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Drought Conditions: Personal Accounts from the 2016 Gatlinburg Wildfires

Drought Conditions: Personal Accounts from the 2016 Gatlinburg Wildfires DROUGHT CONDITIONS: PERSONAL ACCOUNTS FROM THE 2016 GATLINBURG WILDFIRES JACQUELYN SCOTT WBIR-TV ovember 1, 2016—Because of the danger of wildfire, the NGreat Smoky Mountains National Park has temporarily banned all backcountry fires. East Tennessee is in the midst of a drought, and with the falling leaves now on the ground, the danger of wildfire is very 41 high. Thousands of acres have burned across the state in the last few weeks because of the extremely dry conditions, and last weekend, the U.S. Forest Service implemented strict fire restrictions in the Cherokee National Forest which limits fires in undeveloped areas. ‘With the current drought conditions, it is imperative that we reduce the risk of human-caused wildfires during this period of extreme fire danger,’ said Superintendent Cassius Cash. ‘The park has not banned back country campfires since 2007, but these unusually dry conditions warrant the restriction.’” Me I am twelve. I am standing in the middle of the Whaley-Big Greenbriar Cemetery in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, looking down at the headstones, thinking about my relatives beneath me. I have followed my mother and grandfather on the trail that leads to the cemetery, pausing on the bridge to take pictures. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Appalachian Review University of North Carolina Press

Drought Conditions: Personal Accounts from the 2016 Gatlinburg Wildfires

Scott, Jacquelyn
Appalachian Review , Volume 50 (1) – Apr 1, 2022
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DROUGHT CONDITIONS: PERSONAL ACCOUNTS FROM THE 2016 GATLINBURG WILDFIRES JACQUELYN SCOTT WBIR-TV ovember 1, 2016—Because of the danger of wildfire, the NGreat Smoky Mountains National Park has temporarily banned all backcountry fires. East Tennessee is in the midst of a drought, and with the falling leaves now on the ground, the danger of wildfire is very 41 high. Thousands of acres have burned across the state in the last few weeks because of the extremely dry conditions, and last weekend, the U.S. Forest Service implemented strict fire restrictions in the Cherokee National Forest which limits fires in undeveloped areas. ‘With the current drought conditions, it is imperative that we reduce the risk of human-caused wildfires during this period of extreme fire danger,’ said Superintendent Cassius Cash. ‘The park has not banned back country campfires since 2007, but these unusually dry conditions warrant the restriction.’” Me I am twelve. I am standing in the middle of the Whaley-Big Greenbriar Cemetery in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, looking down at the headstones, thinking about my relatives beneath me. I have followed my mother and grandfather on the trail that leads to the cemetery, pausing on the bridge to take pictures.

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Appalachian Review – University of North Carolina Press

Published: Apr 1, 2022

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