High Snow

A few miles north and a thousand feet higher...

Update: Tuesday, Oct.30 8:21 p.m. Winds died down. Snow all around but none here in the valley. Two feet on the ground in the GSMNP; expecting another foot in the park.

Update: 5:34 p.m. Wind gusts up to 65 mph; calling for two feet of snow in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, about 30 miles west of me. Snow creeping closer.

Update: 5:43 p.m. Oh and btw, another earthquake.

Update: 11:00 p.m. Local news crew stuck on top of mountain.Video here.

 News 13's Russ Bowen and photojournalist Adam Jukkola found themselves being part of the story instead of covering the story.

They were traveling in Haywood County as part of our team snow coverage when GPS sent them up Wesley Creek Road to get to their destination. It was the wrong road. Their vehicle got stuck in heavy snow and they had to call Haywood County 911. Fines Creek Volunteer Fire Department and Rabbit Skin Wrecker Service came to their rescue...