Gatlinburg Real Estate Blog

I really love the picturesque trees our Smoky Mountain community is famous for but a young man who attends our church showed me a picture this morning that really took my breath away.  His Land Rover was flattened by a large pine tree that fell during a pretty good windstorm last night here in Sevierville.  Fortunately Josh wasn't in his vehicle at the time of the assault but it could have been horrible: In fact, this isn't the first time in the last couple of years when a friend has been hit by a falling tree.  In 2009 my friend Mark was minding his own business when a falling tree literally struck him on top of his head, earning him a trip on the medical evac helicopter and several days in the area's only trauma center hospital in Knoxville.  Actually, the falling tree nearly killed him.  Fortunately, Mark has made a full recovery and is back at work, apparently no worse for the wear. The lesson of this story is to keep in mi...

I really love the picturesque trees our Smoky Mountain community is famous for but a young man who attends our church showed me a picture this morning that really took my breath away.  His Land Rover was flattened by a large pine tree that fell during a pretty good windstorm last night here in Sevierville.  Fortunately Josh wasn't in his vehicle at the time of the assault but it could have been horrible: In fact, this isn't the first time in the last couple of years when a friend has been hit by a falling tree.  In 2009 my friend Mark was minding his own business when a falling tree literally struck him on top of his head, earning him a trip on the medical evac helicopter and several days in the area's only trauma center hospital in Knoxville.  Actually, the falling tree nearly killed him.  Fortunately, Mark has made a full recovery and is back at work, apparently no worse for the wear. The lesson of this story is to keep i...