G.A.C.O.L.B. Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 ---------- Post added June-27th-2012 at 10:04 AM ---------- Apologize if this has been posted already, but here's a live video feed: http://www.krdo.com/news/WATCH-LIVE-KRDO-NewsChannel-13/-/417220/14776454/-/12eydmxz/-/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special K Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 Definitely looks and feels like the apocalypse out here. Air quality is horrible, my roommate's and my eyes are itching and burning and we've been staying indoors with the AC on. My work building is on Garden of the Gods Road West and it has been closed down indefinitely. The firestorm yesterday doubled the size of this fire....over 15,000 acres now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chew Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 K, I've heard that the smoke down there is blocking out the sun. Sheesh. well, already one home destroyed in my office, and now my supervisor just called me. The fire is now within 1 mile of her home, and they are beginning voluntary evacuations. She is packing a bag of clothes and important papers and said she's going to try to come into work. I told her she's crazy and needs to worry about getting the hell outta dodge. LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forehead Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 I may have to check in with my sister, she lives in Fort Collins. We're 11 years apart and didn't grow up together so we're not particularly close; we only speak 2-3 times a year at most, but this might be a good time for one of those calls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boss_Hogg Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 praying for you guys out there. Keep us all posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special K Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 just got the word, somebody that works here in my office just lost their house. burned to the ground, gone. I'm really sorry to hear that. Did the person lose it in the Waldo Canyon firestorm last night? Friend just posted on facebook that she was working at my tennis club and several of members of the club who had been evacuated were just hanging out at the club watching their homes go up in flames on live TV K, I've heard that the smoke down there is blocking out the sun. Sheesh.well, already one home destroyed in my office, and now my supervisor just called me. The fire is now within 1 mile of her home, and they are beginning voluntary evacuations. She is packing a bag of clothes and important papers and said she's going to try to come into work. I told her she's crazy and needs to worry about getting the hell outta dodge. LOL. Where does your friend live? They are evacuating parts of Woodland Park now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 Smoke dwarfs the U.S. Air Force Academy's Falcon Stadium: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chew Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 K, she lives really close 2 the academy I think, same exit off 25. She said her house is 2 blocks from an area that is being evacuated. She's packed her bags and is gong to stay with a friind here in Denver the next few days. Edit: just spoke to somebody, she lives in "Briargate" in CO Springs, about 2 streets from I-25. Radio just said President Obama will be in the Springs on Friday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special K Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 K, she lives really close 2 the academy I think, same exit off 25. She said her house is 2 blocks from an area that is being evacuated. She's packed her bags and is gong to stay with a friind here in Denver the next few days.Radio just said President Obama will be in the Springs on Friday. Yeah, I think that's smart on her part. I just heard that Obama will be here too. Attached are a few more photos... EDIT: Update at 3:38 PM - Winds are picking up big time which is not good. Wind gusts of 47 MPH clocked at Air Force Academy. Huge wall of flames witnessed at Blodgett Peak now, reports that some firefighters have been ordered to stand down while others are staying to try to protect structures. Praying we don't get another repeat of yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dictator Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Katie, Stay safe. Good luck to you, your friends, and everyone out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCS Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 http://www.kktv.com/ 346 homes destroyed in the fire. The number is "fluid." "( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special K Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Katie, Stay safe. Good luck to you, your friends, and everyone out there. Thank you. I'm on the other side of town, so my home is safe. My job is in the evacuation zone though, and I just received word that we will not be allowed back into the building before at least Tuesday. A few friends lost their homes, but everyone got out safely which is the most important. Temperatures have fallen below 100, humidity is up, and we are now getting some rain with thunderstorms...so let's just pray lightening doesn't start another fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wysknz1 Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Not often I feel for the "Greenies", but I sure do on this one. Made the trip through the Poudre Canyon a week before the fires started. Looked bad. Sorry for all the loss of housing etc. Unfortunately Wyoming will be next as the beetle kill up here is bad too. Any day now we'll go up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCS Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 You already are. http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/f620bb98722e4871a370bc046b431e6c/WY--Wyoming-Wildfires We've got 6 of them here. Most in the central and Eastern part of the state. So damn dry out there and the beetle kill,especially in central and northern Utah is very bad. Lightning started one of the newest ones,(started yesterday and has already burned 45,000 acres and chased a whole small town out their homes). I've actually got an emergency bag ready to go and two external hard drives ready to unplug and pack. Actually,I may take one of them and get it out of the place just in case I'm not around. July 4th is coming and,well. :paranoid: As I've stated,pretty scary here in the Rockies. Glad Colorado Springs is catching a bit of a break right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Some good links here: How to Track Colorado’s Waldo Canyon ‘Super Fire’ (and Others) Read more: http://techland.time.com/2012/06/29/how-to-track-the-colorado-springs-waldo-canyon-super-fire-and-others/#ixzz1zCgtrVty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 More here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCS Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 How horribly tragic. Apparently they found 1 body in one burned out house and two other people are still missing. This could have been much,much worse but still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCS Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 A fire just broke out in the area of Herriman Utah. This sits on the Southern Rim of the Salt Lake Valley. This is a fairly well populated place. Several homes already burned down according to the news. Another 2 new fires being reported around the state as well. Sigh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Win4us Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 Terrible news to hear....all of you remotely close to these fires please stay safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCS Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 "Only" 3 homes destroyed in this one plus a few other buildings. 350 acres. Lot's of people and animals evacuated still though. Wind changed directions just in time and pushed the fire back away from the fires. It was getting real scary for those folks down that way. Fire started by a car parked on top of dry grass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wysknz1 Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 You already are. Yeah I see now. I was on vacation and everywhere we went there was smoke. Turrible. When coming home last night I could see the glow from the Laramie Peak area from I-25. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Special K Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Well, I got the heck out of Colorado Springs and am now breathing the fresh air at my parents' place in NoCal. So nice to wake up without coughing and watery eyes from the smoke. Also glad I got out of there right before Obama gott into town. I'm sure he genuinely feels badly about the properties destroyed, but I'm also very cycnical about presidents touring disasters in important swing states during election years... I know evacuees were happy to see him though, so I'm glad they recieved some comfort from his visit. A fire just broke out in the area of Herriman Utah. This sits on the Southern Rim of the Salt Lake Valley. This is a fairly well populated place. Several homes already burned down according to the news. Another 2 new fires being reported around the state as well. Sigh. Oh no. I really hope you are staying safe! Some good links here:How to Track Colorado’s Waldo Canyon ‘Super Fire’ (and Others) Read more: http://techland.time.com/2012/06/29/how-to-track-the-colorado-springs-waldo-canyon-super-fire-and-others/#ixzz1zCgtrVty Interesting, thank you for the link, China. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCS Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Thanks K. I'm okay where I live,(though a bit nervous up here in the hills). I'm glad that you're the same after that fire in Colorado Springs. All the fires have been well away from here,(so far),and that one was down in "The Valley" well away from where I live. Though we could see the smoke. 25 years here and I've never seen it like this. Told my fiance' that I need to get to Nevada so I can breath some fresh air. That's bad. Looking East at sunset. That's all the smoke from several of the fires drifting in the sky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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