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Tennessee

Go Vols

(5,902 posts) Mon Feb 16, 2015, 10:21 AM Feb 2015

Ice Storm Warning Central Tennessee

Last edited Tue Feb 17, 2015, 08:28 PM - Edit history (1)

Its 27 and raining here,freezing as soon as it hits.12 car wreck 8 miles from me has I-24 closed west bound.

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Ice Storm Warning Central Tennessee (Original Post) Go Vols Feb 2015 OP

Hope my grandangels are safe in Nashville. nt FLyellowdog Feb 2015 #1

Over a quarter inch of ice Go Vols Feb 2015 #2

State of emergency declared in Tenn. due to winter weather Go Vols Feb 2015 #3

Waiting on a pole :/ Go Vols Feb 2015 #4

FLyellowdog

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1. Hope my grandangels are safe in Nashville. nt

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Mon Feb 16, 2015, 10:31 AM

Feb 2015

Go Vols

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2. Over a quarter inch of ice

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Mon Feb 16, 2015, 11:09 AM

Feb 2015

on my deck now,TV says we could be without power for days.

:/

Go Vols

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3. State of emergency declared in Tenn. due to winter weather

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Tue Feb 17, 2015, 11:01 AM

Feb 2015

Last edited Tue Feb 17, 2015, 08:00 PM - Edit history (1)

http://www.wsmv.com/story/28123418/state-of-emergency-declared-in-tn-due-to-winter-weather

About half of my county has no power.

Edit:15+ hours with no power for quite a few here.
Electric company says now it may be back on by Friday or Saturday.

Go Vols

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4. Waiting on a pole :/

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Tue Feb 17, 2015, 08:09 PM

Feb 2015

Boynton Valley substation was a related crisis that DREMC had not expected. One of TVA’s 161-kV steel transmission poles crumpled under the weight of ice-coated lines and fell on the substation’s tap. DREMC was able to back-feed some of the area served by Boynton. In the meantime, TVA was sending a replacement pole from Muscle Shoals.

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