Posted on 11/29/2016 9:30:21 AM PST by knarf
I found this doing something else and didn't find it posted yet
Another source had posted a report around 11 AM Eastern
"Wildfires in Tennessee damaged hundreds of buildings overnight, forcing thousands of people to evacuate their homes as hundreds of firefighters battled the blazes and smoke that blanketed the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains."
"A statement released Tuesday morning by the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency said that the towns of Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge, as well as other parts of Sevier County, in the eastern part of the state, had been evacuated."
"The agency said it was likely that more than 14,000 people had left Gatlinburg alone. Dramatic videos shot by residents showed flames lining the edge of the highways used for evacuations."
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
I live in south central KY. We got a lot of rain the last couple of days. Looks like it must have barely missed them.
prayers up for the good people there!
There’s a clip at a source we can’t post, USAToday, of two guys with their dash cam showing them driving through a flame tunnel .. the clip is about two minutes long and they were not slow pokin’ ... looks like a big fire
There was a thread posted at midnight.....
....but it needs reposting
Much prayer needed
Weather forecast is calling for rain tonight and tomorrow. Pray that happens.
You can find the same clip at Conservative Treehouse
Yup, the whole thing was being streamed live last night, yet the national news media was picking political boogers and giving Castro’s legacy a hummer.
12 hour blackout and maybe if I hadn't had posted this, how many OTHERS would not have known ?
I surely didn't ... I found this accidently !
Fire is Nature’s greatest cleanser, it returns so much back to the soil after is has passed over or burned it’s self out. It is only the folly of mankind to think that we can stop it from happening. And the “eco-wacko’s” will stop the controlled burns from happening, so not they have to deal the a very large scale uncontrolled wild fire, instead of the small scale controlled burns, which removes the excess leaf litter & dead wood & other materials from the forest floor.
Was reported on WSB750am this morning.
We stayed there once. Fun area. Took kiddos on first helicopter ride. Refused to go to Dollywood. There’s been some damage at Dollywood and the park has been closed.
http://www.wbir.com/news/local/fire-close-to-dollywood-dreammore-resort-cabins-evacuated/357499792
http://www.wbir.com/news/local/fire-close-to-dollywood-dreammore-resort-cabins-evacuated/357499792 - “Not far away from Dollywood, some 50 to 60 birds were moved out Monday night from the American Eagle Foundation.
“It wasn’t graceful, but we did our best to retrieve every bird and then load about 40-50 pounds of raptor food along with. These birds are now resting safely in individual kennels at several AEF staff member homes 10+ miles away from the fires,” she wrote.
Foundation President Al Cecere also went to check on the birds at the Eagle Mountain Sanctuary at Dollywood. Because of the smoke, limited access to the site and the topography, the eagles could not be removed Monday night, according to Julia Cecere.”
https://www.eagles.org/eagle-nest-cams/dollywood-nest-cam/ - “Notice: Regarding the wild fires in the area, all 80+ birds at American Eagle Foundation have been relocated to a safe space now (removed last night (Nov. 28) and early this morning (Nov. 29) from both off-park and on-park facilities in Pigeon Forge).”
Better info and a bunch of vids here:
The eagles are at the convention center.
The fact that those ‘good ol boys’ were driving a pick-up truck probably saved their lives last night...if it had been a couple of those arrogant Red England snowflakes posting on Twitter; the authorities would have been sifting thru the ashes of their Prius to recover their charred remains this morning.
“Why is EVERY cabin on fire?” Indeed.
Some of the local stations has had good coverage on the firestorm since last night: WATE.com/category/news, WBIR.com/local, & local8now.com/news.
I love Gatlinburg. We also skipped Dollywood. We opted to spend all our time in beautiful GSMNP.
Prayers for everyone in and around Gatlinburg and the other areas affected. I do hope that they were able to save the many historical structures and buildings within the park. I wonder how much damage was done at Chimney Tops.
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