I just want to wish the good people of Colorado a safe night without more fires ...

[justpassingthru]

It was over 104F today in Denver and to see the State from the air when flying in, it doesn't look pretty ... unless you like fire.

My best wishes go out to anyone affected by the fires currently raging here and hope for the safety of all of the good people in Colorado.

PS ... please don't let the Pepsi Center burn down since the Avalanche drafted (someone close to me) on the weekend.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The total number of homes destroyed by a two-week old wildfire in northern Colorado was raised to 248 on Sunday as residents of a subdivision near Fort Collins learned that 57 more homes in their neighborhood had been lost, authorities said.
Fire officials had previously said that 191 homes had burned, the most in state history. The High Park Fire is the second-largest wildfire and among the most expensive in Colorado's history. It has scorched more than 130 square miles and was just 45 percent contained on Sunday, The Denver Post reported.
With a total of eight fires burning, Colorado is having its worst wildfire season in a decade.
A fire near Colorado Springs erupted Saturday and grew out of control to more than 3 square miles early Sunday, prompting the evacuation of more than 11,000 residents and an unknown number of tourists. Authorities said Sunday that they were allowing about 5,000 of those residents to return.
Also on Saturday, a blaze destroyed structures near the mountain community of Estes Park, where many visitors stay while visiting Rocky Mountain National Park. The Larimer County Sheriff's Office said Sunday that 22 homes and 2 outbuildings had been burned.
"We're used to flooding and tornadoes, nothing like this," said Amanda Rice, who recently moved to the area from Rock Falls, Ill. Rice, her husband, four children and dog left a Manitou Springs hotel late Saturday.
Rice, scared when she saw flames, took her family to the evacuation center before she was told to go.
"It was just this God-awful orange glow. It was surreal. It honestly looked like hell was opening up," Rice said Sunday.
With Colorado midway through its worst wildfire season in a decade, travelers have seen some of their favorite sites closed to the public, obscured by smoke and haze. Some travelers were awoken with evacuation orders.
Plumes of gray and white smoke poured from the mountains Sunday, obscuring at times Pikes Peak, the most-summited high-elevation mountain in the nation and inspiration for the song "America The Beautiful." Winds were pushing smoke away from Colorado Springs, but residents and tourists watched nervously as haze wrapped around the peak.
Families planning whitewater rafting trips or visits to the stunning red-rock formations in Garden of the Gods park in Colorado Springs were instead spending their vacations passing out bottled water and setting up cots in evacuee centers.
They included Mark Stein of Morristown, N.J., whose family arrived after midnight Sunday at their Manitou Springs hotel for a week of whitewater rafting and sightseeing.
"We were sleeping for 15 minutes when they started knocking on the door — a day from hell," Stein said of the day of travel. With his wife and two sons, Stein spent the first night of his vacation setting up cots for more than 200 evacuees who slept at the school.
"I think it's the best vacation ever. This is what the real world is about. There's a lot of people that need help," Stein said.
Also Sunday, a brushfire that began near Elbert, about 50 miles southwest of Denver, quickly spread to about 60 acres, forcing the evacuation of about 100 residents.
Half the nation's firefighting fleet is now battling fires in Colorado, said Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper. He said C-130 military transport planes from Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs would begin assisting on Monday.
"People recognize this is going to take a big push" to extinguish, Hickenlooper said Sunday from a Colorado Springs grocery store, where volunteers were passing out burritos, sandwiches and drinks to 350 firefighters working near Pikes Peak.
The wildfire near Rocky Mountain National Park destroyed vacation cabins and closed the most commonly used entrance to the park. Clouds of smoke blew toward the 102-year-old Stanley Hotel that inspired Stephen King to write "The Shining."

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/06/24...#ixzz1ymNm2fIr

[Baddog_WOOF]

Is this a bad time to point out that many of the trees regenerate through fires?
Where the pine cones sprout after a fire and regenerate the forest.
Is that a BAD time to point that out?
Sorry.

[justpassingthru]

A fast-growing wildfire in Colorado forced 11,000 people from their homes at least briefly on Sunday and threatened popular summer camping grounds beneath Pikes Peak, whose vistas helped inspire the patriotic tune "America the Beautiful."

http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/0...85L1DD20120625

[justpassingthru]

Originally Posted by Baddog_WOOF

Is this a bad time to point out that many of the trees regenerate through fires?
Where the pine cones sprout after a fire and regenerate the forest.
Is that a BAD time to point that out?
Sorry.

