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Daily Archives: September 30, 2024

Resolve to Write 2024 #274

It’s raining again.A week ago, we’d have been jumping for joy. Today, we quiver and pray.I see that TVA has declared the Nolichucky River flood a “one in 5,000 years flood event”. And I guess that’s good.I don’t know how people can sit on Facebook day in and day out, looking at all the trauma that unfolds across the world. I have been inundated with information for three days straight now and it’s proving to take a toll on my mental well being (some probably question how well it was to start with).Wednesday was downpour day for us in Sevierville. I had a bit of excitement getting through Frog Alley, but that was the extent of it. Thursday was more rain, but nothing unusual, really. Perhaps for the time of year. And all these warnings coming out about not traveling Friday unless it was critical. Schools were closed. We scoffed. All for some rain.And “some rain” is all Sevierville and my neck of the woods got.But just two counties away, upstateā€¦.Unicoi.Greene.And our neighbors In Cocke County, with little warning after Hartford Dam failed and downtown filled with water. Scary situation to see inmates being marched through downtown clutching their bedding.One of my board members lives in Cosby. He’s at a bit of a loss. Cosby ain’t got squat to speak of…