Crap- rock slide closes I40 at NC/TN border

[amcjeepman]

again. months? to reopen.
http://www.wral.com/traffic/story/6278952/

 

[J.C.]

Looks like there was a Jeep there already crawling on the rocks

 

[upnover]

Bummer! That takes out m favorite way to Harlan!

 

[loganstoy]

this sucks i drive through there 4 days a week now have to go up 26 going to add 1 1/2 hour to me

 

[Reid]

this happened a long time ago too.

 

[burrellsjeep]

Any one want to go "help" them relocate them to where we can crawl them.

 

[RatLabGuy]

>>
Drivers said that some of the rocks were the size of a large garage.
>>

Daaaaa-um.


On a side note - when I was a kid, we were driving through there one afternoon and got hit by a falling rock. Sucker was prob 2' diamter. My dad saw it coming, tried to avoid it... but he was boxed in, truck on L, cars in front and behind. Suckered begged the front P-side tire/q-panel, hard.
That '80 Benz wagon took it like a champ but we were F-ed, stuck on the side of the road in nowhereland, luckily found a garage "only" 20 more miles down the road... "it's gonna take a week to get the parts for this thing"...

Dad had a fun time proving to the inurance company that the ROCK hit HIM, not the other way around, so the ywouldn't have to pay out on comp.

 

[McCracken]

this sucks i drive through there 4 days a week now have to go up 26 going to add 1 1/2 hour to me

where are you going? I know shortcuts.

 

[DieselWhale]

Any one want to go "help" them relocate them to where we can crawl them.

Yea we haul them to the farm for the next event

 

[96tacolx]

... "it's gonna take a week to get the parts for this thing"....

[Everett voice on] Well ain't this place a geographical oddity! Two weeks from everywhere! [/Everett voice off]

 

[GotWood]

(drunken voice on) who the fawk is everette?? (drunken voice off)

 

[96tacolx]

(drunken voice on) who the fawk is everette?? (drunken voice off)

Ever watch O Brother, Where Art Thou?

 

[GotWood]

yup, I get it now

 

[GubNi]

Wouldn't it be quicker to leave them there and build a new road around it? lol

 

[catfishblues]

Somebody needs to alert Doughboy. He can get them moved for you.

 

[rockcity]

Somebody needs to alert Doughboy. He can get them moved for you.

BTW, thats a LOOOOOOONG detour

 

[Macdaddy4738]

Somebody needs to alert Doughboy. He can get them moved for you.

He actually cant move them. He will ask every one else to move them though

 

[Banned User]

Somebody needs to alert Doughboy. He can get them moved for you.

Dang-it... im glad i read through before i made that comment, you stole it from my tongue

 

[sparkn89]

i know how to move them... one word BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[RatLabGuy]

i know how to move them... one word BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!

uuuuuuhhhhhh..... yeah.... and the road underneath them? We do kinda need that to stay put.

 

[sparkn89]

nah roads are overrated... its odd driving down there with no traffic, i drove down the old roads and came back up what part that is open down there and i had the whole thing to myself, kinda fun, but it still sucks.

 

[kaiser715]

Check this out...just had a slide on US 64. TV news was there filming the aftermath...and this happens.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8AkMoDa4dA

 

[larryray]

I GO FROM MYRTLE TO GATLINBURG WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE BEST WAY

 

[Your Hot Dog Guy!]

I live in winston-salem and we go to Tennesee several times a year. I've checked the milage and driving times many times. It's faster to go I-77 N. and I-81 S. than straight I-40 W. I have told several people this and they disagree and try it and they can't beleive it! They are shocked, it is 30 yo 45 minutes FASTER, NOT shorter but faster!.

 

[Your Hot Dog Guy!]

amcjeepman, I think you know what i'm talking about without saying, Been going 3 to 4 times a year for 14 years.