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polytarp
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BURN, DENVER, BURN!
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Jun 12 23:25 UTC 2002 |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_2040000/2040173.stm
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polytarp
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response 1 of 15:
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Jun 12 23:30 UTC 2002 |
(Note, I don't really want it to burn, just that something similar was in some
song.)
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polytarp
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response 2 of 15:
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Jun 12 23:46 UTC 2002 |
(So, it's only appropriate.)
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krj
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response 3 of 15:
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Jun 13 03:58 UTC 2002 |
My wife Leslie will be driving past Denver tomorrow, and she'll probably
be able to see the fires near Glenwood Springs. Denver Post probably
has more coverage than the BBC.
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polytarp
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response 4 of 15:
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Jun 13 11:04 UTC 2002 |
Yeah, but I was in a hurry and heard about it on the
BBC.
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mrmat
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response 5 of 15:
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Jun 13 13:36 UTC 2002 |
Gives new meaning to the song, "Get Out of Denver".
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slynne
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response 6 of 15:
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Jun 13 14:11 UTC 2002 |
I am kind of worried about furs's house. She lives near where the fires
are (I think).
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micklpkl
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response 7 of 15:
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Jun 13 14:16 UTC 2002 |
There were some spectacular visible satellite images on last night's
local news, showing the plume of smoke extending over the Denver metro,
and across the Eastern third of Colorado. Another thing that was rather
visible was the lack of snowpack in the high country.
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polytarp
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response 8 of 15:
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Jun 13 15:21 UTC 2002 |
DON"T POUR GASOLINE DOWN YOU PANTsez.
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void
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response 9 of 15:
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Jun 13 16:46 UTC 2002 |
re #6: Yeah, my sister and her family live near Denver, too.
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scg
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response 10 of 15:
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Jun 13 17:40 UTC 2002 |
I saw what the pilot said was Denver from the air yesterday (we were North
of it, so it was off in the distance). I was trying to see the fire, but
couldn't figure out if I was seeing it or not. I could see a faint glow South
of Denver, but that looked more like run of the mill light polution. I was
alseeing occasional bright flashes somewhere in the viscinity that I suppose
could have been flareups, but which looked more like lightening. So, I don't
think I saw the fire.
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slynne
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response 11 of 15:
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Jun 13 17:57 UTC 2002 |
You might have seen one of the small storms that the fire is producing.
That's right, the fire is so big, it is making its own weather.
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krj
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response 12 of 15:
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Jun 13 22:57 UTC 2002 |
Leslie called early this afternoon as she was approaching Denver.
She reports that the expected view of the mountains was blocked
by the haze from the fire.
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mcnally
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response 13 of 15:
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Jun 14 20:30 UTC 2002 |
I was in Colorado a few weeks ago for a visit to Mesa Verde (which is
most of the way across the state from Denver, down in the southwest
corner of the state..) The night before I arrived at Mesa Verde there
was a thunderstorm in the area and by late afternoon of my first day in
the area you could see plumes of smoke rising from some of the nearby
hills where there'd been lightning strikes the day before. The next day
you could still see the plumes of smoke, grown much larger, and now with
small planes circling them, presumably dumping chemicals or water to
try to extinguish the fires.. As someone who didn't have much at risk
from the fires, I found it fascinating..
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katie
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response 14 of 15:
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Jun 16 20:48 UTC 2002 |
My dad and sister live in Littleton.
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gull
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response 15 of 15:
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Jun 18 13:50 UTC 2002 |
I was in Rocky Mountain National Park last week. There were several days
when there was noticable haze from the fires. I also noticed the lack of
snow; while I hadn't been there before, I gathered from older photos and
other people's comments that there was normally a lot more than I was
seeing.
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