Ermer Gerd therse a FYR!! (Waldo Canyon Fire Merge)

[flan7211]

Where is all the smoke coming from? Gold Camp?

[TFOGGER]

Apparently a new fire near Mancos, but you're probably seeing smoke from the Springer fire...

[Zundfolge]

Nope there's a fire up on Pyramid Mountain (Waldo Canyon area) ... they're evacuating Cedar Heights (that gated community west of the Garden of the Gods). Could actually see the flames on the mountain about an hour ago while driving northwest on Colorado Ave at about 31st st.

[yankeefan98121]

geez uz a fucking'nother one! better not be dumbass caused[Bang]

[TFOGGER]

Nope there's a fire up on Pyramid Mountain (Waldo Canyon area) ... they're evacuating Cedar Heights (that gated community west of the Garden of the Gods). Could actually see the flames on the mountain about an hour ago while driving northwest on Colorado Ave at about 31st st.

Didn't see that one yet on Inciweb....[Eek3]

[Zundfolge]

geez uz a fucking'nother one! better not be dumbass caused[Bang]
Rampart Range shooting area is closed ... but then again they haven't caught the nutball running around up in Teller County lighting fires.


Didn't see that one yet on Inciweb....[Eek3]
I saw it from my front yard [Eek2]

[flan7211]

Rampart Range shooting area is closed ... but then again they haven't caught the nutball running around up in Teller County lighting fires.

Someone needs to shoot that son of er bitch!

[jerrymrc]

10 min ago from the south end of town. And I am showing 102 in the shade here. http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/ac44/jerrymrc/Picture492Medium.jpghttp://i884.photobucket.com/albums/ac44/jerrymrc/Picture493Medium.jpg

[blacklabel]

Good God. This is getting ridiculous.

[Zundfolge]

Cedar Hills subdivision is under mandatory evac (that's the gated community just west of the Garden of the Gods that you enter by the Balanced Rock entrance to the park).

Cascade, Chipita Park and Green Mountain Falls are under voluntary evac. No word of any sort of Manitou Springs evac.

Garden of the Gods is closed.

Rampart Range Road is closed both on the Garden of the Gods end and up at the Woodland Park end.

Not sure if highway 24 is actually closed yet or if they're just discouraging people from going up the pass.

Looks like its moving north west (away from town thank God).

[GhostRider]

ya new fire up at Estes Part too. My wife and kids are being evacuated right now and told to come down, they were up there for a horse show at the fair grounds but where they were camped was just about 150 ft from the fire, so the wife tells me. Everyone is back at fairgrounds and loading up horses now though. Two bombers and a helicopter already working that one. Started in a cabin and went from there

[Zundfolge]

Live video feed from Channel 11 here http://www.kktv.com/video/live

[HoneyBadger]

More details from a mostly credible source: http://www.gazette.com/articles/blaze-140753-fire-side.html

[HoneyBadger]

Picture I just took from my place over by Woodman and Powers:
http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg28/scaled.php?server=28&filename=img0149nh.jpg&res=landing

[yankeefan98121]

ya new fire up at Estes Part too. My wife and kids are being evacuated right now and told to come down, they were up there for a horse show at the fair grounds but where they were camped was just about 150 ft from the fire, so the wife tells me. Everyone is back at fairgrounds and loading up horses now though. Two bombers and a helicopter already working that one. Started in a cabin and went from there

Hope you guys are safe now and things get handled up there. Don't need another horrid experience from another member. God Bless!

[joeyshoe]

http://m.gazette.com/articles/blaze-140753-fire-side.html

Sorry, looked around a bit and didn't see the thread about it already.

[Zundfolge]

So what's the deal with "Mandatory" evacuations? Are they truly mandatory?

[car-15]

http://www.ar-15.co/forums/showthread.php?t=55167

[joeyshoe]

Yup

[Sharpienads]

I saw a C-130 drop some slurry on the ridge line. That was pretty cool. Here's a couple more pics:

http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m591/Sharpienads/WaldoCanyonFire1.jpg

http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m591/Sharpienads/WaldoCanyonFire2.jpg

http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m591/Sharpienads/WaldoCanyonFire3.jpg

[twitchyfinger]

ya new fire up at Estes Part too. My wife and kids are being evacuated right now and told to come down, they were up there for a horse show at the fair grounds but where they were camped was just about 150 ft from the fire, so the wife tells me. Everyone is back at fairgrounds and loading up horses now though. Two bombers and a helicopter already working that one. Started in a cabin and went from there

Have and aunt and uncle who were evacuated also. this is getting crazy just heard of a new fire in Leadville too!

http://www.9news.com/news/local/article/273945/346/New-Treasure-fire-burning-in-Leadville

[Mazin]

You guys down south be safe! This is truly getting crazy.

[Zundfolge]

Oh for the love of Pete a second fire seems to be starting up down by Cheyenne Canon (Lower Gold Camp Road).

If these fires were started on purpose I hope they drag the guy through the streets when they catch him.

[TAR31]

With this heat and no rain forecasted for at least another week we will be lucky to have any trees left in CO.

[flan7211]

Oh for the love of Pete a second fire seems to be starting up down by Cheyenne Canon (Lower Gold Camp Road).

If these fires were started on purpose I hope they drag the guy through the streets when they catch him.

Wait another one?! Shit is crazy over at my work (Leasures Treasures/Amarillo Motel) all the shithead druggies know cops aren't showing up. This morning I kicked out two of them, they were fighting with a hatchet. One of them got cut to pieces, his shoulders were filleted and his nose was cut deep. I called the cops and they said good luck lol.

[02ducky]

Good god, hope you guys down south are safe.

Haven't headed of any new one as of 630. Stay safe everyone!

[Zundfolge]

Wait another one?! Shit is crazy over at my work (Leasures Treasures/Amarillo Motel).
I first saw the waldo fire when I was getting propane next door ... always mean to stop in there but never seem to get around to it (which is probably best since I'd probably spend money there :p ).

TV news is saying the Cheyenne Canon fire is out.

[BPTactical]

With this heat and no rain forecasted for at least another week we will be lucky to have any trees left in CO.

Wouldn't been an entirely bad thing. Forests in the US are grossly overgrown. For a hundred years we have fought wildfires aggressively and are now paying the price.
Fire is a natural and necessary part of the eco-system and ensures healthy forests.
Us humans know what is best of course[Bang]

Protect life, protect structures but let them burn naturally.

[theGinsue]

Picture I just took from my place over by Woodman and Powers:
http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg28/scaled.php?server=28&filename=img0149nh.jpg&res=landing

You live close to me. I'm @ Dublin & Powers - West side of Powers.

My wife & I were in the area so we were sitting on 302th St. 1/10th mile West of Garden of the Gods main entrance/visitors center & we watched the flames crest the ridge & start heading towards a home up there. Then we went & watched from a viewing area off of Mesa Road & watched as flames crested the ridge further East. GoG, The Navigators, Verizon call center, etc. all mandatory evac'd. Also saw planes dropping slurry but this fire is moving with the high winds up there.

[theGinsue]

Protect life, protect structures but let them burn naturally.
Agreed. We don't need these dumbasses helping Mother Nature along by starting the danged things. I hope they catch this pyro & charge him for the expenses of fighting these fires.

[jerrymrc]

Just took a gander through the binocs and it is moving fast. [Eek2]

[twitchyfinger]

Found this live KKTV feed: http://www.kktv.com/video/live

[sellersm]

Picture I just took from my place over by Woodman and Powers:
http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg28/scaled.php?server=28&filename=img0149nh.jpg&res=landing

Not too far from me either, I'm a bit west of you, near Woodman & Rangewood.

