Fire on Backside of Flatirons
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Eldo is closed. |
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Colorado Springs.
Potentially thousands of people lost their homes in Colorado Springs last night in my neighborhood. Keep them in your thoughts. |
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HOLY HELL! My prayers, condolences, and best wishes go out to all affected! |
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It looks out but i wouldn't be so sure. I still saw some light smoke hanging around bear peak and that ridge this morning and its supposedly at 230 acres. The daily camera is saying officials are concerned about today's weather, particularly the wind: dailycamera.com/ci_20946242… |
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thank God! Or whatever you believe in. |
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Yea u all know what's next ....its mudslide and flashflood! Freakin rupture! I guess we r on schedule. |
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Stich wrote:It's pretty much out now.According to the news, there is 0% containment so far... the winds just died down last night so the smoke isn't coming over the ridge, but 230 acres are still burning. I know all open space around Boulder is closed... anyone know if the national forest land in Boulder Canyon is open? |
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I'm hoping for the best in the Flations. One thing I have observed over the years hiking through there is that the forrest management in that area seems to be excellent. |
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A little information about how we do and don't fight fire. Be nice if we could update what we do. |
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@ John Keller - interesting. Personally, I'd MUCH rather see our military used for that. But... now we're getting into politics. |
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CJC wrote: quoted for posterityFrom the picture it looks out. But embers are no doubt still burning. It aint no Waldo Canyon fire. |
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Julius Beres wrote: According to the news, there is 0% containment so far... the winds just died down last night so the smoke isn't coming over the ridge, but 230 acres are still burning. I know all open space around Boulder is closed... anyone know if the national forest land in Boulder Canyon is open?So all the Flatirons are closed? Sounds selfish of me to ask, but hey this is a climbing site. |
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Here is a short timelapse video of the fire last night around 7:00pm that I shot. Looked like a volcano was erupting. We need some moisture! |
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Yes, the Flatirons are closed. All OSMP land from Flatirons Vista TH to Canyon Blvd. bouldercolorado.gov/index.p… There is nothing on the Forest Service website to indicate closures in BoCan, but there are plenty of restrictions in place. fs.usda.gov/detail/arp/news… |
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Stich wrote: It's pretty much out now.It might seem like it is, but it's not. Iy's just not in it's burn hours yet. During the night the relative Temps go down and The Relative humidity comes up, when that happens fires TYPICALLY (not always) lay down and don't burn very actively. The typical "Burn period" is from 10am to 7PM, Thats when the temps are at there highest and the RH is at its lowest. Now if you add in wind (especially erratic winds from thunderstorms) it's off to the races. I'll also go so far as to say there will likely be mulitple new fires today, from the lightning yesterday. Also...what's up with the video of the Los Alamos scientist? He says the land managers aren't doing it right. Then says how it should be done....but the funny thing is....THATS HOW THEY (WE) HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR YEARS!!! Thanks Mr. smarty pants scientist guy. Now I'd like to tell you how to run your nuclear lab. josh |
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J. Thompson wrote: It might seem like it is, but it's not. Iy's just not in it's burn hours yet. During the night the relative Temps go down and The Relative humidity comes up, when that happens fires TYPICALLY (not always) lay down and don't burn very actively. The typical "Burn period" is from 10am to 7PM, Thats when the temps are at there highest and the RH is at its lowest.I was wondering why the coals I was seeing last night in Queens Canyon were just smoldering and not flaming up. So the humidity does that? Wow. No wonder it's such a pain in the ass to get a campfire to stay lit late at night. |
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Relative Humdity is a HUGE factor in how intense fires burn. |
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J Thompson, nice descriptions of how fires burn and how the conditions and time of day generally effect them. You're exactly correct. |