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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.
Prayin' for all involved....
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
WOW! Just posted on 9news...
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/7475/waldo2.jpg
11 news has video of houses burning, very sad.
Twitchy could you post a link to the picture?
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Originally Posted by jackthewall81
the shit is hitting the fan.
OK, it's not funny anymore. My late dad and my mom loved that place.Quote:
flying w ranch has burned to the ground
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.
looks like a whole neighborhood is going up, terrible...Quote:
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Thank you.Quote:
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Was posted in their Facebook page:Quote:
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https://www.facebook.com/ilike9news
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=3&theater
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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!
Any word on how this one started?
Friend's house was one. Very sad.Quote:
Originally Posted by car-15
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.
The Flagstaff one was started by lightning.Quote:
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Sounds like they are leaning towards intentional ignition.Quote:
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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
65 mph winds pushed the fire over two containment lines this afternoon. It went from bad to hell in minutes.
32k people evacuated now, a few of my friends included.
Evacuation map (not sure if linking will work)
http://media.graytvinc.com/images/mo...do+springs.jpg
Understand one of our own is on those planes. May god go with him. [Flower]Quote:
Originally Posted by jackthewall81
Amen-Fly safe Hoser and THANK YOU[Beer]Quote:
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Amen brother. Thanks Hoser. [Beer]Quote:
Originally Posted by BPTactical
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.
Watching the news. Man this is bad
Hopefully the MAFFS teams will be ale to slow this thing down.
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!
Well if you don't have a bail out bag now, you sure as hell will have one soon.
Word this afternoon was that they were having to pull a couple of the MAFFS units to other fires in the nation.Quote:
Originally Posted by jackthewall81
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.
Good to hear you are ok... But did you get his guns?Quote:
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Agreed! Hoser - please ensure your guys know just how much EVERYONE appreciates all that you guys do!Quote:
Originally Posted by jackthewall81
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.Quote:
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Yep, me too.Quote:
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Yes, thanks to you guys working this.
Any way to volunteer?????? They need shovels and axe hands we can all do that!
Yikes!
http://i.imgur.com/6IG8Z.jpg
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!Quote:
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