Thursday, September 8, 2022

Wildfire North of Here....Updated 2150 MDST

 And "Tanker 10" has already made two drops.


And there's a helo managing things.


For the locals, this is up North of "Ted's Place", which really isn't a "place" anymore...

Nothing is showing on any of the local firewatch sites, so it must be "Breaking News".

The fire is East of Highway 287, and roughly in the center of this mapped area"


 


On second thought, it looks like the helo might be dropping water, too.

Yup, he's a water dropping chopper. They're using it to wet down structures in danger. Hope this doesn't get much bigger, but considering the requests for further assistance I'm hearing, it sounds like it's growing. It's pretty rugged terrain along that ridgeline, and not much access. They've already issued a "Voluntary Evacuation" notice, and are informing residents via Reverse 911.


OK, this was the observation chopper, and it looks like he's headed home.


The radio chatter's died down a lot, and some units are pulling out, so I'll take a SWAG and say they have things well under control.


If you do the Fakebook thing, you can find more here: https://www.facebook.com/PoudreFire


The Mandatory Evacuation area is here:

That's a pretty big chunk of land. The Kids work at the yogurt factory next to the Morning Fresh Dairy Farm.

Latest on the fire. It's 600 acres, and zero containment.

https://www.facebook.com/PoudreFire


14 comments:

  1. Prayers that they may get it knocked down quickly . . .

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    1. I'm listening to it live on the scanner, and they're getting it contained. Not sure what caused it yet, but they responded pretty quickly considering it's really "Out in the sticks". Prayers for the firefighters to be safe.

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    2. Amen. Hope it's under control.

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    3. As of 2000 local time they're still working on it.

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  2. Yep, the helo is dropping too. That pattern is a spot drop pattern.

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    1. When I saw him shuttling to/from the reservoir, I figured he was a water dropping. Post has been updated, too.

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  3. Near where we turned off 287 to see Big Boy I believe.

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  4. I hope they got it all. We lost over 3 million acres to wildfires this summer.

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    1. So far it's just a grass fire, but structures are threatened.

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  5. Can smell the smoke down as far as me.

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  6. Will pray safety for all. God bless.

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Keep it civil, please....

Gloomy, Gritty, Grey Day

 At 1700 local it's as described in the headline; 30*F, 88% RH, completely overcast, snowing like crazy (small flakes, but lots of them)...