Roan Mountain State Park

Roan Mountain Backpacking | RootsRated

Roan Mountain Backpacking | RootsRated:

Whether they’ve donned the Flame Azalea red and rhododendron orange of spring, the 50 shades of green in summer, or their formal winter whites, the balds of the Roan mountain highlands are always impeccably dressed. However, getting a view of them wrapped in their technicolor coat in mid to late October is something every hiker should experience at least once in his/her lifetime.

A Bike Tour of Eastern Kentucky‘s Back Roads - The New York Times

A Bike Tour of Eastern Kentucky‘s Back Roads - The New York Times: ack on my bike, I headed through a route dotted with barns. Slender gaps in the boards of one older barn created a strobe effect as I rode past. Outside another, dozens of goats lounged in the shade, only to scatter as I approached, as had horses earlier in the trip.

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TVA: River Forecast Center

TVA: River Forecast Center: TVA’s River Forecast Center, located in Knoxville, Tenn., is staffed around the clock, 365 days a year. River schedulers continually monitor weather conditions and water quality data, as well as water availability and demand�— all with the goal of routing water through the river system to provide the most public value given changing weather conditions and water needs. Their duties include:
Issuing forecasts of reservoir levels and water releases at TVA dams.
Providing hourly generation schedules for TVA hydroelectric projects, eight projects operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on the Cumberland River system, and four reservoirs that make up Alcoa Power’s Tapoco project.
Providing special notifications to the public during flood events.
Evaluating cooling water needs for TVA coal-fired and nuclear plants.
Monitoring water quality conditions below TVA dams so that aeration equipment can be turned on when needed to maintain adequate dissolved-oxygen concentrations.
Serving as the main point of contact in the event of a river system emergency.

Confederate States Army - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Confederate States Army - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Confederate casualty figures also are incomplete and unreliable. The best estimates of the number of deaths of Confederate soldiers are about 94,000 killed or mortally wounded in battle, 164,000 deaths from disease and between 26,000 and 31,000 deaths in Union prison camps. One estimate of Confederate wounded, which is considered incomplete, is 194,026. These numbers do not include men who died from other causes such as accident, which would add several thousand to the death toll.[6]