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Quixote1818

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3. Only in this case hundreds of houses had to burn first

Reply to cbdo2007 (Reply #2)

Wed Jun 27, 2012, 02:44 PM

Jun 2012

Had the Federal Gov. been able to fight the fire with their giant tankers they might have stopped it before it really got out of control. Hard to say with all the drought and high winds though. Almost nothing can stop a fire under those conditions.

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Waldo fire, Co. Springs is out of control & law requires private companies only fight it [View all] Quixote1818 Jun 2012 OP

IDIOTIC DearAbby Jun 2012 #1

Luckily they have the Federal Govt to bail them out. cbdo2007 Jun 2012 #2

Only in this case hundreds of houses had to burn first Quixote1818 Jun 2012 #3

Too bad we can't just let the homes of the "Me First Screw Everyone Else" Larkspur Jun 2012 #4

A bittch bongbong Jun 2012 #5

Le me correct this nadinbrzezinski Jun 2012 #6

It isn't as thought this is the first fire.These steps were take near 3 weeks ago for High Park fire hlthe2b Jun 2012 #9

Thank you for the correction Did you know that we only have 4 C-130s in the country? Autumn Jun 2012 #11

Taht is one reason Canada has sent a couple nadinbrzezinski Jun 2012 #12

Let me further correct info nadinbrzezinski Jun 2012 #7

NOT PRIVATE companies, the LOCAL fire departments... Local and state resources are used (along with hlthe2b Jun 2012 #8

This is what the Liberterians wanted. Woody Woodpecker Jun 2012 #10

The OP was wrong in so many ways nadinbrzezinski Jun 2012 #13