“Even with the rain that continued to fall, buildings remained engulfed in flames, and the agency said there was “little hope” that the rainfall would bring relief anytime soon.”
http://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/2016/11/29/30-gatlinburg-structures-fire-tema/94584554/
posted 25 minutes ago
Hubby is a retired watershed expert. He has said....if the fire is hot enough the rain evaporates before it ever gets low enough to help. It can help in the spread of the fire.
He’s been on hot burning fires when it was raining and they never knew it was raining til they got to the edges of the fire.