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Colorado Wildfires

rockygems123 — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 18:32:55 GMT

We have 3 big fires going on in Colorado, 2 north of the Denver metro area and one in the SW side of town in Jefferson County.

The Jeffco fire is about 6 miles from us by road, maybe 3 - 4 miles as the crow flies.

Started out last night when a Jeffco Sheriff saw the blaze in a heavily wooded area, about 10x10 then but now has grown to over 200 acres, 0% contained.

The helicopters have been flying all morning getting water from across the street at Chatfield Reservoir and bringing to the fire.

We hear the helicopters doing their water drills often, this time it's the real thing!

Pretty scary, we don't have rain in the forecast till maybe Monday or Tuesday.

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On It — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 19:28:42 GMT

@rockygems123 I am so sorry to hear about the fires, particularly yours. I hope the wind is calm, and it can be contained quickly. Please keep us posted about its progress.

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Laneysmom — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 19:31:52 GMT

I will keep you and your family in my prayers. My son and daughter-in-law live in Bailey and my granddaughter in Lakewood, so I keep a close watch on the wildfire conditions in Colorado. So far they haven't had any alerts from the Fire Service.

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SilleeMee — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 19:33:50 GMT

I'm not near any of the fires but we have a lot of smoke here in Colorado Springs. Here we go again...it's fire season.

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Kachina624 — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 20:18:17 GMT

@rockygems123. So sorry to hear about fires in Colorado. I heard there are over 100 serious wildfires burning in the US.

I think this hellacious weather this summer has brought will never be over, and we've got two months to go yet.

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Puggywuggy — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 21:42:57 GMT

@rockgems123 I am so sorry to hear about the fires in your area. This summer there have been so very many wildfires and it is just heartbreaking! I will be keeping all impacted by these devastating fires in my prayers.

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rockygems123 — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 23:56:13 GMT

@On It wrote:
@rockygems123 I am so sorry to hear about the fires, particularly yours. I hope the wind is calm, and it can be contained quickly. Please keep us posted about its progress.

Thank you @On It . That's exactly what the weatherman just said, wind was mild today with just a bit more breezy tomorrow.

Will keep everyone posted. News just said this could go on for weeks, yikes.

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rockygems123 — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 23:58:21 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
@rockygems123. So sorry to hear about fires in Colorado. I heard there are over 100 serious wildfires burning in the US.

I think this hellacious weather this summer has brought will never be over, and we've got two months to go yet.

@Kachina624 Thank you, hellacious is a great way to describe this long hideous summer.

Was telling a nice young Russian man today who has been here for 5 years that we had in the past beautiful summers with almost guaranteed afternoon rain and thunderstorms, it was so lush then

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rockygems123 — Thu, 01 Aug 2024 00:00:09 GMT

@Puggywuggy wrote:
@rockgems123 I am so sorry to hear about the fires in your area. This summer there have been so very many wildfires and it is just heartbreaking! I will be keeping all impacted by these devastating fires in my prayers.

@Puggywuggy

Thank you so much. I feel so sorry for the displaced people, we've had human loss limited so far to 1 person and 4 firefighter injuries. We all appreciate the prayers

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rockygems123 — Thu, 01 Aug 2024 00:01:48 GMT

@Laneysmom wrote:
I will keep you and your family in my prayers. My son and daughter-in-law live in Bailey and my granddaughter in Lakewood, so I keep a close watch on the wildfire conditions in Colorado. So far they haven't had any alerts from the Fire Service.

@Laneysmom

Luckily Bailey has been OK this summer and Lakewood should pretty much be protected as it is away from the usual fray.

We appreciate the prayers, it may be quite a while till they put out the fires.

So far in our area 0% contained.

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On It — Thu, 01 Aug 2024 00:06:08 GMT

@rockygems123 I hope he is wrong about weeks. That is just too much to consider. We are taking one day at a time. The fires are out, but the burn scar flooding is a whole set of new problems. I hope you get the resources you need to stop your fire soon.

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rockygems123 — Thu, 01 Aug 2024 00:45:30 GMT

@On It wrote:
@rockygems123 I hope he is wrong about weeks. That is just too much to consider. We are taking one day at a time. The fires are out, but the burn scar flooding is a whole set of new problems. I hope you get the resources you need to stop your fire soon.

@On It

I was thinking about you and your new set of issues with the flooding. One issue begets another, so terrible.

Thank you, hopefully we won't have the weeks' wait.

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SilleeMee — Sat, 03 Aug 2024 15:45:39 GMT

The 'Lake Shore Fire' in Boulder County was started by a group of people shooting fireworks. Police are now looking for the suspects as it is now an arson case.