It was quite amazing how all these trees were down in the Springbrook area and no apparent damage to homes. The Alcoa Utility trucks shown in the pictures were in the backyards of a group of homes in Springbrook. There are lots of big trees among the close together homes, as designed when the neighborhood was initially designed by the aluminum company people.

The Maryville Daily Times files this report:

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"Springbrook Park looked like it had gone 10 rounds with a world champion boxer and lost."

On the Alcoa Highway flooding, microburst + clogged storm drain = big problem. According to the report, water drained away quickly once workers cleared a drain using pitchforks. There was flooding at the airport, too, and inside a restaurant on Alcoa Highway.