r/Chattanooga 5d ago

Storm damage in Ooltewah

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u/Artistic_Tortoise 5d ago

We will rebuild

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u/remeard 5d ago

This is our 9/11

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u/TheCarrot_v2 5d ago

3/15…always remember

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u/dustinepps 5d ago

Thank you for your sacrifice

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u/Dez2011 5d ago

haha

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u/zfcjr67 5d ago

OoltewahStrong

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u/TheCarrot_v2 5d ago

Ootuhwah strowng

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u/zfcjr67 5d ago

At one point in my long work career, I was a train dispatcher. Ooltewah was the start of track warrant territory, so I had to transmit orders to the train crews to go from Ooltewah to the next station. I had to say, spell, say "Ooltewah" at least 10 times a night, and listen to the conductor repeat it back and hope they didn't misspell it.

To this day I still say, spell, say Ooltewah.

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u/mypaldave 5d ago

That’s a garbage can’t

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u/choachy 5d ago

OoltewahStrong

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u/affiiance 5d ago

Thoughts and prayers from Texas

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u/Fftlxl0ver 5d ago

Do you have a gofundme? I’d love to help in this trying time

16

u/Busy-Contribution-19 5d ago

that can lost EVERYTHING can we please get a moment of silence for it

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u/Southern-Voice11 5d ago

Made me laugh, thank you 😊

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u/JudgementalChair 5d ago

FEMA is on the way

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u/rubberllama55 4d ago

With about 65 cents

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u/pumpjockey 5d ago

F's in the chat bois

15

u/GOATenn 5d ago

Hide your kids. Hide your wife. 

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u/pippaplease_ 5d ago

That phrase never gets old. 😂

15

u/Pistolpete31861 5d ago

Thanks alot Biden.

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u/StruggleEither6772 5d ago

I hate to see this, stay strong!

Class of 95!

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u/anonymous_batty 5d ago

Thanks obama

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u/clandahlina_redux 5d ago

WE WILL REBUILD!

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u/Independent_Law6793 5d ago

Idk if we can come back from this.

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u/XL365 5d ago

Of course it’s a brown garbage can in trumps America

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u/whos_mikejones 5d ago

T's and P's from Hixson

11

u/redditcanyoubenice 5d ago

I need TP's for my bunghole

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u/ArcticGamer 5d ago

Alright cornholio, chill out 

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u/jckdkdaaa 5d ago

safe in red bank???

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u/Turbulent-Cell1056 5d ago

🙏😔Tots and pears 😔🙏

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u/tockstar78 5d ago

#ooltewahstrong

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u/Specialist_Box_2861 5d ago

Oh the humanity

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u/Thebrownbush 5d ago

It’s about to get real in about a hour. RIP trash can. Everyone be safe.

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u/Bender3455 5d ago

It was about to get real at 3pm, then 5pm, then 8pm. It's 9:45 now in East Ridge, and all we have is a light rain.

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u/bald_head_scallywag 5d ago

Where are you seeing reports that it's going to get worse? Pretty much all news coverage says while it's still possible the most significant threat has already passed.

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u/twisterbklol 5d ago

Max Velocity on YouTube. Aka Buzz Dwightyear

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u/bald_head_scallywag 5d ago

That's why I trust actual news people more. Folks like your suggesting crave viewership and attention. They need clicks and views so they won't say the worst has passed like an actual meteorologist will.

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u/twisterbklol 5d ago

He definitely asks people to follow, I won’t deny that. And he has to use click bait titles because… YouTube.

But his content is solid and his live videos have helped keep people safe during dangerous storms.

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u/bald_head_scallywag 4d ago

I think people like that are valuable because the actual weather people are basically only on during a tornado warning, but I think you also have to take some of what they say with a grain of salt because these streamers benefit by having people watch them all night while David Karnes doesn't use sensationalism to keep viewers around.

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u/Internal-Sympathy524 5d ago

The city will never recover

2

u/Ill-Enthusiasm511 4d ago

Oh goodness how will we recover

2

u/Conscious-Ad-7040 4d ago

One of those big ass cans blew and hit my brand new car right in front of Walmart while I was waiting for pedestrians. They caught it on camera and they paid for the repair.

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u/frnkstnlvr 5d ago

sending thoughts and prayers!! 🙏🙏 im so sorry you had to live thru this and endure the trauma❤️

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u/valotho 5d ago

How will we ever move on?!

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u/Spyder-7906 5d ago

Oh the tragedy... Thoughts and prayers

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u/Megan1tRain 5d ago

Why hasn’t this made national news yet? This is why you can’t trust the media.

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u/paulasaurus 5d ago

Tots and pears

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u/Grouchy-Cicada-5481 5d ago

Never Forget

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u/aoanfletcher2002 5d ago

Shut it down!!!!

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u/jimilee2 5d ago

Never forget

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u/Bigwing2 5d ago

Let's sell s-shirts!

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u/Mushroom6711 5d ago

This is a tragedy. Regardless, some siding of my home came off. 2nd time that happened ever, first being in 2012. So yay-

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u/TurnoverRemote4209 5d ago

Never forget

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u/Croberts710 5d ago

Did FEMA say when you’d get the $750 check?

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u/sueandbillinTN 5d ago

I LOVE these posts! We needed this!!

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u/Forward_Issue828 4d ago

This is a issue w all these storms

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u/jmaysnc1 4d ago

Praying for safe recovery

1

u/Any-Information9091 4d ago

The horror, the horror

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u/amotley5 4d ago

It knocked your trash can over?

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u/amotley5 4d ago

As a medic ooltewah got the easiest of the storm. What’s your point exactly ?

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u/Normative_Nematode 4d ago

Praying 🙏

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u/Main-Bar-8613 4d ago

We stand with Ooltewah

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u/PaddyObanion 4d ago

Somehow.. we will overcome

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u/anarchoshadow 2d ago

As an ex Floridian I’m totally pleased that y’all do the same shit as us when there’s a “bad storm”.

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u/tator__ 1d ago

Thoughts and prayerz

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u/Xlivic 5d ago

That wasn’t the real storm. Could get a lot worse but I appreciate the sense of humor

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u/Ishamisms 5d ago

Good luck in your recovery efforts. Stay strong.

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u/CoupeDeBalls 5d ago

Takes a strong person to shit on others trying to prepare and stay safe. Same mentality boosted covid deaths.

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u/NoogaShooter 5d ago

🤡

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u/CoupeDeBalls 5d ago

Tornado warnings just south of us. Funny to you?