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How Many Miles Can A Fire Travel?

January 24, 2024 by David Evans

How Many Miles Can A Fire Travel? Flaming Brands & Embers Flaming brands and embers can travel as far as five miles ahead of the active front of a wildfire and recent research has shown that up to 60% of wildland/urban interface home ignitions are from “red snow” landing on flammable roofs or in other

How Old Are The Smoky Mountains?

January 24, 2024 by Timothy Chehowski

How Old Are The Smoky Mountains? It’s hard for us to fathom, but the Great Smoky Mountains were actually formed around 200-300 million years ago. How long did it take for the Smoky Mountains to form? History: How the Great Smoky Mountains Were Formed About 10,000 years ago, when glaciers advanced from the north during