We're keeping an eye on my sister-in-law's place which is just East of the evac. area near 30th/centennial...

[HoneyBadger]

Holy S#!%! The fire started heading South last night toward Manitou Springs! All of Manitou is under mandatory evacuation. The fire has now forced 7000 evacuations and has burned more than 2500 acres.

Forum members, if you are being evac'd and don't have a place to stay, please PM me.

[Zundfolge]

I'm in Pleasant Valley (south of the east entrance to Garden of the Gods, less than a mile south of Gateway road).

I'm sure the fire will never get here but we're on edge waiting to see of we get stuck with an evacuation order anyway.

[Birddog1911]

Just like the other thread; if anyone needs help evacuating guns and animals, let me know.

[TFOGGER]

Stay safe everyone!

[Zundfolge]

So that's eerie ... watching Channel 11 and they show a tanker plane flying over the fire ... and we can hear the tanker plane outside at the same time. [Shock]

[RMD]

Didn't see any general threads about this; mods, feel free to merge if I missed them.

Prayers to those fighting and those affected!

View from my front porch (about 12 miles from the fire) @ 2:20pm:

http://i48.tinypic.com/1nyb60.jpg

About 90 minutes later:

http://i48.tinypic.com/2ep6fkp.jpg

Later that evening - notice the heat pushing the clouds away:

http://i48.tinypic.com/19rxv7.jpg

[JohnTRourke]

i just read on 9news (11am) that they are evacuating the ENTIRE TOWN of Manitou Springs

holy shit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.9news.com/news/article/274011/339/LIVE-Waldo-Canyon-Fire-press-conference

The entire town of Manitou Springs was evacuated as the Waldo Canyon Fire continues to burn. Mandatory evacuation orders were issued Sunday for Green Mountain Falls, Chipita Park and Cascade.
More than 10,000 people in the area have been ordered to evacuate.
The fire is burning near Waldo Canyon off of Highway 24 and is at zero percent containment. The fire is at 2,000 acres and growing. Smoke can be seen from the Denver area.
No structures have been burned and no injuries have been reported.
About 400 people are working the fire, just to the west of Colorado Springs.
Garden of the Gods Park and Garden of the Gods Visitor Center are closed.
Roads going into Manitou Springs are closed. Pikes Peak Highway is closed.
The Cedar Heights subdivision and Mountain Shadows south of Chuck Wagon are under mandatory evacuation. The evacuation boundaries include Rampart Range Road and everything west of 30th and Centennial, from Gateway Road, north to Chuck Wagon.

[RMD]

From what I understand, they started about 0100 and did it in 6 phases. Apparently it went (is going) really well.

Triple digit heat yesterday and today. Not good.

[Zundfolge]

Didn't see any general threads about this; mods, feel free to merge if I missed them.
Mods, if you do merge this thread with the main "Ermer Gerd therse a FYR!!" thread, maybe you should give the merged thread the title from this one as people seem to miss that thread (and I think its based on the title).

[CareyH]

I was watching from my back porch last night and could see the flames every now and then. Very scary for those close to the canyon.

[Tinelement]

So is this fire by the Cog Railway thingy???

[flan7211]

Mods, if you do merge this thread with the main "Ermer Gerd therse a FYR!!" thread, maybe you should give the merged thread the title from this one as people seem to miss that thread (and I think its based on the title).

HAHAHA don't like my title huh?!

[jerrymrc]

HAHAHA don't like my title huh?!

I hear the Phrase is popular on Facebook right now. [LOL]

[theGinsue]

Mods, if you do merge this thread with the main "Ermer Gerd therse a FYR!!" thread, maybe you should give the merged thread the title from this one as people seem to miss that thread (and I think its based on the title).

That was my thought as well when I performed the merge, but out of respect to the OP of this original thread, I left his title & added in the more descriptive title.


HAHAHA don't like my title huh?!
"Waldo Canyon Fire" is just a bit more descriptive.

[Zundfolge]

HAHAHA don't like my title huh?!
Ha! ... I like it fine but it was cersin' ter merch confersion [ROFL1]

[theGinsue]

http://www.cotrip.org/m/alertDtl.xhtml?id=143490&rd=35

US 24 Westbound /Eastbound from Woodland Park To 31st Street (mile marker 288 -303)

Due to Wildfire. Alt route US 50 Or US 285

[Zundfolge]

Here's the InciWeb link

http://inciweb.org/incident/2929/

[car-15]

fire outline in google maps
http://rmgsc.cr.usgs.gov/outgoing/GeoMAC/current_year_fire_data/KMLS/CO-PSF-GY3N%20Waldo%20Canyon%206-23-2012%202307.kml

[hammer03]

Just announced a 40 acre fire west of Elbert too... Was kinda hoping it would stay off the plains.

[Zundfolge]

fire outline in google maps
http://rmgsc.cr.usgs.gov/outgoing/GeoMAC/current_year_fire_data/KMLS/CO-PSF-GY3N%20Waldo%20Canyon%206-23-2012%202307.kml
Now that's all kinds of awesome ... just how did we survive before the internet?

[theGinsue]

fire outline in google maps
http://rmgsc.cr.usgs.gov/outgoing/GeoMAC/current_year_fire_data/KMLS/CO-PSF-GY3N%20Waldo%20Canyon%206-23-2012%202307.kml


Now that's all kinds of awesome ... just how did we survive before the internet?
?? How does one go about opening a .klm file? Never heard of them before and apparently, neither has my PC or iPad.

[Zundfolge]

?? How does one go about opening a .klm file? Never heard of them before and apparently, neither has my PC or iPad.
You have to install Google Earth (http://www.google.com/earth/index.html).

[car-15]

You have to install Google Earth (http://www.google.com/earth/index.html).
yep, I should have added that.[Beer]

[theGinsue]

Downloaded/installed Google Earth on both my PC & iPad. Using it to view the link you provided makes the fire area look rather small actually.

[sellersm]

yeah, the Google Earth image really changes the scale/dynamics! Still prayin' for RAIN! Too bad we can't transport the storm from Florida up here!

[car-15]

Downloaded/installed Google Earth on both my PC & iPad. Using it to view the link you provided makes the fire area look rather small actually.
You are Probbally correct, That was from an infrared image at 22:00 last night I'm sure it's much larger now.

[Zundfolge]

Well looks like they're letting people back into Manitou at 8pm ... so that's gotta be a good sign.

[roberth]

Update: Search for Suspect in Teller Co. Arson Fires

http://www.krdo.com/news/Update-Search-for-Suspect-in-Teller-Co-Arson-Fires/-/417220/15202948/-/uebnh0z/-/index.html


I hope that the arsonist puts up a fight and they shoot the SOB dead.


Terry Barton should have gotten the death penalty for starting the Hayman fire.

[RMD]

The MAFFS C-130s are joining the fight today.

Seems like there was a thread in April linking to a local station's story about MAFFS training at Peterson. Was it COAR's own Hoser that made an appearance in that piece? I think the thread was disappeared in the great rewind :(

Good look and be safe guys!

[hollohas]

The Gazette is reporting gas stations are running out in Woodland Park and they are organizing a convey of fuel trucks to come down 67 from Denver since 24 is closed. Or they might let a convey come up Ute Pass but that is not clear yet.

Reason to prep #919 - If a fire shuts down your main road, gas may run out in a couple days. Not to self...Keep tanks and jerry cans FULL.

[HoneyBadger]

An updated picture from my neighborhood on the Northeast side:
http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/3808/img0235u.jpg
There is ash falling all over my house... :(

[Tinelement]

An updated picture from my neighborhood on the Northeast side:
http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/3808/img0235u.jpg
There are embers falling all over my house... :(

That picture seriously looks like Hell!!

