets and will donate a portion of my profit to Red Cross. Sad story and I feel
For those folks.
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I know there are often a number of scandals involving charities, whether it be the salaries the execs are paid, or the places where the aid actually goes.

Anyone looking for a good use of donated funds can look into the UMCOR United States Disaster Response or the UMVIM (Volunteers in Mission.) I am not a member of the United Methodist Church, but they do relief work exceptionally well. I have worked on Hurricane relief efforts in Pass Christian MS after Katrina, in Haiti after the earthquake, in coastal NC after storms and in southern Appalachia with UMVIM.

The Methodist church has funded relief efforts through their church apportionments, so my understanding is every dollar raised by UMCOR relief goes to relief efforts. UMVIM does an excellent job of putting up volunteers through old church/boy scout camps and working on home repairs and rebuilds.

UMCOR "cleaning buckets" are hugely helpful to communities right off the bat. To donate to UMCOR, check this site.

"Baptists on Mission" in NC is already set up, providing feeing units. Click here. These men and women do good work, too, and will have a network of partner churches ready to host work teams when the roads are open.

Keep the most vulnerable in mind. Women's shelters and Pregnancy Resource centers will need clothes, FORMULA! and diapers. Here, cash is king.

These are just a few ideas. I can come up with more if you are interested. I can especially come up with more once phone lines are up and roads are open through WNC.

The amount of destruction in Western NC right now is unimaginable. I don't recognize images of roads I have driven on and towns I have driven through for the last 25 years.

Do what you can. Please.
 
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From Greenville SC to Knox is impossible right now - always a big crowd on I-40 on Gameday coming over - that’s not happening now ….
But more importantly, there’s a large contingent of Vols in WNC that won’t be exactly prioritizing a football game at the moment….
 
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How about 441 from Clayton/Dillard area into Tennessee? Anybody know about major issues with that route?
We will (or were supposed to be, at least) in Beech Mtn the weekend of the UTEP game. Our son has been repeatedly asking to go and I was working on tix. But if it’s impossible to get into TN from Beech, we may try another weekend and go 441 if possible
 
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