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- the support to residents
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here that we can How does
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this flooding compared to
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what the Chattanooga area?
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Normally sees as far as
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flooding goes. well, this
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is Extreme. I mean this
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is the lowest line part
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of the county and it's a
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city that's known to have
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occasional flooding issues.
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But this appears to be the
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most flooding, we've had or
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the most rainfall in
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the short period of time.
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since 1973.
7 inches of
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rain between 5:00
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p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Uh, and
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so this was extreme uh,
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flooding. flash flooding and
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and you know we should be
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differentiated from
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flooding I think
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there are some frustration
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How did the interstate
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flood? is 1 of the
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questions that we've gotten
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in The bottom line is
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when you see this type of
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rain in such a short
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period of time, uh,
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anything can flood And I do
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want to pop up more
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of that video that we do
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have coming in out of
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that area. this 1 from Fox
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News itself but you can see
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just the high water there
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and sadly, we do know as
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I mentioned that there are
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fatalities what do we
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know about those who lost
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their lives And at this point
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is anyone still considered
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missing? Yeah, we actually
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do have 1. uh, person
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that is still missing. We
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do have the Chattanooga
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fire department that has
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been working
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around the clock. They
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actually did. see the
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gentleman, uh, get Swept
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Away by the waters last
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night. and they have been
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diligently trying to look
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for him. We have had uh,
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some deteence be due
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to the fact of the heavy
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storms that we continue
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to have today. And
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unfortunately we did have 3
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uh people that did lose
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their life. um From the
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storm damage. It wasn't
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from actually flooding but
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we had um a tree that was
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done. was Fallen due to the
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loose soil and actually a
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large tree came down on
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top of their car. Try
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driving down the road and
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unfortunately, all 3
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did not, uh, uh, did not.
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live unfortunately. due to
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the large amount of of the
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tree that that actually
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killed them. So it was
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unfortunate but you know, I
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will say this, you know we
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opened our emergency
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Operation Center yesterday
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afternoon knowing that These
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additional resources.
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additional resources, we're
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going to be needed. uh, to
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support our County and
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rightfully. So we are very
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blessed to have these
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resources available. and uh,
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you know, right now our top
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priority is just to
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make sure that we take
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care of our citizens. and
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get our County back. To a
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sense of normaly. And there
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are people who aren't
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necessarily familiar. there
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with Chattanooga Tennessee,
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and Hamilton. County. So
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can you kind of describe
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that area for folks who are
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out there watching and maybe
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aren't familiar? well, it's
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the best part of the
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world. uh, just to be fair
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with your listeners
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viewers. Um, we're on the
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Georgia border Midway point
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in a lot of ways between
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uh, Nashville, Tennessee and
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Atlanta, Georgia, uh creeks
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and rivers. the counties cut
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in half by the Tennessee
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River and mountains and
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ridges that make any type
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of emergency response.
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difficult. And uh, there's
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10 municipalities Chad new
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is the largest Eastridge is
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the second largest. and you
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saw again a and response to
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the southernmost part of
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our County last night
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taking care of Neighbors.
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Even volunteer agencies
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responding from the North
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End of the county with
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boats. and it was really
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well organized. State local
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all the way down again to
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volunteer agencies coming
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into heavily populated
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municipalities to help. And
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you kind of mentioned this
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at the start of this. But
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what is the water situation
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like right now? because,
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you know, we're looking at
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these images but essentially
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these are from uh, late
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yesterday as well as
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overnight. So what is the
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situation? on the ground
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there, right now? well,
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a lot of most of the water
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has receded as of last
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night, we were able to
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open the interstate back
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up. uh, within a probably
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about 10 p.m. we did have a
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lot of help with our local
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and state officials that
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were able to help. uh,
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remove at least over 60
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vehicles that were
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stranded on the interstate,
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so that we can get that
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main thoroughfare back up
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and running. So, I mean
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we've actually actually had
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uh, a lot of numerous 911
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calls that we were able to.
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eventually get them all
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answered. and um, you know
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it it takes a it takes a
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team to to make things
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run well and I, I do
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believe that we were able
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to accomplish what we
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needed. to accomplish last
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night. all right, Amy
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Maxwell there. and
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Weston wamp. Thank you so
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much for taking the time
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to join us here and
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kind of break down the
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latest situation there on
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the ground. our prayers, our
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thoughts, of course are
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with you and the community
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there. in Chattanooga and
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Hamilton County. Thank you
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again for
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