nebula Posted November 29, 2016 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 5,823 Topics Per Day: 0.76 Content Count: 45,870 Content Per Day: 5.95 Reputation: 1,897 Days Won: 83 Joined: 03/22/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/19/1970 Share Posted November 29, 2016 "Ravaged by months of drought, huge swaths of the southeast United States are on fire, but you wouldn’t know it judging by national media coverage." http://thefederalist.com/2016/11/29/south-fire-national-media-couldnt-care-less/ Also: "As Gatlinburg, Tennessee burns to the ground, reports are coming in on Twitter that people were not warned that the fire was so close, barely leaving them time to flee to safety." http://dennismichaellynch.com/fire-evacuees-say-media-not-report-fire-danger/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shiloh357 Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 Yes, I heard that there were, at one point, 70 mile an hour winds. It was moving too fast for crews to fight and by the time people could be warned, the fire was on top of them. Some had just a couple of minutes to grab their kids and run to the car to flee. Reminds me of the wild fires up in Ft. McMurray in Alberta Canada. People had a similar experience there. But it is a tender box down there in TN and GA and AL, due to the drought conditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Running Gator Posted November 30, 2016 Group: Royal Member * Followers: 8 Topic Count: 91 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 10,596 Content Per Day: 3.69 Reputation: 2,743 Days Won: 25 Joined: 06/16/2016 Status: Offline Share Posted November 30, 2016 I have family just over the NC border from Gatlinburg, had the wind turned south vice west they would have been right in the path. The terrain there makes fighting the fire on the ground almost impossible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayin jade Posted November 30, 2016 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 44 Topic Count: 6,178 Topics Per Day: 0.88 Content Count: 43,795 Content Per Day: 6.21 Reputation: 11,243 Days Won: 58 Joined: 01/03/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted November 30, 2016 What caused it? Was this arson as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other one Posted November 30, 2016 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 29 Topic Count: 596 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 56,098 Content Per Day: 7.56 Reputation: 27,834 Days Won: 271 Joined: 12/29/2003 Status: Offline Share Posted November 30, 2016 1 hour ago, ayin jade said: What caused it? Was this arson as well? last I read about two hours ago was that they didn't know what started the original fire, but several secondary fires started over downed power lines in all the fall leaves. They had wind gusts up to 80 miles an hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nebula Posted November 30, 2016 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 5,823 Topics Per Day: 0.76 Content Count: 45,870 Content Per Day: 5.95 Reputation: 1,897 Days Won: 83 Joined: 03/22/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/19/1970 Author Share Posted November 30, 2016 A couple weeks ago, I read that there were arrests for arson, and in some places evidence of the fire being intentionally started were found. OK, here are some articles on that: http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/science/environment/2016/11/12/arson-responsible-150-wildfires-kentucky/93730134/ http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/33688537/arrest-made-in-tennessee-wildfires http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/11/22/wildfires-continue-spread-across-southeast-as-arson-probes-launched.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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