Flooding causes road closure and evacuations in Ringgold
Road ClosureThe audio discusses flooding in parts of Catoosa County, affecting a restaurant parking lot and some apartment buildings. Emergency services are helping with evacuations and a shelter has been opened.
Audio|Source: The Lookout Mountain Amateur Radio Community Repeater System
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Transcript:
that one because last night at 9.30 we still had some areas flooded over there. You don't live over there. We had to open a shelter at the west side voting center. Almost to the cemetery there on Lakeview Drive, some goofball decided to try to turn around in the middle of flood water and run off on those big deep pitches. And then a white pickup on a little utility trailer. Ha ha ha ha ha ha. this guy tried to turn around. I said, yeah, he was right in front of me. I know I had to cut up through one of those neighborhoods and come out in front of the middle school. closet tags like are we gonna open at eight or what you know I hadn't heard anything back Water is used to use now. It's got to find somewhere to go. Flood Warning. Katusa County, Georgia. Where you come out the back gate, there on beach road from townhawk, they were at least. I put a half water right there. Going back towards the back end of Wendy's, part of the Wendy's parking lot was flooded. Everything on radio. They got the last ones out of the apartment complex and North Georgia EMC was going to cut some of the power off and some of the buildings.
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Location mentioned:
Near Alabama Hwy, Ringgold, GA 30736
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