64 dead. There are people missing (click here). Someone better be checking dams.
Tennessee River (click here)
(Click here) The people don’t need confidence, they need vigilance. Those dams are under stress. The land has given way with collapsed roads and quite possibly land and rock slides. That kind of sediment deposited changes the capacity before the banks are under stress.
Isolated folks are going to need food and medicine drops.
What is the temperature like in the Smokies? People will need clothes and blankets and heaters of some sort. Temperatures may be different at elevation.
Looks like temperatures are steady in the sixties but there is more rain coming.
WATCH THOSE DAMS. Thank you.
The Army Corp can advise, but, speaking in generalities it has been a hot dry summer. The land has experienced some drought. Droughted land is less stable when exposed to huge storms like this. I-40 is not an isolated incident. Vermont and California has experienced major road collapse. The land is different because the climate is different.
