Sheriff: No hope of containment of High Park Fire (FtCollins CO)

[madamesilverspurs]

One missing, 18 homes damaged or destroyed as fire reaches 20,000 acres

Photo gallery at link.

http://www.coloradoan.com/viewart/20120610/NEWS01/306100022/Sheriff-No-hope-containment-High-Park-Fire


Damn.

[kestrel91316]

1. On the bright side, it can't really spread east because the mountains

and trees end, and a grass fire is more readily stopped IIRC.

Not sure which way the prevailing winds are going now. If it spreads south far enough, that gets it into Rist Canyon and near Horsetooth, and they had fires in more recent years so the brush isn't so built up nor so many dead trees standing.

[fizzgig]

4. winds are all over

it was moving north this morning, swung south late today and, based on the new evacuations, i think they're expecting it to move more to the south.

i'm in fort collins and some of my friends are acting like it's on this side of the hogback. still a lot of ground, as well as a reservoir, to cross to get to us. and, like you pointed out, it'll be a grassfire by the time it even gets close. they are easier to stop.

[hlthe2b]

7. From the smell of smoke at 1:30 AM throughout my current residence, I'd say SOUTH...

I woke up nauseous, having left windows open last night when I couldn't smell it at all... Sigh. We need some luck here.

[pinto]

2. Thanks for the update. Brother's up in the region.

[cherokeeprogressive]

3. Damn glad I'm not on an airplane going east or west over the Rockies...

The turbulence must be biblical...

[fizzgig]

5. how's the smoke out there?

i spent the day at my dad's on the northwest edge of fort collins and it was raining ash.

[Vonda36]

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[kaiden]

8. Smokey here in Conifer, 32 miles southwest of Denver.

Anytime you live in the foothills and smell smoke, it makes your spinchter pinch.