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re: Gatlinburg, TN suffers severe wildfire damage; 13 people confirmed dead
Posted on 11/29/16 at 9:34 am to meauxjeaux2
Posted on 11/29/16 at 9:34 am to meauxjeaux2
I'm on a phone and spell check kept changing it. Plus Ober is German for over. Tard.
I ducking hate td mobile.
I ducking hate td mobile.
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Posted on 11/29/16 at 9:39 am to udtiger
we like staying in the Bear Creek Golf village area. It looks to be pretty far away from the fires listed in the map link posted. I hope they made it out ok. Beautiful area,cabins are beautiful.
Posted on 11/29/16 at 9:42 am to TigerOnTheMountain
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Just heard that Leconte Lodge and shelter are gone.
That sucks. I'm waiting to hear news about the old structures along Roaring Fork. They are right in the middle of the worst of it, so my gut is telling me that they are probably gone, too.
Posted on 11/29/16 at 9:56 am to GetCocky11
This article from USA Today gives a good overview of the damage done to hotels, businesses, and homes around Gatlinburg.
LINK
LINK
This post was edited on 11/29/16 at 9:57 am
Posted on 11/29/16 at 10:01 am to TheFonz
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This article from USA Today gives a good overview of the damage done to hotels, businesses, and homes around Gatlinburg.
That article has some inaccurate info in it (Ober Gatlinburg). I'd read with a grain of salt.
Posted on 11/29/16 at 10:05 am to gmrkr5
go figure! 
Posted on 11/29/16 at 10:07 am to gmrkr5
Did the rain help at all?
Posted on 11/29/16 at 10:17 am to toosleaux
It has but still plenty of active fires
Posted on 11/29/16 at 10:20 am to toosleaux
My finacee's parents own a cabin in Black Bear Falls, they have been going every year since their honeymoon in 84. They go up every year for Thanksgiving and throughout the year they are all devastated. Me and my finacee were going up there for our honeymoon in April she is heartbroken.
Posted on 11/29/16 at 10:21 am to Roll Tide Ravens
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This may have been posted already, but this is a crazy video of someone trying to escape Gatlinburg.
LINK
Holy shite and I thought escaping Denham in rising water was horrifying
Posted on 11/29/16 at 10:27 am to udtiger
I am hoping this is incorrect. I was just there Saturday!
Posted on 11/29/16 at 10:27 am to TigersSEC2010
When we left Sunday, the fall leaves were every where. This is just compounding the problem. The fire itself is probably needed for the forest, but those old buildings downtown do not stand a chance. Hoping for rain. Love that part of the country. GSMNP is my favorite National park/forest.
Posted on 11/29/16 at 10:27 am to TigersSEC2010
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Holy shite and I thought escaping Denham in rising water was horrifying
Yeah that was pretty scary. If they had gotten hung up on a tree or ran off the road in the smoke, they'd be in serious trouble. It looked like every cabin they passed was burning down.
This post was edited on 11/29/16 at 10:28 am
Posted on 11/29/16 at 10:29 am to udtiger
Supt Cash just said that LeConte Lodge is intact but fires are flanking it. The shelter is down a ways from Lodge and he did not say anything specific about it. They are trying to protect Lodge it's a high value asset, his words.
Aquarium is intact on generator power animals are okay
Aquarium is intact on generator power animals are okay
Posted on 11/29/16 at 10:30 am to AUCE05
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The fire itself is probably needed for the forest
this is very true
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those old buildings downtown do not stand a chance
unfortunately this is true too if they cant get it contained a little better. if they get more rain and no more of that wind from yesterday they may have seen the worst of it.
Posted on 11/29/16 at 10:34 am to gmrkr5
buddy in Knoxville is saying 60% of Gatlinburg is gone according to a cop up there. Bringing in cadaver dogs to fin bodies for people that were trapped
Posted on 11/29/16 at 10:35 am to member12
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Yeah that was pretty scary. If they had gotten hung up on a tree or ran off the road in the smoke, they'd be in serious trouble. It looked like every cabin they passed was burning down.
One other thing to think about. Internal combustion engines will suffocate running in smoke filled air like that as well as overheat because the radiator cannot cool down the engine with the extremely hot dense air outside. One of the many things they should be thankful for added to the list you gave.
Posted on 11/29/16 at 10:35 am to AUCE05
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The fire itself is probably needed for the forest
How long will it take for the forest to recover? As in, how long before it looks like it's "supposed to look" if that makes sense?
Not the cabins and what not, but the actual forest?
I'd say the cabins and stuff could be rebuilt within what... a year or two at the most? Or I'm I being wildly optimistic?
Posted on 11/29/16 at 10:36 am to LSUvegasbombed
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buddy in Knoxville is saying 60% of Gatlinburg is gone according to a cop up there. Bringing in cadaver dogs to fin bodies for people that were trapped
that seems like a bit of an exaggeration...
Posted on 11/29/16 at 10:37 am to SSpaniel
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How long will it take for the forest to recover? As in, how long before it looks like it's "supposed to look" if that makes sense?
things will start to grow back in the spring. trees are obviously going to take longer. ground cover will come back much sooner
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