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Jilly_in_VA

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2. My daughter lives less than 45 minutes from Gatlinburg

Reply to LiberalLoner (Reply #1)

Thu Jun 5, 2025, 06:04 PM

Jun 2025

and if you remember the wildfires there in 2016....she could see them from her house, so yeah, I have lots of empathy! And Beth, the friend I was talking to, had to evacuate a couple of weeks ago. Not to mention her dad is in hospital there with dementia and cancer that has metastasized to his brain.

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Our neighbors to the north--prayers, good vibes, whatever ya got, please send!!! [View all] Jilly_in_VA Jun 2025 OP

🙏🙏🙏🙏💔💔💔💙💙💙🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 LiberalLoner Jun 2025 #1

My daughter lives less than 45 minutes from Gatlinburg Jilly_in_VA Jun 2025 #2

Oh that's so awful. Climate change is causing tragedies all the time now. 😭 LiberalLoner Jun 2025 #4

: ( Good Luck, Canada! Stay safe. Stamp out those flames! electric_blue68 Jun 2025 #3