Colorado Fires
Jul 7, 2012 21:23:33 #
Just recieved this in an e-mail and thought I would share it with anyone interested. The devastation is horrible. Put yourself in their position and realize they have lost probably every momento of their lives they had. 80 pics of the inferno. If this doesn't link up right, copy and paste into your browser.
http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2012/06/27/colorado-wildfires-waldo-canyon-fire-colorado-springs/5732/#more-5732
http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2012/06/27/colorado-wildfires-waldo-canyon-fire-colorado-springs/5732/#more-5732
Jul 7, 2012 21:28:56 #
Unbelievable pictures...my heart goes out to all of those that have dealt with this devastation! My prayers go out to all of those brave souls trying to fight these fires!
Jul 7, 2012 21:32:58 #
My heart goes out to these people and the firefighters and all responders who fight to save the homes!!!
Jul 7, 2012 22:35:21 #
Jul 8, 2012 07:37:23 #
I was a career firefighter for nearly 30 years. I cannot imagine this kind of destruction and heart ache.
Jul 8, 2012 08:27:59 #
Here is a time lapse video of the fire in Waldo Canyon in Colorado. Shot by a student from his back deck.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBA7eHY022k
It make you think about fire in a different way.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBA7eHY022k
It make you think about fire in a different way.
Jul 8, 2012 10:08:56 #
We've had a few days of heavy rain and hopefully all has been put out now.
The flash flooding caused by these storms are now washing debris down on the roadways. So its going to be touch and go for a while.
Hopefully, the displaced people can start to make heads and tails out of their losses and start to rebuild their lives.
My heart goes out to them.
The flash flooding caused by these storms are now washing debris down on the roadways. So its going to be touch and go for a while.
Hopefully, the displaced people can start to make heads and tails out of their losses and start to rebuild their lives.
My heart goes out to them.
Jul 8, 2012 10:22:55 #
Jul 8, 2012 13:46:21 #
mtnredhed
Loc: The part of NorCal that doesn't move
I lived there for close to 25 years and our house would of been in the mandatory evac zone. On one hand if there's a wall of flame being pushed by 60+ mph winds, there's not much you could of done to save your house. OTOH, CSFD had, since the early 90's, been telling people to get the scrub oak away from their houses and decks, and get the cedar shingles off their roofs. They even went so far as to create maps of what areas were defensible and what weren't. Instead of fixing, most people just got pissed off at the FD. I was listening to a scanner site, and they were triaging the houses. If your house was surrounded be nice volatile brush, well sorry. In the clear or maybe a little? they try and defend it.
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