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Cold Water Fishing Reports => GSMNP => Topic started by: MikeA on November 29, 2016, 11:12:03 AM

Title: The Crown Jewel of the South is burning..
Post by: MikeA on November 29, 2016, 11:12:03 AM
Hopefully the forests bounce back quickly. I gotta say though,,,  Gatlinburg and Pigeon forge could use a little thinning...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3980932/Gaitlinburg-burns-Wildfire-sweeps-Tennessee-resort-town-population-4-000-s-Dollywood-residents-evacuate.html
Title: Re: The Crown Jewel of the South is burning..
Post by: jladdsmith on November 29, 2016, 12:58:03 PM
Just saw this on Reddit.  These guys barely made it out.  Scary as hell!  https://streamable.com/x70g
Title: Re: The Crown Jewel of the South is burning..
Post by: MikeA on November 29, 2016, 02:31:30 PM
Damn, are you sure they made it out?
Title: Re: The Crown Jewel of the South is burning..
Post by: jladdsmith on November 29, 2016, 02:54:14 PM
Yeah, they made it out.  Here's sort of a master post with reports as it happens.  Just found part 2 of the video but it doesn't show much.  One of the comments in the other post said something about the guys doing an interview. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Dw39ncQ4Og&feature=youtu.be

https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/5fgh38/gatlinburg_tennessee_ablaze_right_now/ 

This is worse than I thought. 

I have a buddy whose family owns a hotel in Pigeon Forge.  Waiting to hear back to see if they're ok.
Title: Re: The Crown Jewel of the South is burning..
Post by: Steve H on November 29, 2016, 05:03:37 PM
Prayers sent their direction, this is bad.
Title: Re: The Crown Jewel of the South is burning..
Post by: grumpy on November 29, 2016, 10:03:00 PM
I have 2 friends that have no idea whether they have a place to live or not, something i'm used to seeing out west, not in these part's.
Title: Re: The Crown Jewel of the South is burning..
Post by: bee on December 11, 2016, 04:23:04 PM
ARSOn.  of course.  Two juveniles, aged 15 and !7 in custody and charged with aggravated arson in connection lighting up the Chimneys fire complex with matches.  Aggravated arson is , i think, like second degree murder.  Personally I hope they throw the book at them.