Record Breaking Smoky Mountains Heavy Snow

As mentioned last evening, the Smoky Mountains were expected to get several inches of snow overnight. Well, the winter storm did not disappoint to say the least. As of this morning, Mt. Leconte, the Great Smoky National Park’s second highest peak recorded 22″ of snow. This is the most snow for a first seasonal snowfall […]

Volcano Heat Melts Popular Yellowstone Road

Heat radiating from an underground supervolcano in Yellowstone National Park combined with the summer sun to create a hazard to tourists last Thursday.  The combination of these heat sources literally melted a frequently-used roadway in the park, causing officials to shut it down.  The following is a snippet from livescience.org’s piece on this event: Yellowstone […]