Scary crap going on!

[RMD]

Embers? Oh my!

Some ash here & the sun hath been blotted out. Can't breathe but no embers yet.

[HoneyBadger]

Also: This picture was taken by a friend just past the North Gate exit on I-25. That stadium is the Air Force Academy's stadium.
http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/3966/47409210151043408595189.jpg

[HoneyBadger]

Embers? Oh my!

Some ash here & the sun hath been blotted out. Can't breathe but no embers yet.

I misspoke... I meant ash but embers is what came to mind when I was typing. Sorry for the confusion!

[RMD]

I misspoke... I meant ash but embers is what came to mind when I was typing. Sorry for the confusion!

Whew! I was about to start hosing down the house :)

[car-15]

Also: This picture was taken by a friend just past the North Gate exit on I-25. That stadium is the Air Force Academy's stadium.
http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/3966/47409210151043408595189.jpg
thats the most horrible pic i've ever seen in my life, that was a beautiful area.

[RMD]

Reports of structure fires now on Flying W Ranch road & new evacuation orders for parts of Rockrimmon.

All hell broke loose just after 4:00. Those storms in Park county pushed the fires east very quickly.

[HoneyBadger]

My wife is on the Crisis Action Team for Peterson AFB, and they have been called up. The base housing on the Air Force Academy has been issued an evacuation order and the cadet wing (about 3000 of them are currently at the Academy) has been told to pack a duffle bag and be ready to go before 8pm.

[hollohas]

Also: This picture was taken by a friend just past the North Gate exit on I-25. That stadium is the Air Force Academy's stadium.
http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/3966/47409210151043408595189.jpg

Seeing this EXACT picture all over Facebook now...crazy.

[BPTactical]

Also: This picture was taken by a friend just past the North Gate exit on I-25. That stadium is the Air Force Academy's stadium.
http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/3966/47409210151043408595189.jpg

Incredible pic, really puts thing in perspective.

To those of you down thataway-stay safe and thoughts and prayers to you.
God Bless

[hammer03]

7k people evacuating rockrimmon area, I have to take woodmen home and the 25 and every eastbound road on the north end of town is a MESS. Centennial was closed to incoming traffic, making both sides one-way towards Garden of the Gods. The whole freaking town is covered in smoke and falling ash. All the way out to 24 east of town...

[airborneranger]

7k people evacuating rockrimmon area, I have to take woodmen home and the 25 and every eastbound road on the north end of town is a MESS. Centennial was closed to incoming traffic, making both sides one-way towards Garden of the Gods. The whole freaking town is covered in smoke and falling ash. All the way out to 24 east of town...

Breathing ash and smoke here. It reminds me of the burnpits in Iraq and Afghanistan. My boss lives in Rockrimmon and he had to evacuate. This shit is crazy.

[streetglideok]

Saw that same scene this afternoon at work in town, the Constitution corridor. 146.970 FM was busy with traffic with this rapidly developing.

[sellersm]

Just got back from the mess: went over to Centennial to help evac my sis-in-law, could hardly see, ash everywhere, what a mess. Police turned everyone away @ Centennial & 30th, lots of fire trucks entering that area, GoG Road is closed, Centennial was shutdown & all lanes were used for Southbound traffic for evac. It's nuts!

[Jeep297]

One on my really good friends is an officer in Manitou. He said this thing just blew up this afternoon and it's crazy down there right now. Prayers for all those in its path....

[airborneranger]

One on my really good friends is an officer in Manitou. He said this thing just blew up this afternoon and it's crazy down there right now. Prayers for all those in its path....

It did. The fire literally starting jumping around 1600 today. Crazy!

[hammer03]

I left work at 1700 off Circle and 25, and by 1730 we made it to Woodmen, and you couldn't see 300 yards, everything was orange, and it went from 98* to 103*. The roads were absolutely a parking lot. When I left work, it was only slightly more than the giant column of smoke from yesterday.


Time to revisit the BOB and personal files... Glad we didn't buy the house above GoG we were looking at now.

[BigBear]

Prayin' for all involved....

[car-15]

they just said on channel 11 flying w ranch has burned to the ground, as well as several homes around it, its a sad, sad day

[twitchyfinger]

WOW! Just posted on 9news...

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/7475/waldo2.jpg

[TAR31]

11 news has video of houses burning, very sad.

[jackthewall81]

Twitchy could you post a link to the picture?

[car-15]

Twitchy could you post a link to the picture?
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/7475/waldo2.jpg

[CareyH]

the shit is hitting the fan.

[Larry Ashcraft]

flying w ranch has burned to the ground
OK, it's not funny anymore. My late dad and my mom loved that place.

Anybody needs anything, just let us know. No fires here, yet.

We have room for a family or two, and lots of acres to park RVs etc. And food.

We'll get through this.

[car-15]

11 news has video of houses burning, very sad.
looks like a whole neighborhood is going up, terrible...

[jackthewall81]

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/7475/waldo2.jpg

Thank you.

[car-15]

Thank you.
np

[twitchyfinger]

Twitchy could you post a link to the picture?

Was posted in their Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/ilike9news

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151009258691077&set=a.473984071076.287633.263743636076&type=3&theater

[hollohas]

WOW! Just posted on 9news...

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/7475/waldo2.jpg

Oh my...

[Batteriesnare]

News conference @ 2030. This is really scary, I signed a lease just north of the Academy last week. If people need help, please let us know!

[marty]

Any word on how this one started?

[hollohas]

looks like a whole neighborhood is going up, terrible...

Friend's house was one. Very sad.

CS is a nightmare right now. Kinda worried about the northwest end of the fire too since, with good reason, resources have been focused on the north east side. I wonder if there is any attempt at containment on the northwest. Power to Rampart res has been severed...one of the main water sources for CS is now running on generators.

[jackthewall81]

Any word on how this one started?

The Flagstaff one was started by lightning.

[Batteriesnare]

Any word on how this one started?

Sounds like they are leaning towards intentional ignition.

[jackthewall81]

Looks like they are having to fly in specialist firefighters from California to work with the MAFFS, and the guy who said he is heading up, said that we will have alot of resources available, but it will get worse before it gets better... They should be here tomorrow.

http://wlfhotlist.com/forums/32-IA-Rocky-Mountain

[RMD]

65 mph winds pushed the fire over two containment lines this afternoon. It went from bad to hell in minutes.

[hammer03]

32k people evacuated now, a few of my friends included.

Evacuation map (not sure if linking will work)
http://media.graytvinc.com/images/more+complete+evacuation+map+colorado+springs.jpg

[jerrymrc]

Looks like they are having to fly in specialist firefighters from California to work with the MAFFS, and the guy who said he is heading up, said that we will have alot of resources available, but it will get worse before it gets better... They should be here tomorrow.

http://wlfhotlist.com/forums/32-IA-Rocky-Mountain

Understand one of our own is on those planes. May god go with him. [Flower]

[BPTactical]

Understand one of our own is on those planes. May god go with him. [Flower]

Amen-Fly safe Hoser and THANK YOU[Beer]

[jackthewall81]

Amen-Fly safe Hoser and THANK YOU[Beer]

Amen brother. Thanks Hoser. [Beer]

[rtr]

I talked to Hoser tonight his aircraft did 10 drops on the Waldo fire and then got sent to the Buolder fire. They landed a little after 7pm and will be at it again tomorrow. We are so thankful for them and praying for their safety.

[Sparky]

Watching the news. Man this is bad

[jackthewall81]

Hopefully the MAFFS teams will be ale to slow this thing down.

[theGinsue]

First off, a HUGE thank you to all law enforcement officers & firefighters working this Colorado Springs fire!

