Evacuation urged for some western North Carolinia residents

Some Clay County, North Carolina residents are recommended to consider evacuating their homes on Nelson Ridge Road and to consider, if needed, a shelter at the Clay County Senior center at 196 Ritter Road, Hayesville, for displaced residents.  That’s just one of a number of fires plaguing parts of North Carolina and Georgia and sending smoke to parts of South Carolina.  A question has been raised about the smoke level that will be present when the Clemson football team takes the field tomorrow for a home game with Pittsburgh.