But if visibility increases, we'll also get to see more of those houses on the ridge lines...
Cheers,
Steve
Posted by Scott Hoerner on February 3, 2009 at 10:56 PM
WooHoo. Wonderful news Steve.
Posted by Kate Silvia on February 4, 2009 at 10:59 AM
That is absolutely fantastic...what a WIN for NC, The Smokies, and Southern Appalachia!
Posted by Bill Stice on February 4, 2009 at 11:28 AM
Steve, thanks for posting this. It is something we've all been wishing for. Great news!
Posted by Bruce Watson on February 5, 2009 at 10:35 AM
This is just excellent. Maybe we'll finally get the Smokies to be less smoky! I'd love to see a return to some of the 75 mile visibility I remember from my youth.
What a win! About time too.
Posted by Steve Hamley on February 6, 2009 at 8:52 AM
Yeah, a friend of mine once commented that he loved the peach and purple colors in the Smokies/Blue ridge sunsets. I had to tell him that the colors were really supposed to be magenta and orange with blue shadows. The bad part is the Friends of the Smokies license plate has the "pollution colors" rather than the "real" ones. That tells me there's probably an entire generation that's never seen what the Smokies and Blue Ridge are supposed to look like.
Cheers,
Steve
Posted by Wade Hardy on February 11, 2009 at 8:57 PM
Discussion
6 repliesMaybe we'll have better sunrises and sunsets:
http://www.smokymountainnews.com/issues/01_09/01_28_09/out_fr_landmark.html
But if visibility increases, we'll also get to see more of those houses on the ridge lines...
Cheers,
Steve
What a win! About time too.
Cheers,
Steve