Next, I realize I never should have gone into this area, but I didn't realize how bad things had gotten until I got close to my target.....

I got a call from my boss @ 5:15 this evening. He said he was evacuating and asked if I could come get his guns & hold them for him. He lives (lived?) Off of Pinion valley & Centennial.

I had been taking a nap & when I walked outside my home @ Powers & Dublin (east side of town) the smoke over here was so bad you'd have thought the entire next street over was on fire. The wind was so bad that at one point my Celica got pushed.

As I got closer to my bosses neighborhood the smoke was getting really bad - visibility down to less than 1/10 of a mile. I made it onto Centennial but the smoke was so thick I missed the turn onto Pinion Valley & made it a 1/2 block passed looking for a place to turn into his neighborhood - there wasn't any place & the traffic was at a standstill. I realized that the cross street right in front of me was 30th Street....

Police had the traffic coming South out of Mtn Shadows neighborhood given the right-of-way but then had everyone Northbound (my flow) turn West onto 30th down to Garden of the Gods road. I looked right as I drove past Flying W Ranch Road & the fire was literally between 25 to 50 feet from 30th Street.

I got the hell out of there as quickly as traffic would allow & got onto Northbound I-25. Traffic was bumper to bumper & visibility was very poor. Got off to Eastbound Woodman & got home. When I got out of my car, I realized I was shaking (got burned in a fire years ago).

Damned spooky thing to see firsthand!

ETA: Flying W Ranch is totally destroyed!

[Eggysrun]

Well if you don't have a bail out bag now, you sure as hell will have one soon.

[theGinsue]

Hopefully the MAFFS teams will be ale to slow this thing down.
Word this afternoon was that they were having to pull a couple of the MAFFS units to other fires in the nation.

ETA: just saw the post above about Hoser's crew & the Boulder Fire. Hopefully we get to keep these guys as long as it takes. God Bless them.

[jackthewall81]

First off, a HUGE thank you to all law enforcement officers & firefighters working this Colorado Springs fire!

Next, I realize I never should have gone into this area, but I didn't realize how bad things had gotten until I got close to my target.....

I got a call from my boss @ 5:15 this evening. He said he was evacuating and asked if I could come get his guns & hold them for him. He lives (lived?) Off of Pinion valley & Centennial.

I had been taking a nap & when I walked outside my home @ Powers & Dublin (east side of town) the smoke over here was so bad you'd have thought the entire next street over was on fire. The wind was so bad that at one point my Celica got pushed.

As I got closer to my bosses neighborhood the smoke was getting really bad - visibility down to less than 1/10 of a mile. I made it onto Centennial but the smoke was so thick I missed the turn onto Pinion Valley & made it a 1/2 block passed looking for a place to turn into his neighborhood - there wasn't any place & the traffic was at a standstill. I realized that the cross street right in front of me was 30th Street....

Police had the traffic coming South out of Mtn Shadows neighborhood given the right-of-way but then had everyone Northbound (my flow) turn West onto 30th down to Garden of the Gods road. I looked right as I drove past Flying W Ranch Road & the fire was literally between 25 to 50 feet from 30th Street.

I got the hell out of there as quickly as traffic would allow & got onto Northbound I-25. Traffic was bumper to bumper & visibility was very poor. Got off to Eastbound Woodman & got home. When I got out of my car, I realized I was shaking (got burned in a fire years ago).

Damned spooky thing to see firsthand!

Good to hear you are ok... But did you get his guns?

[theGinsue]

Understand one of our own is on those planes. May god go with him. [Flower]


Amen-Fly safe Hoser and THANK YOU[Beer]


Amen brother. Thanks Hoser. [Beer]

Agreed! Hoser - please ensure your guys know just how much EVERYONE appreciates all that you guys do!

[theGinsue]

Good to hear you are ok... But did you get his guns?

Negative - no joy. Couldn't get back towards him. The cell phone service but buried but he called my wife who got ahold of me & told me to disregard as they were pulling out & he got the guns.

[RYAN50BMG]

Agreed! Hoser - please ensure your guys know just how much EVERYONE appreciates all that you guys do!

Yep, me too.

[marty]

Yes, thanks to you guys working this.

[flan7211]

Any way to volunteer?????? They need shovels and axe hands we can all do that!

[Ridge]

Yikes!

http://i.imgur.com/6IG8Z.jpg

[jackthewall81]

This news is not even on national television... Fvcking liberal media somehow doesn't see this as anything important.

[Ridge]

This news is not even on national television... Fvcking liberal media somehow doesn't see this as anything important.

Dude, didn't you hear? Michael Jackson died 3 years ago today!

[theGinsue]

This news is not even on national television... Fvcking liberal media somehow doesn't see this as anything important.


Dude, didn't you hear? Michael Jackson died 3 years ago today!

Yeah, and it's not in California. They always cover when a home is threatened by fire in Cali.

[Zundfolge]

This news is not even on national television... Fvcking liberal media somehow doesn't see this as anything important.
Of course not ... nothing burning but the homes of a bunch of evil white Republicans. I'm surprised they're not gleefully reporting it.

[WillysWagon]

The smoke today driving home was crazy. Looks like more evacs are being called out and it's 10pm. Hope the wind tomorrow is dead and not like it was today, flames moving at 60mph.

[hollohas]

Listening to structure protection crew radio. The neighborhoods west of Flying W Ranch road and Centennial Blvd are getting hit hard by fire.

Last I heard, fire was reaching at least north to 7500 block of Hollandale Dr.

22:25 - Crews being set up to Woodman Rd and Blodgett Dr.

[TAR31]

Last report was 32,000 evacuees, that is just crazy.

[Ridge]

I've heard that Flying W Ranch is gone.

[hollohas]

I've heard that Flying W Ranch is gone.

Yes.

[theGinsue]

http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?ctid=261

Police /fire scanner via web

[02ducky]

Wow that's sad, at one of the buildings that I work in(on occasion) they closed it with a opening date TBD on when they will open it again.

Be safe everyone down in the springs!

[Ridge]

Yes.

Sorry, I'm not familiar with the layout of Colorado Springs. I've only been there for a couple weeks last year, and that was up by the AFA.

[mcantar18c]

I'm a bit disconnected on what's going on back home. Most of my info on these fires is coming from here and phone calls.
What's this about intentional ignition? How many of these do they think were/could have been started intentionally?
Maybe I'm being a little tin-foiley, and maybe my job is influencing my thinking, but has anybody considered the possibility of an organized group of the bacon-hating kind being involved?

[hollohas]

Sorry, I'm not familiar with the layout of Colorado Springs. I've only been there for a couple weeks last year, and that was up by the AFA.

Oh, no problem. I was just confirming I had heard the same thing. Most of AFA has been evacuated too.

[esaabye]

I am just across from the AFA, watching the blooms right now in Stanley canyon and south. Packed and ready, tomorrow could be a hard day...

[hollohas]

I'm a bit disconnected on what's going on back home. Most of my info on these fires is coming from here and phone calls.
What's this about intentional ignition? How many of these do they think were/could have been started intentionally?

The last I heard was that somewhere around 20+ fires had been intentionally started in the last week. Most were put out quickly. No news yet on what the cause of this fire was...

[theGinsue]

Any word on how this one started?

Still unknown. The news was reporting this AM that authorities did not believe it was arson. BUT... There was someone who the news says that he claims Saturday he was hiking Waldo Canyon and came across an unattended camp fire that was out of control. This guy claims he attempted to put the fire out but it was too much for him so he called the USFS who told them they were too busy to respond.

I repeated "claims" because there is no way to verify this persons claims.

