Comments on: Wildfire west of Boulder

By: Diann

Diann — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:57:46 +0000

To FiremanCarl
I know what you mean as I am a mental health therapist, and the most difficult cases I just LOVE and have so much FUN woring with. So I do not think there is anything”Wrong” or “twisted” its just what you are trained to do.Good Luck and have much Fun!

By: Robert Carnegie

Robert Carnegie — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:16:59 +0000

“The whisky burned????”

So did several people. Bummer. Seriously.

Hey, I just thunk, if you wanted charcoal now, …

By: Nigel Depledge

Nigel Depledge — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:41:33 +0000

Robert Carnegie (37) said:

Nothing compared to the night the whisky burned – but maybe I shouldn’t make a joke of that.

The whisky burned????

NNNNoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:56:10 +0000

My family actually had to evacuate once due to a brush fire in San Diego. It was pretty eerie. In San Diego, it’s typically a brush fire consisting of 3-4′ dry grasses and bushes that burn. When the wind kicks up, they move FAST. Often faster than you can run. Especially up a hillside.

Good luck Phil, and I’m sure you don’t have to be told to leave the heroics to the professionals.

Tim

By: viggen

viggen — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:49:31 +0000

My son lives by the University, how far is the wildfire??

On the hills just up the canyon to the west of town, north of flagstaff peak–across the canyon. The University is open for class today and is not considered in the danger zone. Boulder proper is not considered in danger either, though Pearl St. must’ve had a good view of the smoke column yesterday. I could see the glow of the fires up in the hills as I dropped back down 93 into south Boulder at 10pm last night. Wish I’d had a good camera.

By: jjgboulder

jjgboulder — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:46:03 +0000

Robin, The fire is approximately 5 miles to the NW of CU Boulder, and is moving NE. There’s another set of hills it has to jump before we would even be able to see the flames from Boulder. All we see is the smoke, which is blowing NE. Boulder, itself, is in the plains so it’s highly unlikely that the flames would reach us. Depends on the winds, of course. If they switch to SE and go to 100 mph gusts, as they did with the Old Stage fire, then all bets are off.

John

By: viggen

viggen — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:38:11 +0000

I know it’s wrong, but I LOVE fighting brush fires

Well, this one’s a full-on forest fire. And, it’s on mountainous terrain. I’m happy there are people like you around who actually want to fight such a fire, but I freely admit that it scares the piss out of me. Having lived in these mountains my whole life and been evacuated for fires bigger than this one and seen how hard it is to fight, contain and stop them when they really get moving, I can’t think of many things that are more frightening. Tornado would be up there, but out in a forest during a windstorm with a forest fire jumping tree to tree over top of me… yikes! And, firemen have to want to jump out in front of it!

By: viggen

viggen — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:28:03 +0000

Wouldn’t be a summer in colorado if there weren’t a big fire somewhere. At least the wind has died down a lot this morning; that will help with containment. I so hate that sharp creosote odor. It kept me awake for hours last night. Given the location of the fire and the the lack of lightning recently, I wonder who started it.

By: Angela

Angela — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:46:34 +0000

Wow, hope you and your family, and your neighbors, all stay safe! I second Marcus (#27) on the emergency bag- I prepare one anytime there’s a hurricane or massive snow storm headed my way in North Carolina.

Good luck!

By: firemancarl

firemancarl — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:36:49 +0000

I know it’s wrong, but I LOVE fighting brush fires. For lack of a better term, they are “fun”. Before anyone complains about how twisted I am, just remember, that in order for me to do the job I love, someone has to be having a bad day. That being said, I don’t ever want to see anyone hurt or lose their property. However, if the “big one” going to happen, I wanna be there.