Along the interstate on the way home

Disaster relief on the way

In Tennessee the clouds dipped into the mountains

VALDOSTA, GA - - After five months of good vacation weather, the bottom fell out on the way home.  Rain and low visibility were bad enough.  Hurricane Michael didn't cause any problems where we were staying, but left us wondering about which routes we should take on the way home to avoid problems.
     On the interstate we caught up to many vehicles obviously headed to aid in the recovery.  The truck with a "disaster relief" sign was a type we...and a lot of folks in Ormond Beach...are familiar with.  FEMA utilizes them for clearing tree debris.  The truck in front with the bucket is part of the deal.
     The clouds dropped into the mountain valleys in Tennessee we were rolling through.  A sort of comic relief for a while.
      In South Georgia, a convoy of four Pike Energy trucks (three bucket vehicles and one vehicle with parts)  headed off our route and onto one guaranteed  to drop them into the heavily hit Florida panhandle.  North Carolina's Pike energy is a leader in the Southeast in providing services in construction, repairing and engineering high transmission lines.