Gatlinburg is such a beautiful place and I’m glad that it’s coming back together. Hope you get rain in your area before long. We’re sort of in the same situation.
We had a sprinkle a week ago, but it wasn’t enough to do much good. I really hate to start watering this late in the year, but the St. Augustine grass we have needs it year round.
I’ve never been to Gatlinburg but pix and videos show a gorgeous place. It’ll take years for the area to look somewhat normal again.
We’ve only gotten a half inch of rain this month and it was in tiny increments. A tenth of an inch here, a couple hundredths there. They’re calling for only a 20% chance late next week and that usually counts us out of any rain. Maybe we’ll get lucky though.
I hope y’all get some rain soon too! Too bad your grass needs watering year-round.