Colorado burning up!! two new fires by me in Boulder.

[l0cke]

Here are some before/after pictures. Looks horrible
http://www.dailycamera.com/news/ci_20962928

 

[Miramonti]

I was 5 when I watched our house burn down. It's a psychologically horrific experience. Fortunately we all got out in time, including the pets.

 

[Miramonti]

Some people were extremely lucky to not have lost their home.

 

[waggy]

Same for central IL too. We've got *just* enough rain every 3-4 weeks to keep things somewhat green. We are way below normal.

Now my sister on the other hand is near Pensacola FL and they had like 26 inches of rain over three days time a few weeks ago, and that's before the Debby hit them this week.

Its getting bad in Northern Il. VERY few have green yards anymore. its all brown. Just those that are wasting water doing the lawn.

Getting to the point even the crops are starting to lose color. I don't know 1 farmer who is nto worried sick over it. we are really low on rainfall this year.

we are in a "moderate drought" and the farther south you go the worse it gets.

 

[l0cke]

Some people were extremely lucky to not have lost their home.

If I saw my house standing in those pictures I would go buy a lottery ticket for sure.

I'm wondering why there aren't any firefighting UAV's yet. It seems like running a whole swarm of those 24 hours a day would be pretty effective. Then again I'm not a firefighter so what do I know.

 

[SparkyJJO]

Some people were extremely lucky to not have lost their home.

Amazing how a couple houses look to be right in the middle of the burn zone yet somehow barely even got singed.

 

[IronWing]

Uhh what....I don't get it. You post in the wrong thread?

There's like this dragon who like burns lake town and stuff. Totally badass.

 

[Gooberlx2]

Aaaand we're on fire again. I predict another very active year.

http://m.9news.com/breaking/article?a=340546&f=3950

 

[Red Squirrel]

We're fine this year I think. Would not surprise me if there's still snow in the bush. Last year around this time was pretty crazy though:



That's smoke, not clouds.

 

[Centauri]

OP: Why did you start two fires?

 

[herm0016]

hmm. I'll have to keep an eye on it now that I live on the west edge of boulder.

 

[johnjohn320]

Lol, I didn't realize this thread was a year old. I live in Boulder, and clicked on the link that showed huge plumes of smoke coming from over the Flatirons. And I was like "fuck, how did I miss that today!?"

 

[gorcorps]

Colorado is always on fire. The increase in burning blunts certainly isn't going to help this season. =P

 

[DrPizza]

Why's it so hard to put these fires out soon after they start? You've got those big tanker planes that drop retardant & water... why wait until the fire is HUGE before resorting to those tactics? Why not drop a couple tankers of retardant right after one gets started?

 

[herm0016]

Why's it so hard to put these fires out soon after they start? You've got those big tanker planes that drop retardant & water... why wait until the fire is HUGE before resorting to those tactics? Why not drop a couple tankers of retardant right after one gets started?

getting resources to a fire is not instant, and in a dry spell they can spread at insane speeds.

http://www.inciweb.org/

current fires.

 

[Hoober]

Why's it so hard to put these fires out soon after they start? You've got those big tanker planes that drop retardant & water... why wait until the fire is HUGE before resorting to those tactics? Why not drop a couple tankers of retardant right after one gets started?

It takes a long time to get heavy bombers and helicopters on the fires. Black Forest spread over 8,000 acres in 6 hours yesterday. It took days last year to mobilize the heavy bombers when Waldo Canyon burned into Colorado Springs.

Today's going to be another interesting day, depending on what the winds do. I'm less than two miles from the western flank of the fire.

 

[Hoober]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Qs50ADyUXEY

 

[johnjohn320]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Qs50ADyUXEY

What is that jackass doing?

 

[Gooberlx2]

What is that jackass doing?

His first videos are miles away from the fire. Every subsequent video is closer until his "barely escaping" video. Apparently he's a journalist/columnist of some kind.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Laugesen

 

[AMDZen]

This could have had it's own thread rather then continuing last years thread with this years fires

 

[Nintendesert]

Why's it so hard to put these fires out soon after they start? You've got those big tanker planes that drop retardant & water... why wait until the fire is HUGE before resorting to those tactics? Why not drop a couple tankers of retardant right after one gets started?

Moronic laws concerning exhausting local resources before Federal ones can be brought in. It's not like the State doesn't always exhaust funds for stuff like this and then the Feds simply need to help resolve a bigger problem the slow response created.

I saw the fire starting at 1:30, left a doctor's appointment about 3:30, I barely saw some fire trucks responding towards the Black Forest. 2 hour delay before even calling in local firefighters to a forest fire is pretty stupid. The response is faster than last year but it's still extremely slow and inadequate.

Big plane tankers still haven't been used yet, late afternoon maybe.


The fault though is also with the landowners in that forest. There was no deadwood removal over the winter or early spring. Only in the past few weeks have I see trucks hauling out deadwood from the area. It's June, too fucking late!!!

Colorado is really filled with some pretty stupid and naive people.

 

[AstroManLuca]

Thread title should probably be "near me" not "by me."