Hurricane Helene

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Originally Posted by A1971Blazer

We are fine here, the closest major damage was in Newport, about an hour and a half east of my location and Erwin TN about 3 hrs away.
East of there, in upper ET and over into NC is the worst of it. The mountains often protect us here, in the valley on this side, from bad weather events.
All the dams are spilling at record levels. Ft Loudon Dam, just 3 miles from me, is spilling half a million gallons per second on the Tennesse River system.

(I’m just south of Newport)
Yep, downtown Newport had water, but no buildings washed away.
Hartford (10 miles south on the Pigeon River) suffered major damage, and Del Rio (on the French Broad) had many buildings swept away by the water.
Asheville NC was stranded, with all roads in/out impassable, but now have limited accessibility.
Both I-40 and I-26 are shut down until further notice.
It’s going to a long while for things to get back to normal