8 Years Ago -- The Hayman Wildfire

Those logs are a labor of love from a lot of people. Thanks goes to Pinedust for saving them and making them available to myself and others.
It is fascinating to read through, especially that first Sunday as we all realize while we are listening to the scanners that we have a very big problem on our hands. The account of the Trumbull Fire Fighters cut off by the fire, the agonizing family accounts of loved ones in the path of the fire. It truly is a piece of our history that we should never never forget.
Thank you Pinedust for saving those logs!
Thanks to Kilowatt, JF1acai, Chocolove, Soozee (Gringa), Raptr, AC44, Wayne, Kurt and all of the folks who provided such valuable information to a community in a time of need.
A special thanks to Wayne for providing us a place to gather and do it all.

Sounds interesting.

I was here then and remember the concerns. Thanks to all of you for making them available.

It is a piece of history that I think should be available, both as a reminder for those of us who were here, and perhaps more importantly as a wake up call for those who were not.

Jun 09 08:44:34 <carpetgal> Dispatch is reporting a fire at tarryall in a camp ground but I don't know if it is the Lake George fire they are talking about....

Jun 09 08:48:15 <Soozee> not sure where the fire is in Lake George area, do you know?.....

Jun 09 08:49:58 <Kilo_AFK> ordered. This fire is burning six miles northwest of Lake George, CO
in ponderosa pine and mixed
Jun 09 08:49:58 <Kilo_AFK> conifer forest. Crown runs, sustained torching and long range spotting up to 3/4 mile ahead of the
Jun 09 08:49:58 <Kilo_AFK> front were observed. Aerial resources assisted suppression efforts.
Ten residences were evacuated
Jun 09 08:49:58 <Kilo_AFK> and numerous other structures are threatened. One residence was lost.
.....

Jun 09 09:08:17 <Guest47439> so it is the Hayman fire?.....

Jun 09 09:14:28 <meeb> and a big silver plane have gone overhead in the last few minutes.....

Jun 09 09:54:33 <carpetgal> what fire is blowing up so big right now that I can see.....

Jun 09 09:57:48 <carpetgal> that thing is running hard right now. Can anyone see it
Jun 09 09:58:03 <carpetgal> Looks like a Nuclear Holocaustt.....

Jun 09 09:58:42 <Guest92648> yeah iit bad, they have evacuated all of Glenwood now, and the
National Guard has been called in to help
Jun 09 09:58:46 <carpetgal> Everything south of cheeseman is being evaced
Jun 09 09:58:51 <carpetgal> this is another fire.....

Jun 09 10:00:15 <Soozee> Smoke is just breaking over the mtn here in PJ
Jun 09 10:00:24 <Shred303> I think Lake George is about 15 miles upriver from Cheesman
Jun 09 10:00:27 <carpetgal> is this another fire
Jun 09 10:01:02 <Soozee> Tarryall is straight east of Cheesman
Jun 09 10:01:09 <carpetgal> someone have a map
Jun 09 10:01:14 <Soozee> I think it is the same fire
Jun 09 10:01:39 <Shred303> I do
Jun 09 10:01:42 <Guest92648> yes on Denverchannel.com they are putting up maps of the fires
Jun 09 10:01:43 <carpetgal> it is running all the way across my back yar in a visual.......

Jun 09 10:18:46 <carpetgal> Platte Valley ranch, where is it
Jun 09 10:18:58 <Soozee> don't know...
Jun 09 10:19:03 <Guest39924> private land?
Jun 09 10:19:13 <Soozee> Goose Creek is being evacuated
Jun 09 10:19:13 <carpetgal> Goose Creek and Molly gulch Campgrounds evaced.....

Jun 09 10:21:20 <RicardoGigante> People from Evergreen are seeing the smoke now
Jun 09 10:21:33 shawnm has quit (QUIT: User exited)
Jun 09 10:21:42 <Soozee> they are thinking that it is coming from No, turkey creek
Jun 09 10:21:51 <carpetgal> It is really visible from the Deer creek ranchos in bailey
Jun 09 10:21:59 <carpetgal> that thing is running hard
Jun 09 10:22:08 <Soozee> Can see it in PJ now and is blowing east
Jun 09 10:22:21 <Soozee> dark smoke which is never a good sign.....

Jun 09 10:28:45 <carpetgal> I think it is the hayman fire
Jun 09 10:29:02 <carpetgal>
Jun 09 10:29:25 <oaj27> Sure it's not a new fire?
Jun 09 10:29:32 <carpetgal> pretty sure
Jun 09 10:29:43 <Soozee> naw, I don't think it is a new fire.....

Jun 09 10:48:02 <carpetgal> fire is running away from Lost Valley Ranch about 2 miles away.
Fire is moving north....

Jun 09 10:54:00 <RicardoGigante> I here they are telling a woman to leave, she doesn't want to
leave the camp ground so they are asking for next of kin info....

Note...That edited conversation occurred in just over 2 hours. That is how fast the Hayman Fire grew and ran.

Becky, where did you get that log? I went to the link above, but all I can see are the photos.
Thanks!

Wow, talk about having a flashback!

I have a copy of the log as well as JF, Pinedust and a few others.

As I recall, you spent some time in that chatroom Loping Along.