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The falls, with a total height of seventy-five feet, consist of two drops. Some improvements have been implemented successfully, like a new protocol that increases communication between park rangers and the National Weather Service, which monitors rainfall in the region. Steven was swept away by the sudden rush of water.The area has a history of sudden flash floods and drownings. 1 … Cummins Falls is one of the state's newest parks. Back in 2017, nine people had to be brought to safety. Hart sent over a more formal proposal for a warning system, with an expected price tag of $37,000. The first has a plunge drop of fifty feet, ending in a shallow pool. Because of pending litigation, Salyers declined to be interviewed for this story.The drowning has renewed the urgency for state officials. In May 2018, someone from TDEC’s procurement office reached out to the professors about which company would install the warning system.But the momentum did not last, said TDEC Deputy Commissioner Jim Bryson.“The Tennessee Tech contact was not familiar with the supplier that was suggested by procurement [officials] and said he would ask his colleagues,” Bryson told lawmakers last month, when they questioned TDEC officials about the warning system. Cummins Falls is one of Tennessee"s state parks. Rescue crews have found the body of a missing two-year-old boy at Cummins Falls.
The professor emailed Cutcher to ask for an update, which seemed to restart the process.Another five months later, in April 2018, the professor asked again and confirmed the university had funding ready to help. He was found by a rescue helicopter and survived, after several harrowing days in the hospital.Peggy McDaniel’s body, along with Lisa Michelle Hillian’s, were found by rescue teams in the aftermath of the flood.“You know, we all reel from the effects of the funeral and the burial process of all that,” Thomas said.The flood started a months-long process to improve safety at Cummins Falls.Some improvements have been implemented successfully, like a new protocol that increases communication between park rangers and the National Weather Service, which monitors rainfall in the region.But ultimately, the state has so far failed to accomplish its mission of installing a flood warning system — despite funding being available and repeated attempts by people involved to figure out what was taking so long.In the weeks following the deadly 2017 flood, a group of professors from Tennessee Tech University, led by earth sciences professor Evan Hart, emailed the park manager of Cummins Falls with an idea: They offered to help design a system that would measure the water level flowing into the park.“It sends a radio signal when the water in the stream begins to rise rapidly,” Hart told WPLN last month.This system would give rangers a warning before a flood wave arrives of at least one hour, rather than mere minutes.The park manager at Cummins Falls, Ray Cutcher, was thrilled. 1,140 were here.
Within about a week, they had the purchase order in hand for $42,500.The company told WPLN it has not yet started any physical installation.Paul Thomas, the man whose son barely survived the 2017 flood, says his heart broke when he learned about the latest death.“I pray for this other family that they find some peace in it,” he said.After the incident with his son two years ago, attorneys reached out to Thomas to see if“It’s not going to be my family to do it, but maybe somebody’s just going to have to hold their feet to the fire to do it before another life’s lost,” he said. Cummins Falls State Park will be closed for the rest of the day and reopen tomorrow morning after search crews found the body of a 2-year-old KY boy. Cummins Falls is a waterfall on the Blackburn Fork River and is located in southern Jackson County, Tennessee.