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11-14-2009, 12:08 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Aiken SC, pinin' for the hills of TN!
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Where did this one happen? I caught it on the tv news the other day, but the news people (here in SC, typically confused) at one point said it was on hwy 64 at a moment later said it was from the slide on I 40.
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11-14-2009, 02:13 PM
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Armchair Activist!
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Johnson City, TN (South Side)
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Not sure where that is, but it ain't I-40.
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11-14-2009, 08:34 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: East Tennessee
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I think it's Hwy 64
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11-15-2009, 06:47 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Tennessee
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They showed that several times on TV the other day. The cameraman is braver than I would be.
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11-15-2009, 05:32 PM
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CD News Reporter
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Join Date: Jan 2007
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More details of this news article.
TENNESSEE -- A highway in East tennessee remains closed Wednesday after a second rock slide Tuesday.
Large boulders cover both sides of U.S. Highway 64 in Polk County near the Ocoee River.
Crews were still clearing the highway Tuesday afternoon after an early morning rock slide. A geologist surveying damage from that first rock slide warned crews another one was coming.
Literally minutes later truck-sized boulders came crashing down the mountain along the same stretch of highway.
Caught on tape: Big rock slide blocks Tennessee road |
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11-20-2009, 07:53 AM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Largo, Fl, Sparta, TN
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Ok, I am really dumb. When I see signs warning of rock slides, I think of a few rocks not the side of a mountain. That is crazy. Thank goodness no one got hurt.
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11-22-2009, 10:15 AM
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Changing the world, one life at a time. HART
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: In the vet's office, spaying or neutering something!
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How cool! Great footage! And the comments following the video are priceless!!
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11-22-2009, 04:35 PM
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ELOHINO DOHIYI GESESTI
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Florida Space Coast
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That's why they have the industrial screen on the hills... and the Jersey barricades along the road way.. But in this case it did very little to slow the slide.. I would not travel I-40 after a quick thaw or weeks of rain if it was my choice I would find a alternate route... North or South if possible...
It's mother nature saying... wake up. I agree... with several others. Glad no one got hurt....
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News, Caught on Video: Rock Slide Covers Road in Tennessee.
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