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    Default Sheriff Maketa and Black Forest Fire Chief Harvey

    Can someone please fill in the holes for me?

    http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news...-chiefs-report


    Maketa is good guy, so I know there's something more to the story here. Who is Harvey trying to scapegoat?

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    I think he just wants attention.

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    I assume Maketa is trying to do one of the following:

    A) Keep it hush hush while they search for the person that did it.

    B) Prevent people from calling him daily asking why they haven't found someone to blame yet.

    C) All of the above

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    Stupid people with petroleum products for roofing. I don't think I could live in a forest with an ashphalt roof. Some insurance companies won't even write a policy if you have a cedar roof. You can build extremely fire resistant houses if you want to. Reminds me of the folks that don't wear seatbelts...and all the news from mainstream media is an absolute joke. It sometimes shocks the conscience.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BushMasterBoy View Post
    Stupid people with petroleum products for roofing. I don't think I could live in a forest with an ashphalt roof. Some insurance companies won't even write a policy if you have a cedar roof. You can build extremely fire resistant houses if you want to. Reminds me of the folks that don't wear seatbelts...and all the news from mainstream media is an absolute joke. It sometimes shocks the conscience.
    Yeah.. everyone that lives there is clearly an idiot ... I mean where do they get off not having an extra couple thousand bucks each to get more fire resistant roofing in place before this happened?!

    The nerve of some people..

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    Quote Originally Posted by Colorado_Outback View Post
    Yeah.. everyone that lives there is clearly an idiot ... I mean where do they get off not having an extra couple thousand bucks each to get more fire resistant roofing in place before this happened?!

    The nerve of some people..
    Just FYI, it is called personal responsibility and fore thought. Things lost on all too many.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BushMasterBoy View Post
    I don't think I could live in a forest with an ashphalt roof.
    Quote Originally Posted by merl View Post
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    Regardless of asphalt, or stucco/tile or even entirely corrugated metal siding/roof, there's no way I'd choose to live surrounded by forests in a climate as dry as Colorado - period.
    Last edited by hatidua; 11-21-2013 at 14:53.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BushMasterBoy View Post
    Stupid people with petroleum products for roofing. I don't think I could live in a forest with an ashphalt roof. Some insurance companies won't even write a policy if you have a cedar roof. You can build extremely fire resistant houses if you want to. Reminds me of the folks that don't wear seatbelts...and all the news from mainstream media is an absolute joke. It sometimes shocks the conscience.
    Would it be fair to say "Stupid people living in wood frame houses on the plains...a tornado can come by any time"?

    Several years ago I had severe hail damage to my asphalt shingle roof (racquet ball sized hail - no sh*t). Insurance would only pay for a replacement asphalt shingle roof, and there was no way I could afford the much more expensive metal or ceramic roof. Am I stupid?

    I'm not trying to antagonize you here, but jeez, not all of us in the mountains are wealthy and can afford the "latest and greatest" in fire protection. Now, I have come to terms with the fact that my entire property could go up in flames and have prepared as best I could with a plan to escape with the essentials if I have time. If you live up here, you just have to realize that there's a risk and live with it.

    Just like living in the plains, or on the sea shore, or near a volcano, or near a fault line, etc.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BushMasterBoy View Post
    Stupid people with petroleum products for roofing.
    Almost as bad as stupid people making stupid generalizations.
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