With the wild fire and conditions the way they are right now, it usually just means they have stopped the fire from continuing to burn on a particular front, like say a 3-5 acre area (in the case of 5%).

RobbieF

Australia28 Posts

June 27 2012 08:51 GMT

#25

For everyone in the area or with friends or family in the area my heart goes out to you. After going through the Black Saturday bush fires in Australia I have some feeling for the fear and terror that bush/wild fire can bring. Be safe and I hope that things settle down for you soon.

Aerisky

United States12128 Posts

June 27 2012 09:07 GMT

#26

Oh god, these fires are absolutely ridiculous...fortunately I don't have any family over there but it's spreading like...well you know how it goes, and it isn't pretty....these sorts of fires are ludicrously hard to contain ._.

drumsetjunky

United States136 Posts

June 27 2012 12:29 GMT

#27

I use to be photojournalist(in the field cameraman) for a CBS station here in Texas. I was out covering a large grass fire in 2010 (our wildfire) that was the worst Texas had ever seen.
It was tough to capture the images of so many people's lives(homes, businesses, etc..) going up in smoke.
I actually was almost a victim of one of those fires while doing my job and I can tell you it's terrifying to be engulfed in smoke and flames. I barley made it out alive as smoke poured into the AC vents and flames warped the paint on my News truck.
My thoughts and prayers go out to those in Colorado, be safe.

ToT)OjKa(

Korea (South)2437 Posts

June 27 2012 12:37 GMT

#28

hoooly fuck those photos man. world on fire

Cokefreak

Finland8094 Posts

June 27 2012 12:40 GMT

#29

On June 27 2012 16:33 Mysticesper wrote:

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There is something odd about a half burning house and a vehicle parked outside the garage.

Yeah, hope nobody was in there. All these pictures look so scary and yet so cool at the same time, hope everyone is safe!

Shana

Indonesia1814 Posts

June 27 2012 12:42 GMT

#30

That was one huge fucking fire

Holy fuck

FryktSkyene

United States1327 Posts

June 27 2012 13:01 GMT

#31

not mine

Lumi

United States1612 Posts

June 27 2012 13:01 GMT

#32

Yeah, things are pretty bad here =\ I'm in Denver and yesterday morning we could really smell the smoke strongly. Smelled like both of my neighbors were barbecuing at 6am.

Splynn

United States225 Posts

June 27 2012 17:02 GMT

#33

I live in Colorado Springs and it's sort of... hard to describe. When you see the mountains, you can see the fire burning from miles away. You have to keep reminding yourself that those aren't clouds, they're smoke. And it constantly smells like your neighbor is overgrilling his burgers. It's always smoky, and due to the way our city is set up, just doing your day-to-day business, you can literally see the fact that there's this raging fire burning everything up. Right now they're saying they think they'll have it contained by like mid-July.

But where I am it's just sort of life as usual. The birds are singing, my puppy is chewing on everything. My neighborhood is going on like normal. My wife is going to work in a bit, and since we're sort of downhill from more houses you can't even see anything except for a few clouds (which are smoke, but you have to remind yourself.)

You can see it, smell it. It's everywhere. But life goes on, and occasionally you have to remind yourself that there's a fire at all. Then you stop, because you realize the sort of carnage and you know the places its affecting so well that you can picture it. And then you have to realize there's literally nothing you can do, and so life continues for a while until you realize it's there again.

This all said, I'm not worried. Sad that so many people have lost their homes and are living in shelters. But not worried; I'm sure we'll all be fine and life will go on.

Flossy

United States870 Posts

June 27 2012 17:04 GMT

#34

My Grandparents live in Colorado Springs and apparently the whole place is covered in ash and you can see the smoke for miles.

And from what I've heard, this fire is spreading insanely fast which makes is very hard to stop.

iGrok

United States5142 Posts

June 27 2012 17:05 GMT

#35

It keeps getting worse and worse. They've started flying military C-130s full of flame-retardant to try to control it, the regular planes and helicopters aren't cutting it.

gasmeter

United Kingdom249 Posts

June 27 2012 17:09 GMT

#36

My thoughts are with everybody who has been affected.

Meta

United States6225 Posts

June 27 2012 17:09 GMT

#37

This sucks, I have family that lives in the springs. But, at least the dead trees will finally get to spawn after the beetles are incinerated. Somebody said "so much wildlife destroyed omg" - the wildlife will bounce back no problem. The houses and property damage is much harder to recover.

SilSol

Sweden2744 Posts

June 27 2012 17:38 GMT

#38

Wow this is huge! btw are you the new news guy?

anyhow i'm so glad this isn't happening where i live. This is just sick ;(

L_Master

United States8017 Posts

June 27 2012 17:43 GMT

#39

On June 27 2012 16:53 Pandemona wrote:
OMFG. So much wildlife destroyed wtf! Fuck sake >.<
So fucked up.

Wildlife?!

You realize fires are GOOD for wildlife and health of the environment right? It's the people and property that are the concern and if not for that I'm sure we would let most of these fires simply run their course.

mastergriggy

United States1312 Posts

June 27 2012 20:40 GMT

#40

Just wanted to give an update on the fire:

The city of Woodland park was just given evacuation notice. Taken from http://www.city-woodlandpark.org/home/

ANNOUNCEMENT

MANDATORY EVACUATION - EAST TELLER COUNTY, PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED STAND BY EVACUATION AREAS IN WOODLAND PARK WHICH INCLUDE THE AREA EAST OF HIGHWAY 24, BALDWIN AND THE CITY'S RAMPART RANGE ROAD, THE SOUTHERN AREA OF WOODLAND PARK, SAFEWAY TO CRYSTOLA.

EVACUATION SHELTER LOCATIONS ARE:
SUMMIT ELEMENTARY, 490 MEADOW PARK DRIVE, DIVIDE
CRIPPLE CREEK HIGH SCHOOL, 410 NORTH B STREET, CRIPPLE CREEK

Good news though is that there is a cold front coming in over the next few days in addition to it raining for a good few hours today. It's not much but it's something