"DSK" wrote in message
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Of course, that must be it... lots and lots of slow burning fires...
that happens far more often than simple common clouds intercepted by the
mountain slopes...



Jeff Rigby wrote:
Gesh, Great Smoky Mountains not foggy mountains, or is it always assumed
that descriptions are not literal.

Is it always assumed that they are?


It's so common that the trees have incorporated the event into it's
reproductive cycle and some can't germinate without a fire. To
incorporate
something like that into your reproductive cycle takes 100K plus years
of
CONSISTENT FIRE.


1- that still doesn't mean that "smoke" can't possibly refer to clouds
(fog) which are still a far more common occurence than fire

2- if you go around assuming that evolution is a scientific fact, then
you will really PO the Bush/Cheney cheerleaders and they'll kick you out
of the club.

DSK

Perhaps you are having a problem envisioning the conditions before WE
started a policy of putting out those natural fires. IMAGINE perpetual
fires, occurring 9-10 months of the year with a smog like haze covering
everything. The smell of burning pine needles everywhere. It would be a
rare day when there would be clear skies. These conditions occur because of
Pine trees.