Tellico Plains Tornado Cleanup Needs Your Help
Tellico Plains was hit really hard by a tornado last Friday. It ripped through a gas station and destroyed a campground on the gorge side of town then roared uphill. Sixty-seven homes were badly damaged. The Atlanta Whitewater Club has coordinated with Mayor Patrick Hawkins to help with the cleanup this Saturday, March 10th. Meet at the Tellico Plains Community Center across from Hardees at 9:00 AM. The Rescue Squad will manage the operation and put everyone to work. It's a great way to help one of the small mountain communities paddlers depend on. Click through for a paddler contact and be there if you can.
Contact Ruthie Taylor at 404-519-5417 or by email: ruthie.taylor@gmail.com. Let her know you're coming if you can!
The forest service will still hold the river clean up scheduled for this weekend. They will schedule another cleanup later in the year for those who are in Tellico Plains that day.