By Bob Walsh
From
both hard news and anecdotal info on talk radio it seems that
Hurricane-Tropic Storm Helene has been very, very damaging to the
Georgia-Tennesee-W. Virginia-N. Carolina area.
I-40
is damaged and will be unpassable for some time. I-26 in the same area
is also shut down in places. There are a LOT of bridges damaged or
just plain gone. Power is going to be out over large areas for weeks.
Many railroad rights-of-way are badly damaged and impassable. FEMA is
thus far a no-show (allegedly).
Local
national guard operations are being very helpful. They are supplying,
among other things, helicopter transport for water and food going in and
evacuations of injured and hospital patients going out. Medical care
is spotty due to power availability and flooding. In some areas the
rivers are more than 15 feet above flood stage.
It is very, very bad and will continue to be so for many days, maybe many weeks, possibly months.
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