[Scanker19]

The last thing we need is a bunch of retards with guns out "Hunting."

[cmailliard]

Click for bigger image

http://s9.postimage.org/ukf4fyy3v/484542_3749057096724_1044587335_n.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/ukf4fyy3v/)

http://s9.postimage.org/kbmna5a23/484641_3749214940670_1988164776_n.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/kbmna5a23/)

http://s9.postimage.org/jamel0t2j/548022_3749031896094_524797610_n.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/jamel0t2j/)

[02ducky]

OMG that second picture is terrible, good god!

[cmailliard]

OMG that second picture is terrible, good god!

Yeah I think the 257 homes lost in High Park may be the record holder for only a week or so. This fire is bad, they are OUT of resources, all 450 CSFD firefighters have been recalled, they are putting out a call for any help within 100 miles, Denver metro area departments have sent rigs to staff the CSFD stations.

[twitchyfinger]

The smoke today driving home was crazy. Looks like more evacs are being called out and it's 10pm. Hope the wind tomorrow is dead and not like it was today, flames moving at 60mph.

Not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing but I happen to come across this NWS warning:

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?map.x=164&map.y=89&site=pub&zmx=1&zmy=1

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
338 PM MDT TUE JUN 26 2012

...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL COULD FALL ACROSS THE WALDO BURN SCAR
REGION LATE TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

.A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY REGION
TOMORROW AFTERNOON. MOIST UNSTABLE AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA
LATE TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE MAY
ALLOW FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP OVER THE WALDO BURN SCAR. IF A
THUNDERSTORM SHOULD FORM OVER THE BURN SCAR REGION...THEN FLASH
FLOODING WOULD BE POSSIBLE. REMEMBER...IT WOULD NOT TAKE MUCH
RAINFALL TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING. POPULATED AREAS
WHICH COULD SEE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING WOULD BE
MANITOU SPRINGS AND OLD COLORADO CITY.

COZ081-085-270545-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FA.A.0001.120627T2300Z-120628T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z. OO/
TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN
7500 AND 11000 FT-
COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE
BELOW 7400 FT-
INCLUDING...WOODLAND PARK...COLORADO SPRINGS
338 PM MDT TUE JUN 26 2012

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING AREAS...EL PASO COUNTY AND TELLER COUNTY AND THE
RAMPART RANGE.

* FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING

* RAINFALL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE
ACROSS THE WALDO BURN SCAR REGION LATE TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

* POPULATED AREAS WHICH COULD SEE THE MOST SERIOUS FLASH FLOODING
POTENTIAL WOULD BE THE CITIES OF MANITOU SPRINGS AND OLD COLORADO
CITY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

[hollohas]

A bunch of engines from Pueblo Fire just showed up.

[mcantar18c]

The last I heard was that somewhere around 20+ fires had been intentionally started in the last week. Most were put out quickly. No news yet on what the cause of this fire was...

20+?! That adds some tin foil to the hat for sure.

[Irving]

I don't know about you guys, but these fires make me feel terrible. I want to help in some way, but feel like I hardly have time to manage my own affairs, let alone run off to help fight fires. I don't have a truck, I don't have space for people, etc. Thanks Jayock for starting that volunteer thread.

[sellersm]

First off, a HUGE thank you to all law enforcement officers & firefighters working this Colorado Springs fire!

Next, I realize I never should have gone into this area, but I didn't realize how bad things had gotten until I got close to my target.....

I got a call from my boss @ 5:15 this evening. He said he was evacuating and asked if I could come get his guns & hold them for him. He lives (lived?) Off of Pinion valley & Centennial.

I had been taking a nap & when I walked outside my home @ Powers & Dublin (east side of town) the smoke over here was so bad you'd have thought the entire next street over was on fire. The wind was so bad that at one point my Celica got pushed.

As I got closer to my bosses neighborhood the smoke was getting really bad - visibility down to less than 1/10 of a mile. I made it onto Centennial but the smoke was so thick I missed the turn onto Pinion Valley & made it a 1/2 block passed looking for a place to turn into his neighborhood - there wasn't any place & the traffic was at a standstill. I realized that the cross street right in front of me was 30th Street....

Police had the traffic coming South out of Mtn Shadows neighborhood given the right-of-way but then had everyone Northbound (my flow) turn West onto 30th down to Garden of the Gods road. I looked right as I drove past Flying W Ranch Road & the fire was literally between 25 to 50 feet from 30th Street.

I got the hell out of there as quickly as traffic would allow & got onto Northbound I-25. Traffic was bumper to bumper & visibility was very poor. Got off to Eastbound Woodman & got home. When I got out of my car, I realized I was shaking (got burned in a fire years ago).

Damned spooky thing to see firsthand!

ETA: Flying W Ranch is totally destroyed!

Yep, we were at the same place, almost same time. Very surreal!

[twitchyfinger]

Prayers to all affected by this!

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/2979/waldo3.jpg

[mcantar18c]

I also wonder what the long term health effects will be for those in areas that have been exposed to smoke and ash 24/7 for the past couple weeks.

[theGinsue]

I also wonder what the long term health effects will be for those in areas that have been exposed to smoke and ash 24/7 for the past couple weeks.

I wonder this as well. My son works as a door greeter / membership card checker @ SAMs Club on Woodman Road where the smoke was really thick. He said the smoke was smothering. Finally, one of the managers went out and bought goggles and masks for those working the doors and the cart pushers.

[Ridge]

I wonder this as well. My son works as a door greeter / membership card checker @ SAMs Club on Woodman Road where the smoke was really thick. He said the smoke was smothering. Finally, one of the managers went out and bought goggles and masks for those working the doors and the cart pushers.

Note to self. Sam's Club does not sell goggles and masks.

[theGinsue]

Note to self. Sam's Club does not sell goggles and masks.

I was a bit surprised to learn this as well.

[Zundfolge]

I also wonder what the long term health effects will be for those in areas that have been exposed to smoke and ash 24/7 for the past couple weeks.
I doubt there will be lasting effects. I'm just as sure that people will claim there are (and maybe even sue someone about it).

People can smoke for decades and then quit and apparently within a few years of not smoking most of the damage is undone, so I figure one can put up with a couple weeks of smoke and survive.

[TheBelly]

I have officially been evacuated..... or, to be more clear, my wife and my dog have been evacuated.

I'm in Afghanistan.

Eff My Life!!

[Ridge]

I have officially been evacuated..... or, to be more clear, my wife and my dog have been evacuated.

I'm in Afghanistan.

Eff My Life!!

Yikes! Let us know if Mrs TheBelly needs any help! Bunch of us here are no good for fighting the fires, but I'm sure we'd jump at the chance to help someone, anyone!

[TheBelly]

Yikes! Let us know if Mrs TheBelly needs any help! Bunch of us here are no good for fighting the fires, but I'm sure we'd jump at the chance to help someone, anyone!

I sincerely appreciate it.

[Dr_Fwd]

Yikes! Let us know if Mrs TheBelly needs any help! Bunch of us here are no good for fighting the fires, but I'm sure we'd jump at the chance to help someone, anyone!

Yeap.

[TheBelly]

I walked into my boss' office to update him, and before I could start talking, he cut me off with, "Hey your house is on fire!" as he's looking at a map of the springs area.

It was a moment of humor, just a bit to take the edge off.

[babirl]

I now have family evacuated here... If needed, I'm sure we can put up a few more folks somehow.

B2

God Bless all of the firefighters and other first responders facing this "hell on earth" Waldo Canyon fire. [Beer]

Good grief, I couldn't feel more worthless...

[Mick-Boy]

I have officially been evacuated..... or, to be more clear, my wife and my dog have been evacuated.

