Yesterday morning when I arrived at the truck stop there was no power and it was still windy and raining. I went to sleep. When I woke up yesterday afternoon the rain and wind had stopped and it was sunny. The power had been restored. There was a line of cars over a mile long waiting to get gas. I learned that I-40 in North Carolina, south of the Tennessee state line, in "the gorge" was gone. It was washed away. Same thing for I-26 in Ashville. Both will be closed indefinitely. I'm so glad I got through there before any of that happened. Part of those areas was shown in the video from yesterday.
I-40 when I went through...
I-40 after I went through...
My 10 hours were up at about 7:10 PM EDT. and I left. I had no problems at all driving. The downed trees had been cleared from the travel lanes of the Interstate. I could see that the power was still out in most places along the way. I drove to the Daily terminal in Jacksonville and got there just before 2 AM. I'll be there for the weekend. We have power in Jacksonville and no storm damage here, other than the usual tree droppings.
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