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

[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)

[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.

[BPTactical]

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

Amen-Fly safe Hoser and THANK YOU

[jackthewall81]

Amen-Fly safe Hoser and THANK YOU

Amen brother. Thanks Hoser.

[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.