I’m sick over this. Like so many others from Tennessee, I have a lifetime of memories in that town and in the National Park. All three of my wife’s siblings live in heavily wooded areas not too far from Gatlinburg. I’m hopeful they avoid fire.
I am too. My grandparents brought me there all the time as a kid, and I continued that with my children. Many wonderful family memories.
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/