June 26, 2012

“Colorado wildfires: Day 4: Waldo Canyon Fire near Colorado Springs worrying residents as it moves towards homes”

So far, I’m out of the line of fire, pardon the obvious pun.  But others aren’t so lucky. 

It’s been routinely in the hundred-degree range here with some microbursts of wind — a nightmare for firefighters and a wetdream for prairie brush and timberline fires.

If you’re inclined to do such things, send your prayers to those with homes and family in the way of these things, and to the firefighters fighting them in terrible conditions.

Posted by Jeff G. @ 9:13pm
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  1. Bacon Ninja says June 26, 2012 at 9:16 pm

    Being a Midwestern type this wildfire business has gone from fascinating to pretty scary. It’s like seeing a scene from Lord of the Rings out the back of our house. We could use some rain, that’s for sure.

  2. happyfeet says June 26, 2012 at 9:17 pm

    isn’t this the sort of thing the EPA is supposed to be cracking down on?

  3. newrouter says June 26, 2012 at 9:23 pm

    big gov’t in/action

  4. palaeomerus says June 26, 2012 at 9:30 pm

    We had the Bastrop fire last year. Not as bad really but we did lose most of the Lost Pines State park that supposedly had survived millions of years in Texas. Glad to hear that you are not in danger, Jeff.

    A guy posting on some kickstarter comments just up and said he was being told to evacuate a little bit ago.

  5. leigh says June 26, 2012 at 9:34 pm

    Glad to hear that you are not in danger, Jeff.

  6. palaeomerus says June 26, 2012 at 9:35 pm

    If colorado is still in play despite shifting to a lighter blue then maybe Obama will be free with the emergency money (and probably in New mexico). I guess Utah, Nevada, Arizona, are extra-screwed though.

  7. Bacon Ninja says June 26, 2012 at 9:42 pm

    So far we’ve gotten 4 C-130′s and a buttload of bureaucracy. A cynic could suggest the Springs’ being deep red might be a factor.

    Strangely, I actually heard a government official use the words “heckuva job” nonironically earlier.

  8. Darleen says June 26, 2012 at 10:29 pm

    Crap, sounds like SoCal every 5-7 years in October. VERY scary.

    Thoughts and prayers for low temps, high humidity and even rain.

    yowzer

  9. geoffb says June 26, 2012 at 10:58 pm

    Live Twitter feed with info.

    https://twitter.com/#!/kktv11news

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  12. Hadlowe says June 27, 2012 at 7:02 am

    Slightly on-topic. Ten years ago, a friend convinced me to take a temporary job fighting the million acre forest fire in Colorado. My particular job was to go behind the fire and help clear dead trees from around the hiking trails. 15 hour days at $20 an hour with room and board provided. We had prime rib and salmon for breakfast and dinner.

    We had a scouting chopper that would fly over the fire line to see if there was any risk that the fire would head back toward us. The pilot was paid $1,000 per hour in the air.

    One day, a few high mucky mucks from the state govt. wanted to come take a look at the damage. They insisted on seeing the damage from the helicopter. Because the mucky mucks wanted to use the chopper, we couldn’t go on the trail that day. So, we have a $4,000 flight to see the damage that could have been done in a cessna brush-hopper for under $1,000 and a camp of 40 men being paid to sit around and eat prime rib.

    How did we get $16 trillion in debt again?

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