Wildfires in Great Smoky Mountains National Park cause evacuation
Source: Wildfire Today
Above: A fire in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, November 28, 2016. NPS photo.
(Updated at 9:00 p.m. EST November 28, 2016)
At least two wildfires burning in Great Smoky Mountains National Park are causing problems in the park and in nearby Gatlinburg, Tennessee. The Chimney 2 Fire has been burning since November 23 and was reported to be 10 acres Sunday evening, but overnight 40 mph winds gusting to 74 mph caused the fire to spread more quickly. Park officials on Monday morning estimated it had grown to about 500 acres.
A second fire was discovered Monday near the Twin Creek Picnic Pavilion off Cherokee Orchard Road two miles south of Gatlinburg.
Officials have ordered the evacuation of the Twin Creeks area, as well as the Elkmont and Park Headquarters housing areas.
An incident management team and four 20-person hand crews should be arriving Monday and Tuesday.
Read more: http://wildfiretoday.com/2016/11/28/wildfires-in-great-smoky-mountains-national-park-cause-evacuation/
Climate change on land, climate change at sea. (Check inanna's post below.) 'course, the Good "Christian" Folk of Tennessee, who voted for the Orange "Christian" three weeks ago, will view this as Gawd's Punishment for not bulldozing the Murfreesboro Mosque.
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