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Latest Updates: Cameron Peak Fire grew almost 10,000 acres overnight (Colorado)
KDVR ^ | 9-6-20 (update) | web Staff

Posted on 09/06/2020 3:47:50 PM PDT by dynachrome

A large wildfire continued to grow Thursday in the wilderness west of Fort Collins. It has been burning since Aug. 13. The Cameron Peak Fire, as it has been named, has forced the evacuations of several nearby campgrounds and communities. Click here for updates from the US Fire Service.

UPDATE (Sept. 6, 3:36 p.m.): The fire moved south into the remote northern part of Rocky Mountain National Park late yesterday. Because of Red Flag Warnings, critical fire weather conditions and active fire behavior on the Cameron Peak Fire, Trail Ridge Road in RMNP will close at 3 pm today due to the potential of heavy smoke on the road and low visibility. Closures on Trail Ridge Road will be at Forest Canyon Overlook on the east side and Colorado River Trailhead on the west side.

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: cameronpeakfire; colorado; fire; redfeatherlakes; wildfire
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Air quality very poor where I am at.
1 posted on 09/06/2020 3:47:50 PM PDT by dynachrome
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To: george76

ping. Windy here, too.


2 posted on 09/06/2020 3:48:21 PM PDT by dynachrome (The panic will end, the tyranny will not)
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To: dynachrome

getting steadily worse this afternoon on the southeast denver metro


3 posted on 09/06/2020 3:49:16 PM PDT by Mom MD
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To: dynachrome

Thanks for the info and post.


4 posted on 09/06/2020 3:57:48 PM PDT by Balata (Structure determines Function)
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To: dynachrome

absolutely brutal where i live ... given my heart condition and lung condition, i’m seriously thinking of renting a hotel room somewhere south where the smoke isn’t so terrible ... waiting to see if the predicted snow and rain improve the fire conditions ... supposed to be a foot of snow in the mountains monday night though wednesday morning.

here’s several excellent links of articles, GOES-16 sat videos of the plume and a map showing the smoke envelopment on the northern part of the front range:

GOES-16 sat video:

https://rammb-slider.cira.colostate.edu/?sat=goes-16&z=4&im=24&ts=1&st=20200905210116&et=20200905235616&speed=130&motion=rock&map=1&lat=0&opacity%5B0%5D=1&hidden%5B0%5D=0&pause=0&slider=-1&hide_controls=0&mouse_draw=0&follow_feature=0&follow_hide=0&s=rammb-slider&sec=conus&p%5B0%5D=geocolor&x=2418&y=3583

smoke map:

https://fire.airnow.gov/?lat=40.1970455&lng=-105.1864356&zoom=10

articles:

state smoke air quality information:

https://www.colorado.gov/airquality/addendum.aspx#smoke

loveland newspaper article:

https://www.reporterherald.com/2020/09/06/cameron-peak-fire-grows-to-34289-acres/


5 posted on 09/06/2020 4:01:11 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: dynachrome

“Air quality very poor where I am at. “

My car is covered here in Longmont.


6 posted on 09/06/2020 4:03:38 PM PDT by dljordan
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To: dynachrome

I have distant family In Fort Collins.....is te fire a threat there?


7 posted on 09/06/2020 4:06:04 PM PDT by caww
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To: dynachrome

How far from Boulder is this?


8 posted on 09/06/2020 4:07:09 PM PDT by CincyRichieRich (2020: Broken glass election)
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How far from Boulder is this?

Not far enough? (what did I win?)

9 posted on 09/06/2020 4:11:02 PM PDT by MileHi (Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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To: catnipman

Thanks for the links they are excellent.

Our kids and grandkids live in Ft. Collins.


10 posted on 09/06/2020 4:18:53 PM PDT by Balata (Structure determines Function)
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To: dynachrome

Snowing ashes in Longmont. Another not-at-all-apocalyptic day in 2020, no siree.


11 posted on 09/06/2020 4:21:58 PM PDT by coloradan (The Enemy Media isn't chartered to inform but rather to advance the interests of certain elites.)
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To: CincyRichieRich; caww

Fire is north of Rocky Mountain National park, quite a ways from Boulder and Ft. Collins. Red Feather Lakes is in the evacuation zone. Smoke is the real problem at the moment. Fire is relatively remote.


12 posted on 09/06/2020 4:42:59 PM PDT by dynachrome (The panic will end, the tyranny will not)
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To: CincyRichieRich; caww; All

Perimeter map of the fire:

https://nifc.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=821eb2bac47c48c69558075f21365f01


13 posted on 09/06/2020 4:47:20 PM PDT by dynachrome (The panic will end, the tyranny will not)
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To: catnipman

I hope that rain and snow comes soon. I am very sorry that you are going through this. Your links are really helpful. Take good care.


14 posted on 09/06/2020 4:47:56 PM PDT by SueRae (An administration like no other.)
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To: coloradan

That is so sad. Longmont is a beautiful area.


15 posted on 09/06/2020 4:48:45 PM PDT by SueRae (An administration like no other.)
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To: dynachrome

The whole front range down to the Tech Center is hazy from the smoke. Ash in the air the closer you are to the fire.


16 posted on 09/06/2020 4:50:09 PM PDT by dhs12345
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To: dynachrome

The whole front range down to the Tech Center is hazy from the smoke. Ash in the air the closer you are to the fire.


17 posted on 09/06/2020 4:50:09 PM PDT by dhs12345
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Westminster/Broomfield is so grey it almost looks like the onset of a snowstorm!


18 posted on 09/06/2020 4:53:54 PM PDT by ColoCdn (Neco eos omnes, Deus suos agnoset)
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To: dynachrome

Yeah here also in Eastern Utah. Take a look at this -

https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/sector_band.php?sat=G17&sector=psw&band=GEOCOLOR&length=24


19 posted on 09/06/2020 5:03:27 PM PDT by 1FreeAmerican
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To: 1FreeAmerican

Yikes! kali-fornia is still burning strong.


20 posted on 09/06/2020 5:14:32 PM PDT by dynachrome (The panic will end, the tyranny will not)
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