I'm in Afghanistan.

Eff My Life!!


If it makes you feel any better I'm in exactly the same boat. My little sister and a buddy did a quick grab at my house so I'm just trusting their judgement and keeping my fingers crossed.

[streetglideok]

Hoping this am the winds dont come out of the west like they did yesterday. If this pushes anymore east, they'll be evac'ing people on the east side of the interstate.

[Scanker19]

I have officially been evacuated..... or, to be more clear, my wife and my dog have been evacuated.

I'm in Afghanistan.

Eff My Life!!

Are they going to get you home?

[onebadfx4]

Hoping this am the winds dont come out of the west like they did yesterday. If this pushes anymore east, they'll be evac'ing people on the east side of the interstate.

Probably going to hit the Academy today. Let's pray for rain and no wind. If it crosses the "I" the whole city could be In a lot of trouble. Scary stuff.

[spyder]

my sis lives off of east bijou street, she was told to pack up because they are getting evacuated today...

[Mtn.man]

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-eZTB1hjSkI4/T-qGRsR-1xI/AAAAAAAAETk/DvGw610aojQ/s900/575600_10151057929362673_1356937910_n.jpg

[Zundfolge]

Well we're getting prepped to evac ... not sure we'll get the order to but we'll be ready.

Since every area north, east and west of us is on evac I bet we do though.

My biggest fear now is that my boss just lost his house ... the company is struggling right now and frankly if his house burned that will probably be the final straw for him. So I'll probably keep my house, but there's a real good chance I'll be losing my job due to the fire :(

[waxthis]

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-eZTB1hjSkI4/T-qGRsR-1xI/AAAAAAAAETk/DvGw610aojQ/s900/575600_10151057929362673_1356937910_n.jpg


How horrible. I just dont know what to say.

[theGinsue]

Yikes! Let us know if Mrs TheBelly needs any help! Bunch of us here are no good for fighting the fires, but I'm sure we'd jump at the chance to help someone, anyone!

+1 for this. I'm in Denver for a conference today (anyone else attending SUSE Linux Days?). I'd e available to assist this evening.

My offer is open to all of you.

My prayers to all of you who are affected by this or any of Coloado's fires.

[Birddog1911]

11 News showed a possibility for rain in the area this afternoon/evening. We can only hope.

[losttrail]

Here in Monument (Woodmoor), we had smoke settle in late afternoon yesterday and shortly thereafter had ash start falling.

We will be centralizing our 'bug out' items today and finalizing our plan.

Even though we are a ways away from the closest part of the fire, as many of us understand, fire can move incredibly fast given the right (or wrong) conditions.

I spent the frist two summers after high school working for the Montana Dept of State Lands. Our main task was thinning timber but we also fought forest fires.

My thanks and prayers to all the folks fighting the fires, protecting the neighborhoods, treating people, volunteering and to the citizenry for being active and compliant with the evacuations.

And a special thanks to the plane and helicopter jockey's.

God be with everyone.

[68Charger]

press conference put current size of fire at over 15,000 acres now
That's more than double from yesterday[Eek2]

found a good, recent map:
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=pub&storyid=84552&source=0

it's very bad... pray that the predicted t-storms don't just bring more 60+mph winds like last night, but a downpour
Because with that kind of winds, there's no stopping it

[Zundfolge]

Well I just looked at the updated map on GeoMAC (http://www.geomac.gov/viewer/viewer.shtml) and my God, my bosses house seems to have survived. He's in the triangular little condo complex between Flying W Ranch Road and Wilson Rd on the west and east respectively and north of Chuckwagon.

Whether his house survives the day I don't know, but I think it's still there!

http://www.ar-15.co/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=10667&stc=1&d=1340809886

[Beprepared]

We voluntarily evacuated a couple days ago. The fire is still far away, but after that run the other day toward the resevior, and the arsonist at rainbow falls on the other side of us we left. We aren't even in pre-evac, but we aren't stupid N 67 could shut down. Half the neigborhood is already gone with the sheriff up there constantly. Vacation schedualed in three weeks, we'll see how that goes. Probabley be hangin in Denver next week.
Thank you for all those crews out there saving our asses.
That's you Hoser

[TheBelly]

Are they going to get you home?

I don't have enough rank on my chest to make that decision, so I'm not going to speculate.

[WillysWagon]

Be safe out there guys, wherever you may be !!!

[Monky]

If any of you guys in the springs getting evac'd need a place.. i have a spare room and a couch.. not exactly a kid friendly house.. but it could be made so if need be. I also have AC..

[yankeefan98121]

GEEZ UZ you guys be careful out there!

My heart goes out to anyone having to deal with this, hard for me to even take in at the moment

May the lord be with you!

[Sharpienads]

This news is not even on national television... Fvcking liberal media somehow doesn't see this as anything important.

I heard AP Radio News talk about it this morning on Sirius/XM.

Seeing the fire, especially at night, is just devastating. Knowing some of the flames are people's houses burning. What a totally helpless/useless feeling.

The first night of the fire my wife and I went down to the command center in Old Colorado City and asked if we could do anything. They gave us a shopping list and we ended up buying a bunch of stuff from the Safeway across the parking lot to help them prepare breakfast for the fire fighters. The next day on the news they said don't go to the command center to volunteer for help. Whoops.

Here's what I think is the latest evacuation areas in the Springs:

http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/chieftain.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/1/5f/15fe05e8-c019-11e1-8481-001a4bcf887a/4fea9a0931b7d.image.jpg

Almost 10% of the city is evacuated. Crazy.

[hghclsswhitetrsh]

Thoughts and prayers sent to all involved.

[yankeefan98121]

What a totally helpless/useless feeling.


I feel the same way right now, I want to do something, even if it's picking up supplies for the evacuee's I feel like I need to to do something

[Gunner]

Hopefully this guy is not full of Shit

http://cosprings.craigslist.org/com/3103387491.html

[yankeefan98121]

Hopefully this guy is not full of Shit

http://cosprings.craigslist.org/com/3103387491.html

wtf! [Rant1] [Bang] [Bang] [Bang][M2][Rant2]

[yankeefan98121]

I posted that link on kdvr's waldo canyon fire blog page probably won't do much though

[trlcavscout]

Fox 31 said earlier they had a "person of interest"?

[ghettodub]

Hopefully this guy is not full of Shit

http://cosprings.craigslist.org/com/3103387491.html

Why wouldn't he just call the cops, instead of a tip line? If it's a real claim, I hope they do something about it!

[BuffCyclist]

I took my Fiancee up to Boulder for the weekend, for a friend's 30th birthday party. We went on a short hike behind the flatirons, hoping that fire is put out quickly.

On our drive home Sunday night, we saw the Waldo Canyon fire, mostly smoke but in a few places we could see the actual fire. It was saddening to see all of that smoke in the town. It's even worse to see the photos posted here of USAFA (my Dad graduated there in '77), he's depressed after seeing the photos of the Chapel and the Stadium.

The pictures of peoples homes burning down is humbling. It makes me feel horrible that I can't do anything, granted I live in the next state over and we have our own fires to deal with (though luckily they are only the national forests and not much of structures).

What's worse, is that when we got down close to Trinidad, we saw some idiot who probably started a grass fire on the side of the road with a cigarette. Well, we saw the aftermath of that discarded butt. The grass on the northbound side of the road was on fire and producing about 1ft high flames. There were a couple of cars there trying to stomp the fire out, never saw any signs of a fire dept on its way though and didn't have a cell phone to call for one. Hoping those good samaritans put the fire out before it took off, but I haven't seen anything on inciweb about it yet.

