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100-Acre Brush Fire Forces Evacuations In Carbondale
The Denver Channel ^ | April 15, 2008

Posted on 04/15/2008 2:38:46 PM PDT by george76

Dozens of homes have been evacuated and a 5-mile stretch of Colorado 82 in western Colorado has been closed due to heavy smoke from a brush fire.

The 100-acre brush fire is burning at 1265 County Road 100, and is threatening several homes and a school, said Tanny McGinnis, spokeswoman for the Garfield County Sheriff's Office.

She said a horse farm and a private school have been evacuated. Two buildings have been damaged and one person has been transported with injuries...

Firefighters from Carbondale, Basalt and Glenwood are at the scene.

(Excerpt) Read more at thedenverchannel.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: carbondale; fire; ordway; ski; wildlandfire
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To: colorado tanker

Not sure of the snow, but there is this :

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/den/


21 posted on 04/15/2008 3:25:19 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76

oops...sorry.

Is there really snow forecast tomorrow?


22 posted on 04/15/2008 3:25:58 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: george76

Here is the forcast for my location:

http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=80403

This site shows a forcast for several inches in Carbondale by Wednesday morning. There could be a lot of damage by then. The wind here is very strong gusts, but sustained wind is not so bad.


23 posted on 04/15/2008 3:37:22 PM PDT by MtnClimber (Obama: baby is punishment; tax increase is bundle of joy)
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To: unkus
Red Flag Fire warning for us all day today and through the night and we're on the eastern slopes.

What's strange is that I'm sitting here looking at the northern facing slope a quarter mile south of me....and it's still covered with snow!

That's crazy Colorado wx for ya!

24 posted on 04/15/2008 3:37:22 PM PDT by moondoggie
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To: moondoggie

I have snow drifts in my yard that must still be 3 ft deep! It will be more than that after this storm.


25 posted on 04/15/2008 3:42:04 PM PDT by MtnClimber (Obama: baby is punishment; tax increase is bundle of joy)
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To: BurbankKarl

Mostly lots of wind.

They are forecasting rain to shower showers in different parts of the state.


26 posted on 04/15/2008 3:47:22 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76

The wind in Carbondale is really picking up. Look at the wind graph near the bottom of this page:

http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/WXDailyHistory.asp?ID=KCOCARBO1


27 posted on 04/15/2008 3:48:33 PM PDT by MtnClimber (Obama: baby is punishment; tax increase is bundle of joy)
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To: MtnClimber
You must be up north.

We're just going to turn cold with a few inches down here on the southern end of the state.

I'm ready for Spring!

28 posted on 04/15/2008 3:51:11 PM PDT by moondoggie
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To: george76
I just found out we had a fire off Highway 78 today.

I guess they put it out just as it approached some guy's front door.

Close call....

29 posted on 04/15/2008 3:54:35 PM PDT by moondoggie
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To: MtnClimber

This is still early if the wind goes nuts.

Remember Glenwood Springs a few years ago ?

We lost many young fire fighters and edges of the town. The fire jumped the Colorado River and I-70.


30 posted on 04/15/2008 3:56:10 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: moondoggie

Yes, up north. If you click on the noaa link in post #21, I am at the NE corner of the blue shaded winter storm watch area. At this elevation we usually get snow into the month of June.


31 posted on 04/15/2008 3:58:02 PM PDT by MtnClimber (Obama: baby is punishment; tax increase is bundle of joy)
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To: george76

I remember the Glenwood Springs fire. That was a tragic fire. The Walker Ranch fire was just north of my house and came within a few miles of my house. I was in Tibet on a climbing expedition at the time and just kept tabs on things by INMARSAT telephone.

Where are you located George?


32 posted on 04/15/2008 4:05:22 PM PDT by MtnClimber (Obama: baby is punishment; tax increase is bundle of joy)
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To: george76

The storm that’s passing over us in Northern Nevada brought snow this morning and maybe some more this evening, but I don’t know what that means for you in Colorado.


33 posted on 04/15/2008 4:10:30 PM PDT by The KG9 Kid
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To: george76
A second wildfire in the southeastern Colorado town of Ordway also forced evacuations, but a Crowley County sheriff’s dispatcher said she was too busy to give any details. I have seen some brushfires in those neck of the woods before(the Kiowa Grasslands) and those things can get NASTY...
34 posted on 04/15/2008 4:18:15 PM PDT by Santa Fe_Conservative (The RINOs think that they have won but we shall see who has the last laugh in '08...)
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To: george76
MORE FIRES!

Huge fire on Fort Carson land south of Colorado Springs with high winds! Trying to get air support before dark.

Another in SE Colorado totally out of control. Now 1000 acres near Ordway and Rocky Ford is on standby for evacuations.

Winds expected to gust over 50 MPH tonite.

35 posted on 04/15/2008 4:42:37 PM PDT by moondoggie
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To: MtnClimber
Okay...I know where you are now. Beautiful country up there:-)

We're in the Wet Mountains and sit at about 7800 ft. We need an east or southeast upslope for our best snows down here.

Albuquerque lows dump on us something terrible. LOL

In 1997 we got 20 feet of snow for the winter...the most we've ever had down here.

36 posted on 04/15/2008 4:46:47 PM PDT by moondoggie
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To: moondoggie; CedarDave; XeniaSt; Santa Fe_Conservative

Entire Town Of Ordway Evacuated; Fire Spreading Fast

http://www.kktv.com/news/headlines/17751274.html


37 posted on 04/15/2008 4:53:56 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: moondoggie

The Albuquerque lows can really dump lots of snow here too. A few years ago was a March storm that dumped 4 1/2 ft at my house. It took me 3 days to dig out my sidewalk and driveway, but that was OK since the snow plows did not get here for 5 days!


38 posted on 04/15/2008 4:58:25 PM PDT by MtnClimber (Obama: baby is punishment; tax increase is bundle of joy)
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To: Knitting A Conundrum; Diana in Wisconsin; girlangler; proud_yank; SaxxonWoods; Colorado Doug; ...

Fort Carson on lockdown, Ordway evacuated over fires

http://www.gazette.com/news/ordway_35303___article.html/fort_fires.html


39 posted on 04/15/2008 4:59:36 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76

I hope everyone gets lots of snow to put these fires out. There were news stories yesterday about the dangerous conditions we would see today.


40 posted on 04/15/2008 5:02:14 PM PDT by MtnClimber (Obama: baby is punishment; tax increase is bundle of joy)
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