Not sure about the "sharp stick" thing...

by pokynojoe, Thursday, December 08, 2016, 20:24 (2845 days ago) @ stonewalrus

I'm a whole lot better shot with my "sharp sticks" then I would be with a little gun like that! Just kid din' ya Tom.

By the way, I had to spend the last three days in Gatlinburg looking at the bridges that were damaged by the fire. It was kind of eerie, in all the years I've worked there, I've never seen it so empty. The amount of damage that fire did is devastating. Ran into a state guy checking the water supply, and thought of you. I think they're going to try and open the town up tomorrow.

So far, 14 dead and over 2400 structures damaged or destroyed. Just about every cabin and hotel up Ski Mountain Road was burned to the ground. Roaring Fork and Cherokee Orchard got hit hard too. The spur between Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg was completely engulfed, it looks awful. They're starting to wind down the firefighting, but there are still hot spots in the park. It's going to take years to get everything back to normal. There's still a few parts of town they won't let anybody into.