[Mtn.man]

Sad day

http://www.flyingw.com/Default.aspx

[Holger Danske]

Here are some pictures I took yesterday from work (30th St and Garden of the Gods) before we evacuated at 5pm. Used my iPhone so not great pictures but you get the idea. The helicopters were getting water from the resevoir at the top of Kissing Camels. These guys were fast. 1 minute to fill and 5 minutes round trip to the fire all day long, but it just wasn't enough with the winds shifting in the afternoon.

[CrufflerSteve]

This is a good news feed/video: http://www.krdo.com/news/WATCH-LIVE-KRDO-NewsChannel-13/-/417220/14776454/-/12eydmxz/-/index.html

They must be expecting it to head north. There are evav notices going out to the southwestern corner of Douglas County.

Steve

[cstone]

Here are some pictures I took yesterday from work (30th St and Garden of the Gods) before we evacuated at 5pm. Used my iPhone so not great pictures but you get the idea. The helicopters were getting water from the resevoir at the top of Kissing Camels. These guys were fast. 1 minute to fill and 5 minutes round trip to the fire all day long, but it just wasn't enough with the winds shifting in the afternoon.

30th St and GoG apparently is the staging area for most of the units fighting the fire.

This link has been a great source of information: http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?action=cwp&ctid=261

Sounds like thunderstorms moving in north of the AFA.

Be safe.

[jplove71]

Woodland Park has just now been issued a mandatory evacuation order.

[WillysWagon]

My buddy near 31st & Hwy 24 got the Pre-evac notice a few minutes ago.

[O2HeN2]

Saturday, when the fire was only a few hundred acres:

http://nankoweap.com/waldocanyon/saturday_fire.JPG

http://nankoweap.com/waldocanyon/smoke_column.JPG

Monday night, it topped one of the ridges briefly:

http://nankoweap.com/waldocanyon/ridge_topper.JPG

Then last night (Tuesday) a fierce wind from the West drove it into Western Colorado Springs:

http://nankoweap.com/waldocanyon/fire_at_twilight.JPG

http://nankoweap.com/waldocanyon/fire_at_night.JPG

O2

[Gunner]

Sad part is what kind of justice will happen to the person that started this? Look at Terry Barton who stated the Haymen. She was sentenced to 12 years and if I recall only served 6? And the Haymen resulted in 6 deaths. Not sure if there are any in this fire yet. It just sucks knowing this person should face more justice than he/she will probably get

[Ridge]

Are there any deaths related to this fire?

[Sharpienads]

Are there any deaths related to this fire?

Not as of last night. As far as I know that hasn't changed.

[Gunner]

Great noW Obama wants to come tour it.

[Sharpienads]

Great no Obama wants to come tour it.

Yeah I just heard that. He'll be here on Friday. It still reeks from his last visit.

[Tinelement]

Great no Obama wants to come tour it.

He can come tour my taint.

Seriously though. What's been going on down there today? I've been cooped up under a welding helmet since 5. Only get my news from here. Is it still spreading/growing?? Any containment? Winds cooperating today? Anyone need any help? Got a 30ft enclosed we can leave Loveland in a matter of minutes with. Being 100% serious!

Keep the updates coming. You guys down there keep safe!!

[Mtn.man]

Bet he will sell T'shirts to help his campaign.

OBAMA
Fire Tour 2012

[TFOGGER]

Great noW Obama wants to come tour it.

Don't we have enough hot air already?

[joeyshoe]

getting ready to leave Woodland Park. [BooHoo]

[Sharpienads]

That sucks. You got a place to go? Do you require any assistance?

[joeyshoe]

That sucks. You got a place to go? Do you require any assistance?

ya, we have family in florissant. just taking some essentials. thanks!

[Scanker19]

Great noW Obama wants to come tour it.

Awesome, now if we need to evac more people his motorcade and security should get in the way. Just stay in DC and watch it on the news. Seriously how is he going to help by personally coming down? Stay out of the way and come back when it's out.

[rtr]

Hoser had eyes on my house and Mick boys house a couple hours ago and both are fine.

[jplove71]

Monument and Palmer Lake have just now been given pre-evacuation notice.

[BPTactical]

Oblammy needs to stay out of the Springs.




I think they have plenty of hot air down there already............

[thedave1164]

Prayers for all the COS folks affected by the fire, ditto for the other fires too.....

[TAR31]

Is the wind blowing on the north side like it is down here in Fountain?

[Scanker19]

Is the wind blowing on the north side like it is down here in Fountain?

I hope not.

[Ridge]

My God, what the hell is going on down there!? Has all of civilization broken down!?

http://i.imgur.com/fspCq.jpg

[Monky]

My God, what the hell is going on down there!? Has all of civilization broken down!?

http://i.imgur.com/fspCq.jpg

Oh my that's funny.

[flan7211]

My God, what the hell is going on down there!? Has all of civilization broken down!?

http://i.imgur.com/fspCq.jpg




[ROFL1][ROFL1][ROFL1][ROFL2][ROFL2][ROFL3][ROFL3][ROFL3][LOL][LOL][LOL][LOL][Puke]

[yankeefan98121]

Holy shite Batman!!!

[car-15]

My God, what the hell is going on down there!? Has all of civilization broken down!?

http://i.imgur.com/fspCq.jpg
I dont care who you are thats funny.[ROFL1]

[HoneyBadger]

My God, what the hell is going on down there!? Has all of civilization broken down!?

http://i.imgur.com/fspCq.jpg

This disaster has just reached legendary proportions!

All joking aside, I can barely see across the street because of the smoke (near Woodman and Powers), which means the wind is blowing the fire back toward the city. There is ash everywhere... A charred corner of a sheet of paper with some handwriting on it about 1x1.5 inches just landed in my backyard... 10 miles from the fire.

[roberth]

Geez, you guys in the Springs be careful.

[asmo]

https://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/532467_3645832941968_1601760777_n.jpg

[HoneyBadger]

https://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/532467_3645832941968_1601760777_n.jpg

Hoser? Is that you? [Beer]

[68Charger]

https://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/532467_3645832941968_1601760777_n.jpg

an old photo from another fire... I believe that plane crashed...

awesome photo, tho!

[Bailey Guns]

My God, what the hell is going on down there!? Has all of civilization broken down!?

http://i.imgur.com/fspCq.jpg

Hey...moisture is moisture. Can't hurt.

[Ridge]

Hoser? Is that you? [Beer]

Hoser flies a C130

http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/ac105/puebloshooter/Hurk/GS5.jpg

[jplove71]

I have a cousin that lives in Helena, MT. The property on the left behind the crewman is his.

http://helenair.com/news/local/gallery-corral-fire-day-the-aftermath/collection_b51ba75a-c0a2-11e1-a3fd-001a4bcf887a.html#4

[JohnTRourke]

http://twitchy.com/2012/06/27/obama-finally-remembers-colorado-exists-will-head-there-friday/

It is a desperate situation (http://twitchy.com/2012/06/26/waldo-canyon-fire-rages-on/) and has been for some time (http://twitchy.com/2012/06/23/images-evacuation-updates-flood-twitter-as-waldocanyonfire-spreads-west-of-colorado-springs/). Hopefully, President Obama will finally do something to help someone other than himself. Or, eco-nuts. Maybe President Obama will do something about the aerial fighting fleet that his policies shrunk (http://www.gazette.com/opinion/obama-140889-edge-rages.html).

