Hewlett fire up Poudre canyon

[223kev]

I was at drake and college in FC today around 3pm and couldnt see
Horsetooth mountain through all the smoke. hope we don't lose any homes out of this one!

[DD977GM2]

This is going to be an intense summer.

It is something that has to happen and I feel bad for the families that lose
their homes and possesions, but in the end they chose to live in the mountains
and could have and should have taken better precautions to protect their homes
from fire. The ignitable tinder in the mountains is astonishing and is just waiting
to go up. IDK if I am cold hearted or what, but fires are inevitable in the mountains
and with the huge amount of fire prevention in the last 100 years, fires have
more dry tinder, will be more intense then when
mother nature naturally allowed them to happen.

Flame suit on..... no pun intended.

[sniper7]

this fire is getting pretty close to my best friends' parents place. that is the place I turkey hunt. hopefully things get under control quick. I hope some heavy rains come soon.

[birddog]

This is going to be an intense summer.

It is something that has to happen and I feel bad for the families that lose
their homes and possesions, but in the end they chose to live in the mountains
and could have and should have taken better precautions to protect their homes
from fire. The ignitable tinder in the mountains is astonishing and is just waiting
to go up. IDK if I am cold hearted or what, but fires are inevitable in the mountains
and with the huge amount of fire prevention in the last 100 years, fires have
more dry tinder, will be more intense then when
mother nature naturally allowed them to happen.

Flame suit on..... no pun intended.

No, I agree. We live in the mountains and realize that its always possible. We have spent a lot of time and money doing good mitigation work. Fires will happen regardless so its up to the homeowners if they want to be prepared or not. The way this summer is shaping up it could be a bad one, hope for the monsoons.

[birddog]

this fire is getting pretty close to my best friends' parents place. that is the place I turkey hunt. hopefully things get under control quick. I hope some heavy rains come soon.

No forcast for rain. looks like this one will be going a while yet. Hopefully your buddies parent shave done some mitigation .

[Great-Kazoo]

headed over to ft fun around 1 pm. From the look along the front range i thought a bad storm was coming in. Once i was able to see the foothills, it was like S#$%^&t that's the fire everyone's talking about. Not looking to good weather wise.

[SNAFU]

Pray,,for all n ANY wildland fire area. Been through 3,,not fun.

[Bailey Guns]

This is going to be an intense summer.

It is something that has to happen and I feel bad for the families that lose
their homes and possesions, but in the end they chose to live in the mountains
and could have and should have taken better precautions to protect their homes
from fire. The ignitable tinder in the mountains is astonishing and is just waiting
to go up. IDK if I am cold hearted or what, but fires are inevitable in the mountains
and with the huge amount of fire prevention in the last 100 years, fires have
more dry tinder, will be more intense then when
mother nature naturally allowed them to happen.

Flame suit on..... no pun intended.

It's one thing for natural fires to occur. It's another when they're started through the carelessness of stupid people.

Yes...we all choose to live where we do to one extent or the other. But how come no one ever says, "It sucks that your house got broken into but, hey, you chose to live in the city with all the criminals."

[birddog]

It's one thing for natural fires to occur. It's another when they're started through the carelessness of stupid people.

Yes...we all choose to live where we do to one extent or the other. But how come no one ever says, "It sucks that your house got broken into but, hey, you chose to live in the city with all the criminals."

I say that, thats why I live on the mountains.

[TRnCO]

that's what cracks me up, the "Climate change" advocates say that more and worse forest fires are part of the result of climate change, BUT yet dang near all the forest fires are HUMAN caused. And it's amazing how many of the human caused fires start out as "controlled" burns that get out of hand.
I wonder if a guy could search and find what percentage of forest fires are "human" caused and what percentage are actually mothernature caused.