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This sounds horrific!

Don't know which is worse - those floods or the fires here in California.

At least 10 people have died and 31 remain missing in severe flooding in Tennessee

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(CNN)At least 10 people, including two toddlers, have died during severe flooding in Tennessee on Saturday, Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis told CNN affiliate WSMV. As of Saturday night, 31 people are still missing, Davis told WSMV.

The bodies were recovered after catastrophic flash flooding near Waverly closed US-70, the city's main highway, and placed the community under a boil water advisory, according to the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA).

Waverly is located in Humphreys County about 60 miles west of Nashville. A reunification center was open Saturday night to assist people who are still searching for loved ones. Earlier in the evening, Humphreys County Emergency Management sent out an advisory saying, "PLEASE DO NOT TRAVEL INTO THE CITY OF WAVERLY."

TEMA has activated a level 3 state of emergency due to the devastating flooding, urging anyone in Middle Tennessee to avoid driving or crossing flooded roads and walkways. A flash flood emergency was declared for portions of west-central Tennessee after very heavy rain and thunderstorms continued to fall over the same locations since Friday night

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Latest estimate: 22 dead and dozens missing in Tennessee floods.

https://www.npr.org/2021/08/22/10301364 ... nty-mcewen

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I remember when Waverly blew up

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2 ... 340814002/

I also framed a McDonald's there.
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billy.pilgrim wrote:
Mon Aug 23, 2021 9:06 am
I remember when Waverly blew up

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2 ... 340814002/

I also framed a McDonald's there.
Yikes!

I sure don't remember that. But in '78 I had other things on my mind...

Were you doing construction?

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That was the summer of crazy commutes the summer before the explosion. The maniac I worked for took jobs up to 100 miles out from Lebanon - and did his best to keep drive times under 30 minutes. I left his employ strictly out of fear.
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billy.pilgrim wrote:
Tue Aug 24, 2021 8:29 am
That was the summer of crazy commutes the summer before the explosion. The maniac I worked for took jobs up to 100 miles out from Lebanon - and did his best to keep drive times under 30 minutes. I left his employ strictly out of fear.
I once quit a workover rig job for the same reason. It's one thing to accept the dangers of the oil patch, but I hated being terrified on the icy roads traveling to and from the site.
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Vrede too wrote:
Tue Aug 24, 2021 8:55 am
billy.pilgrim wrote:
Tue Aug 24, 2021 8:29 am
That was the summer of crazy commutes the summer before the explosion. The maniac I worked for took jobs up to 100 miles out from Lebanon - and did his best to keep drive times under 30 minutes. I left his employ strictly out of fear.
I once quit a workover rig job for the same reason. It's one thing to accept the dangers of the oil patch, but I hated being terrified on the icy roads traveling to and from the site.
Great employer for local jobs, but he took a lot of small corporate jobs. I didn't the ones in his car down the interstate at 120, but the Waverly and another in Dickson at 100 mph through Nashville
pointed me in a different direction.
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The scariest ride I ever had was during the Vietnam War.

I hitched a ride from Davis to Berkeley. The guy who picked me up was in a silver convertible Porche 911 with the top down. It was a warm summer night so I didn't mind. What did concern me was his 90+ speed all the way from Davis to Berkeley. The guy told me he was on leave from 'Nam. I think he said he was a sergeant in the Air Force. He was laughing maniacally throughout the 80 mile trip. Well, he did have to slow down a bit when he got into the Bay Area. I remember pressing my feet against the front of the leg space. I guess I was hoping that this would help slow the damn thing down. LOL. Made it there in one piece. We never had a any close calls, he was a good driver, but still...

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