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["Wallace Coffey" <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "mjwestphal" <mjwestphal@xxxxxxxx>
To: <carolinabirds@xxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 3:35 PM
Subject: Stay away from Asheville


> This is in response to Amalie's question about birding in the Asheville
area
> this weekend in case others are interested in some nice fall birding.  It
is
> not a good idea because:
> A.  The Blue Ridge Parkway is closed from Spruce Pine to Linville and from
> Mount Mitchell to Craggy Gardens because the roads were washed out.  Going
> south it is also closed from the Arboretum to mile marker 443 (that's
quite a
> ways down the road) because of rock slides.
>
> B.  Asheville city water is contaminated because of the floods and is
unsafe
> for use of any kind and is expected to remain so for at least a couple of
> days.  UNCA is closed until Monday, so it must be serious.  I don't know
what
> the hotels and restaurants are going to do because you're not even
supposed to
> flush the toilets.
>
> C.  I-40 is partially blocked near mile 66 because of mud slides.
>
> D.  Some roads are currently flooded and impassible.
>
> All in all, I'd have to say that it's quite a mess.
>
> FYI for those locals who may think this is a good time to check out Hooper
> Lane for shorebirds, all access roads were flooded this morning.  You
might
> want to wait a bit on that.  If you are insistent you might try Fanning
Fields
> or Butler Bridge Road coming off of NC280 and get onto Jeffress Road
coming
> from that way, but I'm not sure that is accessible either.
>
> On the bright side, the weather is supposed to be very nice this weekend.
> Oh well!
> Marilyn
>
> Marilyn Westphal
> Environmental Quality Institute
> University of North Carolina-Asheville
> One University Heights
> Asheville, NC  28804
> 828/251-6823
> mjwestphal@xxxxxxxx
>


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