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    Posted: 30-Nov-2016 at 09:23
Most of it burned to the ground. Our daughter and husband live there. Been trying to get through to them since yesterday.
Only news was from Facebook on Monday. They posted they had been out hiking and were not allowed to return home.


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  Quote red clay Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30-Nov-2016 at 12:03
Got through to them just now. The condo they lived in is gone, but they are okay.

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  Quote medenaywe Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30-Nov-2016 at 13:45
Is there some disaster?! Catastrophic event?Please explain us more.
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  Quote Centrix Vigilis Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30-Nov-2016 at 16:25
Wild fires in the forest ..allegedly as a result of some human action.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/30/us/gatlinburg-fires/


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  Quote medenaywe Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 01-Dec-2016 at 04:37
Human factor.Catastrophic event.Sorry. 
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  Quote red clay Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 01-Dec-2016 at 10:15
They were hiking up Rocky Top, by the time they got to the summit, a gentle breeze had turned to hurricane force, 80-90 mph.
When they got off the mountain they found that everyone had evacuated. The fire was moving that fast.
They found themselves "driving through a firestorm".
The condo was a vacation home owned by his family, not their primary res. However everything that they brought with them was gone.
But many others were not that lucky.
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  Quote Centrix Vigilis Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 02-Dec-2016 at 08:55
They safe..all that matters. And no... some loss life... limb and property. And that's a shame.

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Firstly Canada in May, now USA. The weird thing is these months should not be fire season
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