[TenTec] Gatlinburg Fires

[K8mp at aol.com]

My cousin's pub (The Fox and Parrot Tavern) and his wine  shop (The Wine a 
Little Wine Shop) are OK but our favorite breakfast place  (The Mountain 
Lodge) was destroyed.
 
Joe, K8MP
 
 
 
In a message dated 11/30/2016 8:38:43 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
jshenry1963 at gmail.com writes:

TEN-TEC  was not affected in this fire.
It was isolated to an area around Gatlinburg  and encroaching Pigeon Forge.
A good place for information online is www  dot wate dot com, the local
channel 6 TV station.
There is a watch link  with two video links, one for ongoing / current news
and the other is for  breaking / following information. I typically jump
between them, can't  figure out why both, but I'm not there, hah.
In a nutshell.
It started  from suspected arson on the Chimney Tops in the Great Smoky
Mountains  National Park.
We have been in a severe drought condition for several  months now, probably
1 inch of rain total all summer long. Some wells have  run dry.
So, add a careless cigarette or whatever caused it.
A fire gets  started in the mountainous area where it is EXTREMELY hard to
fight due to  the terrain.
And that evening that it started, 50+mph winds, with a few  gusts at 87 in
the mountains, and that just turned it into the perfect  firestorm that
drove it down into Gatlinburg.
Over 150 homes and  buildings burned in the Sevier county area.
So far there were 3 deaths  accounted to the fire.
All of my friends and family are ok, but searching  for some relatives,
friends, etc.
Now, we did have rain last night,  several inches, so, that may help put out
some of the fire, BUT, it will  cause a lot more problems, more high winds,
and due to the amount of rain  is causing more trees to fall, and where the
fire killed all of the grass,  weeds, trees, etc., there are and will be a
lot of mudslides covering roads  and other areas making it even harder to
get into certain areas to check on  homes etc.
And, if that weren't enough, the storm last night was extremely  severe with
more high winds and I had golf ball sized hail at the house, so  I can
imagine that will cause more problems. Also, tornado south of  Knoxville,
now under a new tornado watch for the whole area, etc.  etc.

There are a LOT of firefighters from across the state coming  in.
Poor guys from Putnam county were on the way when a major fire broke  out in
Putnam count, burned down a building. So, good thing people do come  to
help, but, it leaves their home area at risk in case something happens  in
the meantime.
So, thoughts and prayers. Not only to those fighting it  in Sevier County,
but also those that come to fight it,and their own home  town.

This might be my only post for this, people can get more accurate  or later
info at the wate dot com news website. If someone knows a BETTER  location
for information, post it.
I don't know if all of this is true,  but I did find a "what's ...." list.
Take it with a grain of salt, because  on the night of the fire, TEMA
(Tennessee Emergency Management, Tennessee's  FEMA) said that Ober
Gatlinburg was burned to the ground, for hours, then,  Ober posted a video
of it completely in tact, they also said that all of  Gatlinburg was
destroyed, only to find out later that it was not,  ...

LIST: What's damaged, destroyed and  intact
<http://www.13wmaz.com/news/local/gatlinburg-fires-whats-damaged-destroyed-a
nd-intact/357978940>
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<http://www.13wmaz.com/news/local/gatlinburg-fires-whats-damaged-destroyed-a
nd-intact/357978940>
LIST:  What's damaged, destroyed and  intact
<http://www.13wmaz.com/news/local/gatlinburg-fires-whats-damaged-destroyed-a
nd-intact/357978940>

Here  is a list of structures and areas affected by the Gatlinburg
wildfires. The  list is in alphabetical order. We will continue to keep this
updated as we  fin...
View on  www.13wmaz.com
<http://www.13wmaz.com/news/local/gatlinburg-fires-whats-damaged-destroyed-a
nd-intact/357978940>
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73, KI4JPL
John  Henry
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