What the HELL?!?!

whispering hands
whispering hands Under your skin Posts: 13,527
edited July 2012 in All Encompassing Trip
Seriously?!?! Almost 1/3 of southern Co is fucking on fire!!!
There's two , three really practically IN my backyard!
(I'm about six blocks North of the Garden of the Gods Park.
Smoke is just ROLLING over the ridges. Absolutely insane !
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  • mysticweed
    mysticweed Posts: 3,710
    edited June 2012
    whispering hands wrote:
    Seriously?!?! Almost 1/3 of southern Co is fucking on fire!!!
    There's two , three really practically IN my backyard!
    (I'm about six blocks North of the Garden of the Gods Park.
    Smoke is just ROLLING over the ridges. Absolutely insane !

    watch your back girl
    Post edited by mysticweed on
    fuck 'em if they can't take a joke

    "what a long, strange trip it's been"
  • whispering hands
    whispering hands Under your skin Posts: 13,527
    Ha!

    California deserves to be punished!lol But Colorado
    Is too beautiful to burn like this!
  • AlbertaGirl70_
    AlbertaGirl70_ Posts: 1,738
    whispering hands wrote:
    Seriously?!?! Almost 1/3 of southern Co is fucking on fire!!!
    There's two , three really practically IN my backyard!
    (I'm about six blocks North of the Garden of the Gods Park.
    Smoke is just ROLLING over the ridges. Absolutely insane !

    Sorry to hear that,I hope everything will be alright....
    I will walk w/my hands bound
    I will walk w/my face blood
    I will walk w/my shadow flag

    Memories back when she was smooth and strong
    and waiting for the world to come along...

    Eddie solo Vegas Oct 31,Nov 1 2012
  • he.who.forgets
    he.who.forgets Posts: 4,593
    AlbertaGirl70_ wrote:
    whispering hands wrote:
    Seriously?!?! Almost 1/3 of southern Co is fucking on fire!!!
    There's two , three really practically IN my backyard!
    (I'm about six blocks North of the Garden of the Gods Park.
    Smoke is just ROLLING over the ridges. Absolutely insane !

    Sorry to hear that,I hope everything will be alright....
    Me too. Scary stuff. Stay safe
    We were but stones your light made us stars
  • whispering hands
    whispering hands Under your skin Posts: 13,527
    Thank you guys! It gets awfull scary when you can see the
    Smoke from thend end of the street!
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    whispering hands wrote:
    Ha!

    California deserves to be punished!lol But Colorado
    Is too beautiful to burn like this!
    Really? Why?

    Both are beautiful country and people, to me anyway.

    Good luck out there, sincerely and with no lol-ing.

    Hope the sentiments are reciprocated if/when we in California get to that point.

    (too many lives and homes lost to make light)
  • Last-12-Exit
    Last-12-Exit Charleston, SC Posts: 8,661
    Heed the warnings brother, if they say go, GO! Be careful. As a firefighter, I know those guys are doing everything they can to contain the flames. For Christ sake, RAIN!
  • whispering hands
    whispering hands Under your skin Posts: 13,527
    Hedonist calm down my friend. I was kidding
    I was born and raised in the I.E. forthe first 26
    Years of my life. Just a lot of shitty memories of Cali
    And my life there is all. But yeah wild fires are no
    joke out there either. And again thanks for the support
    as of right now Manitou Springs is on evac stand-by,
    if they move, then we're (Colorado Springs)the next
    Down the evac list for the direction this fire is
    travelling. It took out my favorite backwoods high country
    camping spot... I'm sad, butG glad it's missed the many
    possible homes it could have gotten. Send some really good
    vibes out for the people of Manitou Springs would y'all? I'll
    Keep you all posted.
  • mysticweed
    mysticweed Posts: 3,710
    whispering hands wrote:
    Ha!

    California deserves to be punished!lol But Colorado
    Is too beautiful to burn like this!


    oh dear
    sorry
    i missed the co part
    :(
    fuck 'em if they can't take a joke

    "what a long, strange trip it's been"
  • mysticweed
    mysticweed Posts: 3,710
    Utah governor: Gun shooters cause too many wildfires

    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47934760/ns ... -cV0bWvi5E

    we have guns
    never shot at a living thing
    so this is not an anti-gun comment
    but damn

