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June 24, 2012 09:37 PM UTC
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I was in Gunnison this weekend, and went up to the Black Canyon south rim – the smoke is so heavy you can’t see the mountains west of Montrose (i.e. Telluride). That’s from the fire in Mancos and from Pagosa Springs, which has now been burning for a month. Driving back along 285, the smoke was pretty strong in Park County; strong enough to smell through the air conditioning and to burn our eyes.
There are currently more than 11,000 people evacuated due to the location and activity of the fire, and it looks like it’s going to be a real devil of a fire to fight.
High Park is also getting worse; the hot temperatures and wind got the better of the crews on Friday/Saturday and they lost 10% of their containment lines. The fire jumped the canyon and is now threatening Hewlett Gulch residences.
Rain, please?
Seriously, it’s time for Federal help. This is serious as it spreads to pine beetle killed forest. With the high 90’s temp’s being forecast, CO needs help now.
If the Republican Tea Partiers had their way, there would be no beetle-killed forests.
Those lands would have been “forested” to the ground year ago.
I’m sad not being in GJ more often to meet my friends on the WS at Main St. Bagel.
Who did you vote for FPE?
You know we’re going to get more fires on July 4 from idiots setting off fireworks in fields.
Even idiots have a way of putting two and two together when they’re choking of wildfire smoke.
It’s usually “oops, I shouldn’t have…” instead of “because of the danger I won’t…”
Had some people shooting off firecrackers in the woods near my house on Friday. If they’d kept at it I would have been tempted to revert to Wild West justice (except that would have meant firing a gun, which is also stupid to do in these fire conditions…)
‘kay, folks – it’s not hard. If it’s hot or sparking, don’t introduce it to the outdoors right now.
If it’s in the dark woods, why don’t you creep up behind them and strangle them?
Rub your hands hard enough against some fratboy’s scratchy neckbeard, and you’ll start the fire to end all fires.
but it seems like we’ve had fewer fireworks this year. Usually they start as soon as the CU semester ends and continue until October, with a slight increase during July 4.
Every time I look at it, I’m reminded of Gov. Owen and the “it looks like all of Colorado is burning”.
Too busy raising kids and running a business. This is the first I’ve read of his quote. I take it there was a lot of political fall-out as well as embers in the air that summer? I remember standing in my backyard in s.e. Aurora and catching pieces of ash in my hands while my kids played. We may have been a hundred miles from the fire (not sure exactly), but it sure felt like everything was burning.
who was working at a phone help desk at the time…
Caller: so, where are you located?
Wife: Colorado
Caller: Is your building on fire?
shortly after the fire began for an extended period, a couple of weeks. When I got back and retrieved my car at DIA it was covered with ash