I found this blog and am so grateful to have an opportunity to reply and also to become informed from experienced, caring people of service in the firefighting effort. Investigators have determined that the fire was human-caused and are asking for information from anyone who has information about people or vehicles that were seen in the area that day. A club . Did the fire have to be so devastating? If one is growing by experience you keep them moving forward as we all benefit from their learning and experience. Questions are powerful tools, but only when we allow them to be asked, we receive them with an openness and willingness to be vulnerable, and seek to answer them openly and without fear of reprisal. There was two contributing factors to this disaster. That is when it would have been prudent to announce a pre-evacuation notice for the Gatlinburg area to be ready to evacuate if an evacuation order is announced. The leadership tetrahedron if you will, the area where all the parts come together based on the past, the current, the potential and the possible. Hemlocks standout on aerial photos because the limbs grow in a spiral pattern around the tree. The coordination and communication of the Incident Management teams is impressive. Bill thank you the excellent i sight and info that is hard to find publicly. How did I know that? Bob, I know where youre coming from. In addition, officials confirmed that a firefighter was transported to the hospital with minor injuries from the fire but has since been released. Local folks here who have been involved with Park issues have an old saying about the NPS and their mismanagement of historic structures. I am not holding my breath. It took the governor to get the lack of evac into the open, as local gov was trying to keep it out of the press. As it was, there had been brush fires burning in N Georgia and Western NC since October. Resident of Western Maryland. Zoom Abruptly Fires President Greg Tomb 'Without Cause' I began picking up news stories of the fire in Gatlinburg from as the storm rolled east. Many times, as has been thoroughly vetted during the analysis the Chimney Top 2 wildfire the ONLY option is an all out aggressive, throw the world at it initial attack from air, ground and sea. I am in my late 60s and have never seen such a drought, or such low stream levels. Of course Dollywood and Gatlinburg was virtually unscathed. This year has been crazy, with so many fires happening in Autumn. This should be placed firmly on the shoulders of the Park Service, Cassius Cash, Superintendent and the City and County. Asked if I knew if there were any other people down in that area. So they were more concerned about NPS structures than our homes and lives? It goes for miles, Ive pushed as hard as I could straight down and only managed 1/10th mile an hour on the gps in a few such places. The fire season last year set new records in the state for the expansive area that burned, with more than 4.2m acres (1.7m hectares) scorched by more than 9,900 fires across California. My boys and I do not have images of wildfires that we would have seen had we waited to leave home. Try to stay neutral I understand; but the NPS has a track record of avoiding accountability. Photos: Fire in Gatlinburg, Tennessee | Photo Galleries | herald I particularly liked Sharon Jensens after action summary. Beginningat 2 a.m. on Sunday November 27 the relative humidity at Indian Grave dropped,getting as low as 17 percent at 8 a.m. and then lingering in the 20s and 30s until 4 am on Monday November 28. Sometimes we win and sometimes we lose. http://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/local/tennessee/2016/12/13/timeline-gatlinburg-wildfires/95138656/.
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