"Many, looking at the alternatives, decided that they were more at risk trying to escape the storm on narrow, winding mountain roads or on rain-swept highways than hunkered down at home. Others said they could not afford to travel and pay for lodging elsewhere." www.nytimes.com/2024/10/03/u...
Most of the deaths from Hurricane Helene occurred far from Florida, where the storm first made landfall. Experts say alerts and evacuation orders need to target inland residents too.
Two routes between Tennessee and North Carolina has reopened. (These seem to be the only two routes open between the two states?) www.wate.com/news/smoky-m...
As interstate connections between Tennessee and North Carolina remain impassable due to flooding damage, a roadway through Great Smoky Mountain National Park will soon reopen and offer a route betw…
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Oh, man, my recently passed Dad was a Tractor Guy and he'd go around after ice storms and pull out the fallen trees that were blocking people's roads. Right there crying with you,.
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"North America cannot accommodate huge additional numbers—it is now quite fully occupied, with scarcely any virgin land or untapped resources awaiting settlers." -John Tanton in the Social Contract Press, which he started bridge.georgetown.edu/research/fac...
IMPACT: John Tanton (1934–2019) was an American ophthalmologist, environmentalist, eugenicist, and anti-immigration activist. He advocated population control, English-only policies, and immigration re...