Fire in Western Boulder County

[Ah Pook]

Damn our local "news" outlets suck. There must be good donuts at the high school.

I just went to a Twitter feed, for the wildfire, for the first time. What a cluster boink. Useless!
No clue for the clueless.

What really sux is that firefighters, who have been in the field all day, are having to go out to these sights.

More looting calls.

[Irving]

How stupid/careless/ass hat do you have to be to still think a big campfire is good to go when a forest fire is burning near by?

I want my mountains back...

I don't know about you, but when I'm camping, I'm not browsing the news.

[.455_Hunter]

I don't know about you, but when I'm camping, I'm not browsing the news.

True, but you can see the forest fire. Would give most people a pretty good clue.

[Ah Pook]

I don't know about you, but when I'm camping, I'm not browsing the news.

Do you go into the mountains with a clue to the conditions? Not trying to be an ass but there are precautions.

[hatidua]

This fire, by 3pm, was visible from 25 miles in most any direction. Orange light in Boulder all afternoon and I could dramatically see it from Golden this afternoon darkening the sky.

In other news, the wind must have shifted, it's very smoky in downtown Boulder again after clearing out this afternoon (now 10:30pm).

[Irving]

Do you go into the mountains with a clue to the conditions? Not trying to be an ass but there are precautions.

Me? Not usually because I rarely ever camp, but that's a valid point. I got the impression from this thread that the fire ban was put into place after the fire started, so if they were already camping, I wouldn't expect them to know. I only know what had been posted in here though.

[Ah Pook]

This fire, by 3pm, was visible from 25 miles in most any direction. Orange light in Boulder all afternoon and I could dramatically see it from Golden this afternoon darkening the sky.

In other news, the wind must have shifted, it's very smoky in downtown Boulder again after clearing out this afternoon (now 10:30pm).

2:00pm

3:00pm

[Ah Pook]

Me? Not usually because I rarely ever camp, but that's a valid point. I got the impression from this thread that the fire ban was put into place after the fire started, so if they were already camping, I wouldn't expect them to know. I only know what had been posted in here though.

Yes, the fire ban was releases today. The fires the sheriffs dept are chasing are not small campfires.

Everyone is super vigilant today.

As usual, Gordon Gulch is at the center of the cluster faux.

[.455_Hunter]

In other news, the wind must have shifted, it's very smoky in downtown Boulder again after clearing out this afternoon (now 10:30pm).

Yup- probably caused the "fire in Sunshine Canyon" report that we were just dealing with a few minutes ago.

[.455_Hunter]

As usual, Gordon Gulch is at the center of the cluster faux.

Come on- West Magnolia wants a turn too...