“Less than a year ago, the same administration seemed to be doing its best to leave the Forest Service ill-equipped to deal with the mounting wildfire threat, by summarily cancelling a contract with a company that furnished roughly one third of the wildfire-fighting tankers in the agency’s already-depleted fleet. That action might loom large as calls mount for an investigation into why the agency’s air assets seem inadequate to meet the threat.”
Washington-based Human Events magazine reported in September of 2011 that nearly half of the federal government’s air tankers sat idle at a California airport, as wildfires ripped through national forests throughout California, Texas, New Mexico, and other states.
It turns out the Obama administration ended a long-standing contract, leaving the Forest Service with only 11 tankers to battle 50 wildfires that were burning nationwide. A decade ago, the Forest Service had 40 firefighting tankers.
The Obama administration canceled the government’s contract with Aero Union — a company with 60 employees that had been under contract with the Forest Service for 50 years. Though it canceled that contract, the administration had no plan for an immediate replacement. Aero Union CEO Britt Gourley told Human Events the administration provided no details on why the contract was ended.
“They didn’t want to talk about it,” Gourley said of Obama administration officials.

[jackthewall81]

http://twitchy.com/2012/06/27/obama-finally-remembers-colorado-exists-will-head-there-friday/

It is a desperate situation (http://twitchy.com/2012/06/26/waldo-canyon-fire-rages-on/) and has been for some time (http://twitchy.com/2012/06/23/images-evacuation-updates-flood-twitter-as-waldocanyonfire-spreads-west-of-colorado-springs/). Hopefully, President Obama will finally do something to help someone other than himself. Or, eco-nuts. Maybe President Obama will do something about the aerial fighting fleet that his policies shrunk (http://www.gazette.com/opinion/obama-140889-edge-rages.html).

“Less than a year ago, the same administration seemed to be doing its best to leave the Forest Service ill-equipped to deal with the mounting wildfire threat, by summarily cancelling a contract with a company that furnished roughly one third of the wildfire-fighting tankers in the agency’s already-depleted fleet. That action might loom large as calls mount for an investigation into why the agency’s air assets seem inadequate to meet the threat.”
Washington-based Human Events magazine reported in September of 2011 that nearly half of the federal government’s air tankers sat idle at a California airport, as wildfires ripped through national forests throughout California, Texas, New Mexico, and other states.
It turns out the Obama administration ended a long-standing contract, leaving the Forest Service with only 11 tankers to battle 50 wildfires that were burning nationwide. A decade ago, the Forest Service had 40 firefighting tankers.
The Obama administration canceled the government’s contract with Aero Union — a company with 60 employees that had been under contract with the Forest Service for 50 years. Though it canceled that contract, the administration had no plan for an immediate replacement. Aero Union CEO Britt Gourley told Human Events the administration provided no details on why the contract was ended.
“They didn’t want to talk about it,” Gourley said of Obama administration officials.


Makes me sick.

[jplove71]

Makes me sick.
You're not the only one.

[Ridge]

The contract was cancelled because their planes were falling apart....literally.

4bDNCac2N1o

Though, I agree it was foolish to continue without an alternative.

[car-15]

link to fly over images, let me warn you some of them are disturbing to look at.
http://www.koaa.com/videos/john-wark-exclusive-images-only-on-news-5-from-the-waldo-canyon-fire/

[Larry Ashcraft]

link to fly over images, let me warn you some of them are disturbing to look at.
Great to hear John Wark is still flying though. He's around 80. I talked to him maybe six months ago.

Great pilot and photographer.

[Ridge]

When they are dropping slurry in your backyard, that's the signal to GTFO!

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=6ad_1340773341

[Byte Stryke]

This news is not even on national television... Fvcking liberal media somehow doesn't see this as anything important.


Umm... it's all over the news out here.
I think I have seen more of the fires than you guys.

[Scanker19]

And the scammers are out asking for cash donations.

[jackthewall81]

Umm... it's all over the news out here.
I think I have seen more of the fires than you guys.

It wasn't one Tuesday night when the city was getting burned down.

[Monky]

It's on the news.. My entire family is freaking out thinking the whole of the metro area is ablaze and we're all leaving.. the text messages started at 4am.. I was NOT happy.

[hammer03]

How's everyone doing tonight? When I left town it was nothing compared to yesterday... Hopefully things are still under control

[Birddog1911]

Just had a light shower, north of Peyton. Looks like maybe SE Springs might be getting some, but hard to say now.

[Byte Stryke]

It wasn't one Tuesday night when the city was getting burned down.

Been watching for Days Brother.

I may be in Georgia, But my Heart, thoughts and prayers will always be in Colorado

[Ridge]

Umm... it's all over the news out here.
I think I have seen more of the fires than you guys.

Yeah some family in Los Angeles said they were seeing it on the news as well.

[Ridge]

LA Times (http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-colorado-wildfire-additional-evacuations-20120627,0,5600988.story)

[theGinsue]

I've got friends in FL who used to be stationed @ the USAF Academy watching this closely as well as family in MO.

[newracer]

http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc129/newracer/541915_3329056308785_1170555912_n.jpg

[theGinsue]

^^^ I guess the city's "Open Space" initiative is working.

(trying to inject humor to handle the overwhelming sense of devastation)

[sniper7]

I flew in today and the smoke is definitely making an impact hundreds of miles to the east. Could see some of the fires raging today coming in to DIA. My thoughts and prayers are sent out to all those who are affected and will be affected. I saw a few rain showers but I don't think it was nearly enough to do much.


If anyone needs help evacuating or if you are out of country and need things pulled from your home or family members or pets or any kind of help please don't hesitate to contact me. I'll be off for the next 3 days with a truck and trailer and am more than happy to help.

[hghclsswhitetrsh]

I flew in today and the smoke is definitely making an impact hundreds of miles to the east. Could see some of the fires raging today coming in to DIA. My thoughts and prayers are sent out to all those who are affected and will be affected. I saw a few rain showers but I don't think it was nearly enough to do much.


If anyone needs help evacuating or if you are out of country and need things pulled from your home or family members or pets or any kind of help please don't hesitate to contact me. I'll be off for the next 3 days with a truck and trailer and am more than happy to help.

Yup I flew in from Kansas city today it was crazy. For some reason they took us by pueblo...

[sniper7]

Yup I flew in from Kansas city today it was crazy. For some reason they took us by pueblo...

probably for all the weather. We ended up north over nebraska coming in from atlanta[Bang]

[yankeefan98121]

any developments?

this is probably the only thing worth a shit that came out of California in a long time, if ever:

Vandenberg AFB Sends Hot Shots To Colorado Wildfire

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/31231876/detail.html

[Hoser]

We are working the fires the best we can. 3,000 gallons of red goop at a time.

Visibility has been pretty bad so we have not been able to fly as much as we would like.

[yankeefan98121]

We are working the fires the best we can. 3,000 gallons of red goop at a time.

Visibility has been pretty bad so we have not been able to fly as much as we would like.

Thanks Hoser, be safe out there! [Beer]

[rshives]

Be safe out there Hoser.

[RMD]

We are working the fires the best we can. 3,000 gallons of red goop at a time.

Visibility has been pretty bad so we have not been able to fly as much as we would like.

Thanks! Praying for all you guys.

[Zundfolge]

We are working the fires the best we can. 3,000 gallons of red goop at a time.

Visibility has been pretty bad so we have not been able to fly as much as we would like.
Thanks for your hard work Hoser ... hey, wait a minute you have time to post here?

GET BACK TO WORK!


jk [Beer]

If the fire doesn't look like its going to come back south I get to go back home.

[TennVol]

I took this photo Tuesday afternoon just off Research Drive close to I-25:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v366/TennVol/Untitled.jpg

I took these in the parking lot of Cracker Barrel (I-25 & N. Academy) a few minutes later:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v366/TennVol/Fire10.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v366/TennVol/Fire09.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v366/TennVol/Fire08.jpg