We were down in CO Springs yesterday and took this picture from the parking lot of the gym we were at. We were several miles away.
New evacuations have been ordered for
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Submitted by jf1acai on Sun, 06/24/2012 - 08:02
UPDATE - Sunday, June 24,2012 - 7:30 a.m. Per El Paso County Sheriff's office, MANDATORY EVACUATION has also been extened to all of the Green Mountain Falls, Chipita Park, and Cascade (on both sides of Hwy 24). Evacuation centers are at Woodland Park HS and Cheyenne Mountain HS.
At around 6:30 last night, that fire blew up and ran hard. People at the gymnastics meet were really upset.
Many just left early. The picture above was taken just as it started to blow up.
"The problem with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." attributed to Margaret Thatcher
"A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government." Thomas Jefferson
link is entirely useless and provides no info worthwhile
Hmmm, try pressing recent incidents to the left and scroll down to Waldo fire.
Scanner just said that the fire has made it past their dozer line but don't know their location as to where it broke through.
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"The problem with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." attributed to Margaret Thatcher
"A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government." Thomas Jefferson
Listening to 9 news last night. Koebrick says the bigger c130's scheduled for today to drop retardant. I am sure it wasn't meant the way it was sounded but it looked like they were bringing them in for the gigundo homes near Garden of the Gods. Heaven help them if the c130's aren't used in all areas of homes in the Waldo Canyon fire.
bumper sticker - honk if you will pay my mortgage
"The problem with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." attributed to Margaret Thatcher
"A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government." Thomas Jefferson
While I was out picking up trash on 285, I couldn't really make out a plume from here. Too hazy.
The website officials mentioned at the Colorado Springs briefings for the public to check is Inciweb. It's more than just raw data, it's in English, and also has a map. Updated frequently:
And thanks if you really are out picking up trash on 285.
bumper sticker - honk if you will pay my mortgage
"The problem with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." attributed to Margaret Thatcher
"A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government." Thomas Jefferson
kktv.com has a live stream 24/7 of the Waldo fire.
Sleeping last night tough with all the smoke. Kept getting up to check to make sure that there wasn't smoke/fire around the area.
bumper sticker - honk if you will pay my mortgage
"The problem with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." attributed to Margaret Thatcher
"A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government." Thomas Jefferson
