BreakPoint

[SnowMule]

509 crew got some new cameras last year and got some impressive shots through the season.  Good soundtrack too

These guys can ride.

[SnowMule]

Getting some rain out here... finally.  The fires are getting out of control, several areas I frequently ride are on fire right now.

This pic's going around fecebook, from the waldo creek fire in CoSpgs.

[jcarmody]

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SnowMule wrote:

[..] This pic's going around fecebook [...]

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Was that a typo, Freudian slip or commentary?

[SnowMule]

[Ray.R]

That's horrible... 

All those houses burning

Is it true that they know who and how the fire started?  Something about a firing range?

[SnowMule]

I haven't heard anything official yet, but it wouldn't surprise me if it was arson.  There was some d-bag touching off fires from a quad near the 717 area... one of my favorite places to ride (pics in post 4 and 62).

(Where I shot the pic in post 87's up in smoke from the high park fire).

Gun ranges are easy targets for fires... realistically, it's tough to touch off a fire from casual shooting.  50BMG firing incendiary/tracer rounds into something flammable, yes... 40-cal JHP into a steel target, not happening. 

Not saying it can't happen, or that's not the cause... but i'd bet more on arson or gross negligence than just from a shooting area.

Denver Post has a slideshow with some good photos from the fire.

[Ray.R]

Bloody horrible..

Excellent photos.

Plus there is a link to streaming video.

Tried to watch it on CNN, but all I saw was politics.  We get 10 sec on it on the local news.

Hope Dennis is doing well..

Hope you're doing well too, SnowMule.  Are you affected by the fires / evacuation?  Is your home safe?

Thanks for the links.

[Dennis_Knutson]

I'm okay. Smoky where I'm working. Even smoky at home. It seems that the entire state has spontaneously combusted. I know someone who lost their house so I have no real reason to complain.

p.s. I know it's unlikely that a fire can get started from a firing range but so much shooting takes place on federal land by idiots that just go out and start blazing away. I know of one small fire that was started in an area north of where I am.

[Ray.R]

This spring/summer has been unusually dry and hot over here...  I've never see wood that dry... ever..

[SnowMule]

I'm still well clear of things, but have views of the smoke from both FtC and CoSpgs from my house.