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One of the fires at Gatlinburg is believed by authorities to be started by an arsonist, as was one of the fires at nearby Scott County (which happened a week or two ago). The media says that liberals are environmentalists, even though they are probably responsible for wrecking a significant portion of the environment here in Eastern TN. I hope the perpetrators were burned badly from the fires, and have to suffer from their burns for a long time.

I was taking my grandson to Anderson Co high this morning. For the first time in over a month I could see the mountains up around Briceville from the Clinton Exit. One fire up near Cove Lake burned a couple of weeks and another one was burning in Beach Grove last week. I live about 7 miles from Norris Dam.

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Anybody besides me remember when Rebel Corner burned down? I think that was in the 1970’s? Rebel Corner was a block of Gatlinburg and at that time one of the main attractions for shops. This is the worst drought in East Tennessee since 1986 and I remember that one real well. Same thing smoke filled skies for weeks and the ground cracking along with brown grass.