Video: Second slide keeps Ocoee Gorge blocked

[greenspiraldragon]

I drove down that road one time seriously scary road.

[wrbowcal]

How many more copys of this video do we need?.another 30 or so should do.

[b6961414]

If it hit your car it would be covered by comprehensive.

[ohioguyshakes]

damn, I'm headed to Deal's Gap/Tail of the Dragon Sunday. Hope nothing like that happens while I'm riding it!! My poor Busa might get scratched... that would be heart breaking

[4gasem]

Looks like it's closed now... Their saying till September 1st!! Hopefully it's a typo the the gaps website.

[carlosthepwner2]

rofl cool

[Skatieg]

OMG What a Fluid Movement How Facinating to catch it on video!!!

Thank God they moved the digger!!!

WoW

[Clintorice]

Holy landslide!

[boognish1975]

that mountain hates rednecks

[smoothprox]

Now we'll be able to do some Creekin' at the put-in.

[planetman07]

What happened to the backhoe?

[BSokoloskis]

I go back and forth between Nashville and Franklin, NC. going south to Dalton and then to Ellijay is the better route. The way tha TN DOT want you to go is 2 hours out of the way, The road over Fort MTN is mush better the US 129. Motorcycle run that route and they some thing cross lines. They have at least 5 people have died there this year

[tdcadguy]

From my personal experience, it's the people in cars and trucks that cross the center lines mostly.

[tillghast]

THE ENTS ARE MARCHING TO ISENGARD

[silverinkpot7]

That's the best comment ever about this rockslide!!! :)

[BFEllison]

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! Classic!!!

[Jamfanwp]

Damnit, that got the raft putin. I guess winter rafting will be a real adventure this year.

[andersenpharmacy]

I was on my way from Cherokee to Chattanooga and ran into this. I went 68 South to Elijay and over to Dalton then took 75N to get to Chattanooga. Was a nice drive (long) but there were some beautiful towns I would never had seen.

[staphinfection]

Really lucky noone was hurt, that would be death if you're caught in that.

[Ditch2012]

If you listen carefully you can hear the earth shout: "YOU SHALL NOT PASS!"

[4yalltube]

haha too much lord of the rings on you mayne!

[cheroflip]

did any rocks fall in the river ?

 and nice video !

[cxetim]

Sucks for everyone who lives there, and thank God no one got hurt, but damn if I could stop laughing when he said, "the mountain has came off.." in such a monotone voice.

[ftfisher4x4]

I know. I laughed at that myself.

[stilettopimps]

I know! Hilarious.

[junglebabe21]

OMG!!! MIRACLE nobody was hurt!!! hope it's cleaned up soon.

[SCdallas]

Wow, crazy to get something like that on film.

[rwnich72]

My five stars are going to Jesus on this one! It's a miracle no one got hurt.

BTW, NOW can we get a by-pass?

[jrubin22]

Will Federal Highway funds (taxpayer $) go to cleaning this up?

[thenameisdaniel]

I'd assume so. This is U.S. Hwy 64.

[Mr8704]

look at that huge boulder at 0:36

[GeneralPatton091]

Dude yeah I'd be willing to bet that thing weighs somewhere around 10,000 tons.

[dixieflyer94]

I drive through this gorge twice a month.... I might just try going from Ducktown to Tellico Plains, Tn instead... Probably be a while before they are able to reopen road. I hope they inspect and possible remove other nearby hazards. There are two very sharp and dangerous curves where if you meet a long truck trailer coming from the opposite direction, they usually cross over the centerline, and the curves are completely blind with a rock wall on one side, and the river on the other.

[medic7556]

Quicker way would be probably be to go to Ellijay 282 to Chatsworth then 411 back to 64

[dixieflyer94]

probably shorter, i have been that way but the trip over Fort Mtn between Ellijay and Chatsworth is slow and curvy like US 129 along the Little Tennessee River -aka Dragons Tail- I almost get car sick driving those two roads-LOL

[soupmech2]

Thank God they were able to get everyone out of the way! That slide would have easily pushed the jackhammer-crane into the Gorge.