I don't know ... ask the family of this loss.

[Baddog_WOOF]

My people settled Colorado.
You handle Colorado, or you get handled.
If you are not tough enough, then tough shit.
Your shit gets burned down, you rebuild.
If you don't have the stomach for that, go back to where you came from.

[justpassingthru]

Or this one.

[Baddog_WOOF]

Show some pics of people working in a silver mine in Colorado so people can see how REALLY hard things can be.

Yeah, show rich people losing their summer homes.
*Yawn*

[justpassingthru]

Originally Posted by Baddog_WOOF

Show some pics of people working in a silver mine in Colorado so people can see how REALLY hard things can be.

Yeah, show rich people losing their summer homes.
*Yawn*

Bad doggy, you win ...

Maybe some of the people that lost their homes started out with blood, sweat and tears and made a good life for themselves that was just taken back ... but I can always just go back to American bashing if you like.

[Baddog_WOOF]

JPT, Get a clue!
Colorado isn't fucking Disneyland!
There is severe weather and bad shit happens there.
My people settled Colorado.
I was born there.

You want to whine about some bad shit that happened, knock yourself out.
Don't expect anyone from Colorado to give a shit what you think!

[Baddog_WOOF]

Originally Posted by justpassingthru

Bad doggy, you win ...

Win?
MY neighbors in Colorado lose their houses and I win?

Keep running your mouth.

[Baddog_WOOF]

Originally Posted by Baddog_WOOF

Don't expect anyone from Colorado to give a shit what you think!

Do I need to type it more slowly because you don't read very fast, JPT?

[RandyKnight]

Originally Posted by Baddog_WOOF

Show some pics of people working in a silver mine in Colorado so people can see how REALLY hard things can be.

Yeah, show rich people losing their summer homes.
*Yawn*

Well looks like JPT is back from his Greece trip and flying into Colorado to go skiing but the damn fires have melted all the snow....

don't you feel sorry for him?

[N.E. Woman]

Well I have relatives in Colorado so I will be wishing the best for them.

[AZRIEL]

Originally Posted by RandyKnight

Well looks like JPT is back from his Greece trip and flying into Colorado to go skiing but the damn fires have melted all the snow....

Originally Posted by justpassingthru

[RandyKnight]

I was wondering how much marijuana is being burnt up in those hills?

Here is a bud I got on my last trip there....

[milltek]

Originally Posted by RandyKnight

I was wondering how much marijuana is being burnt up in those hills?

Here is a bud I got on my last trip there....

Wow

[AZRIEL]

[hawkco119]

Speaking as a COLORADO SPRINGS resident thank you justpassingthrough. Some of our friends have had to evacuate but are just fine. Lets just hope the weather will cooperate the smoke in the air has affected air quality but speaking for myself and many others we are proud of all who are workingto putout the fires. Tuesdy night was extremely scary when the fire started for the city but this city and the people who live here are resilent and are hoping and praying for the best.... Thanxagain

[justpassingthru]

Originally Posted by RandyKnight

Well looks like JPT is back from his Greece trip and flying into Colorado to go skiing but the damn fires have melted all the snow....

don't you feel sorry for him?

If you are going to cyber shadow me, keep up to speed. I mentioned the NHL draft in Pittsburgh a bunch of times in the hockey thread that said that my cousin was included in this years draft and I wanted to be there to see all of our hard work over the last 10 years with 4:30AM hockey practices and hockey camps, as well as a national championship this year in his league, were worth it ... which they were btw and he went in the 7th round.

I went to Colorado as support as he met with his new employers as well as the city that he will call home soon ... plus now I have another reason to visit one of the XNXX sweethearts that lives there.

PS ... I re-iterate my best wishes to the residents of Colorado, regardless of financial status/standing.

[RandyKnight]

If shadowing you means posting in a thread then fuck you...

fuck wad...

[AZRIEL]

[stumbler]

Originally Posted by AZRIEL

Oh stop crying hysterically sock to sock and admit its not going to get you cry baby. But on the other hand how's that breathing thing going? I bet you cut and ran a long time ago.

[AZRIEL]

Originally Posted by stumbler

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