NCDOT says all roads in Western NC should be considered closed, even the big ones
The Herald (via Yahoo News) ^ | September 27, 2024 | Richard Stradling
Posted on 09/27/2024 6:08:58 PM PDT by Engraved-on-His-hands
If you’re thinking of traveling to or through Western North Carolina in the coming days, better think again.
The N.C. Department of Transportation said Friday that all roads in the region should be considered closed. Torrential rain from Hurricane Helene, now a tropical depression, flooded many roads and washed out others. Landslides and downed trees and wires were also blocking the way.
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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: North Carolina; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: flooding; hurricanehelene; nc
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A dam in eastern Tennessee in Cocke County has been breached. At least one dam in North Carolina (at Lake Lure) is in danger of collapse. Evacuations downstream from the dams are occurring in both states. I-40 connecting Tennessee and North Carolina has suffered a major collapse and is closed indefinitely.
To: Engraved-on-His-hands
If only we all drove EVs, none of this would have happened.
2 posted on 09/27/2024 6:10:00 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (May the soy boys, feminazis, and alphabet weirdos choke on the toxic fumes of our masculinity)
To: Engraved-on-His-hands
Update: Officials are now saying that the Lake Lure dam is no longer in danger of failing.
To: Engraved-on-His-hands
Devastating damage being reported from Chimney Rock, North Carolina.
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Meh. If we’d all gotten jabbed, there would be peace on earth and harmony in The Spheres.
5 posted on 09/27/2024 6:16:05 PM PDT by xoxox
To: xoxox
And reproducing unicorns.
6 posted on 09/27/2024 6:24:06 PM PDT by Labyrinthos
To: Engraved-on-His-hands; NautiNurse
PING? Helene is reaching far and wide!
7 posted on 09/27/2024 6:25:19 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
To: Engraved-on-His-hands
Especially I-40...
It’s closed at several places.
8 posted on 09/27/2024 6:26:49 PM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
To: Engraved-on-His-hands
I just drove from PA to Chapel Hill today. Rough ride through VA, but the rest was ok. Chapel Hill was a mess earlier today, I hear.
9 posted on 09/27/2024 6:26:58 PM PDT by Chengdu54 (This is a time for which the 2nd Amendment was intended. )
To: Engraved-on-His-hands
I-40 is a major trucking route.
10 posted on 09/27/2024 6:29:11 PM PDT by Aquamarine ( “Be excited about the future of our country. Be excited.” - Donald Trump)
To: Engraved-on-His-hands
My Mother In Law turns 90 next week. She lives in Asheville, NC. A huge oak tree fell on her house collapsing much of the roof.
No repair crews can get to her house.
11 posted on 09/27/2024 6:33:42 PM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn’t become your biography, what good is it?)
To: Engraved-on-His-hands
To: Diana in Wisconsin
Like so many other American females, she was stupendously fat.
13 posted on 09/27/2024 6:34:18 PM PDT by xoxox
To: Engraved-on-His-hands
To: gitmo
Fortunately, it’s your mother-in-law, so you don’t have to worry about it.
15 posted on 09/27/2024 6:34:51 PM PDT by xoxox
To: Aquamarine
I noticed it’s also clogged with commuters and big rv’s, having found myself on it for the first time in about 35 years last year. My memory of it is that it was mostly just trucks back then.
16 posted on 09/27/2024 6:36:12 PM PDT by xoxox
To: Engraved-on-His-hands
I have always enjoyed visiting that part of the county. Prayers offered for the good folks there.
To: Engraved-on-His-hands
Sounds like one stupid and fragile highway system built by the diversity crowd.
18 posted on 09/27/2024 6:37:16 PM PDT by CodeToad (Rule #1: The elites want you dead.)
To: Engraved-on-His-hands
19 posted on 09/27/2024 6:37:49 PM PDT by janetjanet998 (Legacy media including youtube are the enemy of the people and must die)
To: CodeToad
Drove some of I-40 a dozen years ago...actually much of it is an engineering marvel.
20 posted on 09/27/2024 6:41:29 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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