    Authorities now say 20 of Utah’s wildfires this year were started by target shooters, compared to 24 in total last year – with three months left in the western wildfire season. The Dump fire near Saratoga Springs, Utah, started near a landfill when the spark from a bullet hitting a rock set off a patch of grass, which then quickly spread, fueled by dry conditions and gale-force winds.
    Colorado officials are also trying to figure out if the 1,200-acre Lake George wildfire was sparked by a ricocheting bullet.
    Although this has been a fairly standard year for wildfires following the massive Texas wildfires in 2011, hundreds of fires have burned and dozens continue to burn in places like Colorado, Arizona, Wyoming, Nevada, Utah, Hawaii, and New Mexico, where the state’s largest wildfire ever is still smoldering through the Gila National Forest. The Fort Collins fire in Colorado has destroyed nearly 200 homes and caused one death.
    Humans, whether accidentally or on purpose, start six times as many fires as lightning in the US every year. Activities such as barbecuing and camping-related fires are often cited as causes of wildfires, while arson or careless disposal of cigarettes also remain problems. Authorities regularly target such activities under emergency wildfire declarations.
    When it comes to shooting guns on the tinder-dry western plateaus, though, even local authorities so far have refrained from trying to impose emergency bans on shooting, instead urging gun owners to voluntarily refrain from loading up and heading out to the range.
    “Citizens do not surrender their civil rights just because of a natural or man-made disaster,” Alan Gottlieb, the founder of the Second Amendment Foundation, said in support of a lawsuit in North Carolina filed by gun owners after a 2010 snow storm put a gun ban into effect.
    fuck 'em if they can't take a joke

    "what a long, strange trip it's been"
  • whispering hands
    whispering hands Under your skin Posts: 13,527
    Manitou Springs is now on manditory evacuation.
    The fire has now burned over 2000 acres. Please pray
    for these people this town (Manitou) is a very cool and
    interesting town. There will be an update meeting for
    Those who've been evacuated at our church tomorrow
    to let the evacuees know the progress of the fire. Please
    continue to send good vibes. Mystic weed thanks for posting
    that article, these fires are so detrimental to
    not only the environment but to the commerce of
    the states involved. I'll let you know how things are going
    concerning Colorado Springs a little later.
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    whispering hands wrote:
    Hedonist calm down my friend. I was kidding
    I was born and raised in the I.E. forthe first 26
    Years of my life. Just a lot of shitty memories of Cali
    And my life there is all. But yeah wild fires are no
    joke out there either. And again thanks for the support
    as of right now Manitou Springs is on evac stand-by,
    if they move, then we're (Colorado Springs)the next
    Down the evac list for the direction this fire is
    travelling. It took out my favorite backwoods high country
    camping spot... I'm sad, butG glad it's missed the many
    possible homes it could have gotten. Send some really good
    vibes out for the people of Manitou Springs would y'all? I'll
    Keep you all posted.
    I was calm but admit I'm a bit thin-skinned when it comes to this.

    Definitely good thoughts from here. I hope you all keep safe as can be.
  • rollings
    rollings unknown Posts: 7,127
    whispering hands wrote:
    Seriously?!?! Almost 1/3 of southern Co is fucking on fire!!!
    There's two , three really practically IN my backyard!
    (I'm about six blocks North of the Garden of the Gods Park.
    Smoke is just ROLLING over the ridges. Absolutely insane !

    wow, how scary, I'm sorry

    re: the thread title, it sounds like it must be hellish :(
  • whispering hands
    whispering hands Under your skin Posts: 13,527
    I wish there was a way to post pics from my phone.
    But... If anyone wants to see this thing you can log onto
    KRDO.com and click on the link for the Waldo Canyon
    Fire. This is getting really close!!
  • whispering hands
    whispering hands Under your skin Posts: 13,527
    We have just been named the second priority fire
    in the country!!!!! Not county..... COUNTRY!!!!!
    We are FINALLY getting two C-130's to help out
    with the 8 fires in Colorado. Not sure yet if Waldo Canyon
    gets one, but I personally believe we will get for
    Waldo and HighPark should get the other.
  • whispering hands
    whispering hands Under your skin Posts: 13,527
    So I'm getting called into work to help out.
    And I just saw tha YouTube had TONS of video
    of this fire, it's listed under the search title:
    Waldo Canyon Fire. Ok I'll post more later.
  • StillHere
    StillHere Posts: 7,795
    Be careful out there
    Let the heroes do the jobs they are trained for
    and get the heck outta there!
    Be safe
    peace,
    jo

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  • whispering hands
    whispering hands Under your skin Posts: 13,527
    So last nighti could see flames licking up over the ridge
    behind Queens Cayon ( it's notin there yet, but scarily close).
    So far only one structure has been damaged, a 10x10
    shed! What a continuing miracle! Please continue to
    keep sending us good vibes out here, thanks!
  • Dru_Cortez
    Dru_Cortez Posts: 953
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    Prayers + best wishes
    are with all Colorado folk.
    Stay safe everyone.
    Cheers.
    'Cause you don't give blood and take it back again.
  • whispering hands
    whispering hands Under your skin Posts: 13,527
    So I am locked down in the hospital as I report that a local entertainment mainstay has burned to the ground today.. When I first moved here I had applied to the Flying W Ranch out here.. it is no more as of five thirty today..the fire is now IN NW Colorado Springs..The hospital I work at is under Disaster lockdown right now.. so I may be spending the night here.. I am so sad.. my town is burning to the ground.. such bullshit..the only good thign so far is there are no deaths or injuries..but many houses have now burned.. :( :cry::cry:

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