06-27-2012, 07:09
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 Take care everyone!!
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06-27-2012, 07:15
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New Pics from the Gazette.
Red area is on fire, Blue area is under Evacuation, Yellow area is pre-evac.
Mom said the Academy personnel have been evaced to Ft Carson
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06-27-2012, 14:46
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Location: North Texas, I can see OK from here!
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Lt. Bill (a QP and a former teammate of mine) is on the job out there in Colo-Springs.
Keep him and him fellow firefighters in your thoughts and prayers!
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06-27-2012, 17:24
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The whole West is in our prayers, Colorado is by far getting the worst of it but judging by the news tonight it looks like the whole West is on fire.
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06-27-2012, 19:02
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My wife keeps in touch with old friends of her and the pictures and stories she reminds me.
ColSpgs your in my prayers
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06-27-2012, 20:51
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Praying this fire is out soon, and everyone can safely return home soon.
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06-28-2012, 06:17
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Here's a pic of the USAF Academy Chapel yesterday - haven't yet seen any from today. 
The pic was taken by a guy I know whose daughter and grandkids have moved in with him in Oklahoma. Her husband is still at the academy - one of a few stay-behind "essential military personnel." Tense situation for them.
Richard 
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06-28-2012, 11:21
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God willing and the weather cooperate, the High Park Fire, which is now 75% contained, could be put out by this weekend!  
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06-28-2012, 12:23
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If you care to help out in anyway, here's a link with various organizations helping those affected by the fires.
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news...detail.html?aa
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06-29-2012, 08:31
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The Weber fire is South of us and the Pine Ridge fire is north.
I have a feeling we're being bracketed.
In Cortez on Wednesday I saw one start on the North slopw of Mesa Verde NP from a lightning strike. Fortunately it was in an area with pretty spotty fuel and they seem to have knocked it down.
First Ice. Now Fire. What next, locusts?
Inciweb is a good site to track the all the fires' progress.
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06-29-2012, 17:04
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sdiver
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Thanks Sdiver, for providing that link!
Talked to a QP yesterday on the phone who said the fire was in his line of sight...
Holly
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06-30-2012, 08:24
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Talked to Mom last night and things have quieted down a little bit. They were able to do an aerial survey of the Mountain Shadow's neighborhood and last count had 357 home destroyed. I am not talking burned, I am talking nothing left but the foundation. The pictures are crazy. She said they have found one body so far and there are currently 10 people missing.
If this was arson, someone is now going to be charged with Murder, on top of everything else.
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06-30-2012, 13:43
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Here is a link to a briefing and recent news , I have been refreshing this one every day to see the latest reports.
http://www.kktv.com/news/wildfires/h...160124015.html
The perimeter map was great the first few days but as time went on updates slowed, I imagine there is a lot of ground to cover to get it correct...
Great work firefighters! Special thanks to Delta Section!!
Best to your area Bob.
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06-30-2012, 14:40
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10 MB Map
Well that was a 10 MB Map - took a few extra seconds to down load.
Interesting to look at the total loss vs no damage. Not knowing how old the picture was, what type of brush had grown up, wind speed and direction, etc, etc.
The obvious big hits were to the smaller lots with, I guess, townhomes - in the tight clusters and the larger homes with brush in the back of the lots.
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07-05-2012, 14:42
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Check out this image of the Waldo Canyon Fire burn scar.
The image is from the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on the Terra satellite.
It is also being reported that they have 90% containment and expect to have full containment sometime tomorrow.
Officials have also stated they have found the "Point of Origin" for this fire and investigations are underway to find out who started this.
http://www.krdo.com/news/Point-of-or...z/-/index.html
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