Thoughts on the Great Smokies Fire
No matter how you look at it, the recent fire that erupted at the Chimneys area of the Great Smoky Mountains and spread faster than anyone could have imagined was huge and unprecedented. The lengthy drought had prepared the ground cover and other vegetation of the area, apparently human actions sparked it, and then the sudden hurricane-force winds spread it before the initial fire could be contained. Human tragedy and physical devastation were the results. That area of the co