GPS issues in southeastern US due to Defense Department 'tests'

FAA warns of ongoing GPS issues in southeastern US due to Defense Department 'tests'

By Donald Melanson posted Jan 20th 2011 2:53PM

Don't panic, but anyone planning on using GPS in the southeastern US for the next month or so will likely want to make sure they have a fallback option. That's according to a flight advisory just issued by the FAA, which warns pilots that their GPS signal "may be unreliable or unavailable" due to "GPS tests" that the Department of Defense will be conducting between January 20th and February 22nd. Details are fairly light beyond that, but the FAA does note that when the "tests" occur they will be active for 45 minutes, and be followed by 15 minutes of off time -- additional notices to pilots will apparently be issued at least 24 hours prior to any test. Of course, while this particular advisory is directed at pilots, it will presumably will also affect all other GPS devices, as the FAA doesn't mention any GPS issues specific to aviation. The real question, however, is just what those mysterious "GPS tests" are -- if they're, in fact, GPS tests at all...

[Thanks, Brady]

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Be Prepared for that Winter Roadside Emergency

Roadside Emergency, Be Prepared!

Assemble an emergency kit and keep it in your trunk.
Include the basics:

Cell phone and car charger
Fold-up shovel
Flashlight with extra batteries
First aid kit
Non-perishable food/water
Blanket or sleeping bag
Booster cables
Duct tape
Tow rope and bungee cord
Multipurpose tool
Emergency flares
Sand or kitty litter

Transylvania

The colonists who followed Daniel Boone through the Cumberland Gap in the 1770s called their coloney "Transylvania" (wich means "through the woods" and has nothing to do with vampires). After the start of the Revolutionary War, representatives went to the Continental Congress seeking recognition, but Virginia, who claimed most of that land, would hear nothing of it. Later, the area was rearranged into Kentucky and Tennessee.

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Michael Trinklein has written a book about: Lost States: Real Quests for American Statehood.

Found this at: http://blog.cartophilia.com/2008/11/lost-states.html

Costco Wholesale to get into the Chattanooga Market

Representatives from Costco Wholesale said they have been looking to get into the Chattanooga market for five to seven years and chose the Fort Oglethorpe location because of its proximity to Interstate 75.

The Costco club, scheduled to open on Cloud Springs Road in Catoosa County on Oct. xx, 2010.

Other than driving to the Westside of Nashville, you might find thiis location bit closer.  Now a Knoxville location would be really great.  It was said that Costco was looking at other locations in Georgia, Tennessee and Alabama, but could not comment on any other negotiations. 

Staff Photo by Tim Barber/Chattanooga Times Free Press

Ghost Stories, Myths, Tales, Hoaxes, Legends, or Fact

FolkLore: Fact or Fiction
 

Ghost Stories, Myths, Legends and Tales, Hoaxes or Fact of Cumberland County and Nearby Areas

Cumberland Mountains Ghost Lights:

There are many people who have reported to have seen them, a phenomenon that occurs in the Cumberland Mountains at night. These ghost lights are just outside of Crossville, generally follow the Obed River near Interstate 40.

Stories claim two robbers killed an old man at his house for his money and the house burnt down with all of them in it, along with the money.

As I heard it, some robbers hid out in the area with the money they stole. The three died and the money was never recovered!

Grassy Cove Night Moans:

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Grassy Cove is a community just SouthEast of Crossville in Cumberland County, TN, near the Roane County line.

A petrified body of a man was found in a cave, removed and relocated in the cemetery surrounding the church. At night, moans could be heard coming from the cave where the body was found and screams in front of the church.

They later remove the body from the grave and return it to the caves.

The Sounds Ended!

Black Mountain Satanic Worship:

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Years ago, it was a pretty much known fact that Black Mountain (Crab Orchard) was a place that Knoxville area Satanist used to go to perform ceremonies. One person reports the he has actually walked up on a ritual one time, beating drums and carcasses, fire pit and all! Another reports seeing some evidence of several dog carcasses around a now burned house on the road leading up to Black Mountain. Also reported, there was a wire noose inside the old house and blood on the floor of the house, and there were at least two dog skeletons outside. There have been numerous reports of folk music being heard up there at very late hours.

Another states that there is a body up there that has never been found and they helped hide the body, but would never reveal the exact location. The person was killed and burned up, and left under a log.

Also heard, that a witch lives up there and that her house burned down. It's said she still resides up there and if you go to a certain spot you will see her and be cursed. The curse was said that she will attempt to kill you before you get off the mountain!

You make the call ......

Bell Witch:

You'd have a difficult time finding a Middle Tennessee native who hasn't heard of the "Bell Witch". Located in rural Robertson County, TN.

See the movie, Summer 2006

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Watch for Falling Rocks

Though this is not on the Plateau proper. This happened at the Ocoee River Gorge along US Highway 64 in the scenic Cherokee National Forest of southeastern Tennessee. Here's what Watch for Falling Rocks means.

The same type of rock slides happened on the road between Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg. A mud and rock slide also happened in Fentress County on Highway 85

Also the Tail of the Dragon

 (Dragon's tail)  TDOT's Live Cam Rockslide Look

Rockslide Info

Chikamaka - Americanized Chickamauga

Chikamaka Chickamauga - Chikamaka Band People of the Mountain

Dragging Canoe, “Tsiyugunsini”, was the Leader. He formed a confederacy of various tribes and tories disgruntled with the settler’s attempts to take their lands. This confederacy consisted primarily of  Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Delaware, Mohawk, Shawnee, Catawba, their white allies the Tories (mainly Scottish and Irish), and several smaller tribes.

In 1794, an expedition led by Major Ore destroyed most of the Chikamaka towns and killed many of their inhabitants. The survivors fled to the hills and coves of the South Cumberland Plateau, which was to be their “final stronghold.”. They vowed to either be allowed to live there in peace or die. Their primary goal was to hold on to the land at all cost. This goal was accomplished with much personal loss.

The Traditional Homeland of the Chikamaka is in the area of Tennessee which is partitioned as the following counties Coffee, Franklin, Grundy, Marion, Sequatchie and Warren, but we have members who live throughout the state and in points beyond.



About the upper Cumberland Plateau

Known by a local name the Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee is an extension of the Allegheny Plateau. In the southern United States, where usage of Cumberland Plateau is the common term, usage of the term includes much of eastern Kentucky and western West Virginia in the United States, and also stretches in a band across Tennessee to include a small portion of northern Alabama.
Though the plateau is not composed of true mountains (although that is the local name for them), and nowhere is very high, it has some of the most rugged terrain in the eastern United States. Inhabitants of eastern Kentucky and western West Virginia mostly live in very narrow V-shaped valleys with little bottom land.*

Tennessee's Cumberland Plateau is 2,000 ft. avg. with a high point of 3,048 ft., that's one of the highest point between the Smokies and Rockies.

Tennessee's upper Cumberland Plateau is 80 miles West of the Great Smokey Mountains. Runs North-South between Knoxville and Nashville.

Employment

* Work in agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, or mining

* Work in farming, fishing, or forestry occupations

* Work in food preparation or serving-related occupations

* Work in healthcare practitioning or technical occupations

People & Culture

* Born in the Midwest

* Born in the Northeast

* Born in the West

* Divorced females

* Wealthy retirees

* Widowed females

Recreation

* Golf, whitewater, horseback riding, theater, hiking, boating, fishing



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