14,000 evacuated from Gatlinburg; fires still burning

Knoxville News Sentinel ^ | 11-29-2016 | Amy Valuccii, Jamie Satterfield

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Exactly.

[GingisK]

Given the traffic gnarls associated with that town, prayers are double-downed.

[PeteePie]

If there ain't no heavy rain, make a phone call and bring it!

[LouAvul]

I lived there for about 13 years. My first two college diplomas were from TN schools.

This has all the earmarks of work done by their unwelcome third world invaders. Tennesseans are generous to a fault. But if they realize that Jorge Busho and O'dumdum have infested their state with terrorists, they might fix that problem.

[deport]

Lots of areas in the Mountains of TN, NC, etc are burning. Over 55,000 acres in North Carolina
has burned and still going. Drougth has allowed this but the orginal cause of the fires,
don’t know if intentional or not.

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article114911183.html

[JBW1949]

If these fires in Tennessee and North Carolina are started by either Jihadists or pissed off leftists over the election, then they all should die.....

[JBW1949]

I am from Townsend, TN, just SW of Gatlinburg...I’ve been to quite a few places in the US and the world and this area is probably the most beautiful place on earth...This is truly sickening to me...I guided trout fishing in the Park several years ago and love this place...So sick over this...

[ncpatriot]

the only media that reported on the wildfires last night was the Trukers Radio Network 770 in Cincinnati OH. All night the host read tweets and reported from social media. The callers agreed that MSM is irrelevant because NO cable or other platform were reporting it.

[CivilWarBrewing]

Tennessee.. Heavy MUSLIM communities there, no?

[CivilWarBrewing]

0dungF**K will probably delay sending equipment to the area.

[azkathy]

http://www.wbir.com/news/local/gatlinburg-fires-whats-damaged-destroyed-and-intact/357891924

[proud American in Canada]

Oh no! What a beautiful part of the country.

Prayers for the people of Tennessee. Someone said so many buildings were burned; people will have lost jobs and businesses.

[proud American in Canada]

‘If they were set and it is muslims this was the dumbest state, not to mention region, in the union to do this in. ‘

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I think the frog will leap out of the pot if this is true.

Patriotic Americans from that part of the country are the last people you want to mess with.

[Vaden]

Lord knows I’m not about to defend Jihad but the truth is this area has been very, VERY dry. Here in NC we are very dried out too. We have smelled smoke for days from fires hundreds of miles away. We are in a 8 inch rain deficit drought and the whole forested area is a tinderbox. Fires could be set in any number of ways. Given how many smokers toss burning butts out the window and how many fail to put out campfires in an adequate manner, who knows how it started. Praise God it did rain last night here. Hopefully TN got wet too.

[SaveFerris]

"Time talks 2016" (election)

[Mrs. Don-o]

Here in Johnson City TN (100 miles NE of Gatlinburg), we find the best coverage (sometimes the only coverage) is in the Daily Mail (UK)

Howcome the flippin’ *Brits* can cover it, and the U.S. Mainstream Fake News Media can’t?

I really do think they hate us, and the feeling is mutual.

[Elsie]

‘If they were set and it is muslims this was the dumbest state, not to mention region, in the union to do this in. ‘

But let's not be TOO quick to jump on the "It's the Jew's fault" bandwagon of 75 years ago...

[azkathy]

Here is a link to a complete list of places to donate. http://www.wbir.com/news/local/how-to-help-gatlinburg-pigeon-forge-fire-evacuees/357810685

[JBW1949]

Not so much in East Tennessee...Mostly Nashville and Memphis areas...

[azkathy]

I have read reports of several missing people who have still not been located. Here is a link to one, http://wate.com/2016/11/29/family-searches-for-missing-mother-after-gatlinburg-fires/