Just horrible news. Went to a wedding in the Boulder/Denver area just a few months ago. My girlfriend at the time and myself stayed in a hotel 2 miles from the Coalton trailhead. Ran the entire perimeter of the Davidson Mesa for our long run. One of the most scenic runs of my life with absolutely stunning views of the flatirons. This is just so tragic.
Coyote Montane wrote:
I live in the region and saw the smoke plume and fire wall from about 10 miles away in Golden. Looks apocalyptic. We never had grass fires this time of year, but had some last year near Morrison, and in recent years outside of Boulder.
Hope your home is out of harms way. The fires look horrible.
Dave
Racerdb wrote:
Coyote Montane wrote:
I live in the region and saw the smoke plume and fire wall from about 10 miles away in Golden. Looks apocalyptic. We never had grass fires this time of year, but had some last year near Morrison, and in recent years outside of Boulder.
Hope your home is out of harms way. The fires look horrible.
Dave
Uphill and upwind from the fires so no danger this time. But seriously, it's probably just a matter of time with the types of weather conditions we have been having in recent years.
I used to live in Superior for 2.5 years up through 09/01/2021 before moving to the mountains. I got a new job and was fed up with Front Range traiffic. I had personal items in a storage unit still there. I have assumed these things are gone now.
Unit #503 wrote:
I used to live in Superior for 2.5 years up through 09/01/2021 before moving to the mountains. I got a new job and was fed up with Front Range traiffic. I had personal items in a storage unit still there. I have assumed these things are gone now.
There is a chance they survived. Storage units are typically steel buildings. So they may not have burned.
dogma wrote:
Dear Tenants,
It is difficult to know how to begin this letter after what our community has experienced over the last 24 hours. Our new manager, Shayla, and her family were able to evacuate the property just as the Marshall Fire was beginning. It appears to have started not too far from the facility. We still have yet to be able to gain access to the property, but we have seen a photo from the Denver Post showing the office/residence in flames. During the governor's helicopter survey this morning, though, it appeared that much of the facility buildings may still be in tact. We have hope, but we won't know the extent of the damage until we are allowed to return to the property. We will continue to communicate information as we have it.
...
Watch out for scammers. Often after a tragedy They target….
Around 1:00 I got a call asking to pick up my son from daycare off McCaslin and by the time I got there everything was on fire. Police officers seem to get a bad rap recently, but I saw them racing full speed toward 30 foot walls of flames trying to make sure everyone was out safe. It’s an absolute miracle that nobody was killed.
Managed to run in there yesterday. Police didn’t seem to be stopping people on foot even though the area is still officially closed. Its for sure going to be more than 600. The Superior neighborhoods west of McCaslin that back up to dirty Bismarck trail and Louisville neighborhoods north of Via Appia around Davidson Mesa and Harper Lake are almost completely gone. Elsewhere it’s patchy, one house destroyed and the one next door fine. Rock Creek neighborhood and Bell Flatirons in Superior ok except for houses that back up to Community Park, which are gone. It did not make it to downtown Louisville.
This is so devastating. Please consider checking out boulderoem.com and coloradogives.org for ways to help.
Coyote Montane wrote:
Racerdb wrote:
Hope your home is out of harms way. The fires look horrible.
Dave
Uphill and upwind from the fires so no danger this time. But seriously, it's probably just a matter of time with the types of weather conditions we have been having in recent years.
Fire travels faster uphill than downhill
xbcnxnc wrote:
Coyote Montane wrote:
Uphill and upwind from the fires so no danger this time. But seriously, it's probably just a matter of time with the types of weather conditions we have been having in recent years.
Fire travels faster uphill than downhill
Unless the gale force winds blow it downhill.
xbcnxnc wrote:
Coyote Montane wrote:
Uphill and upwind from the fires so no danger this time. But seriously, it's probably just a matter of time with the types of weather conditions we have been having in recent years.
Fire travels faster uphill than downhill
Not against 70-100 mile winds.
Coyote Montane wrote:
I live in the region and saw the smoke plume and fire wall from about 10 miles away in Golden. Looks apocalyptic. We never had grass fires this time of year, but had some last year near Morrison, and in recent years outside of Boulder.
Plume was highly visible from the north side, as well. Glad you're doing well down in Jeffco. We're lucky to still have our homes, for now. If one of the other, smaller fires on Thursday had overwhelmed firefighters and ripped due east, I'd be looking at all my family's belongings in a heap of ashes beneath a blanket of snow today. One of my wife's coworkers had her home in Louisville burn to the ground, lost everything inside plus three cars. Our project today is to go through our closets and find any excess blankets, jackets, clothing, and shoes to take for donation at the evacuation shelters.
Used to be that this was a risk only people choosing to live up in the wooded foothills, away from civilization, had to live with. Even with, or especially due to, the massing of beetlekill conifers throughout the region. Waldo Canyon in 2012 and now this Marshall fire have indicated that even living in developed neighborhood subdivisions with ample fire hydrants and paved roads to better support firefighting efforts are no longer the safe haven we thought. Certainly la nina conditions tend to bring a greater risk, ongoing climate change simply expands the scope in terms of reach and season.
Monarch High is the main high school for this area. If you'd like, you can donate to families on the XC team who lost their homes:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/fire-relief-for-monarch-xc?qid=dd053c001198a061b2432aa31cafdbb2
The high school itself is safe, and no district schools were in the burn area.
Evan Jogger wrote:
Coyote Montane wrote:
I live in the region and saw the smoke plume and fire wall from about 10 miles away in Golden. Looks apocalyptic. We never had grass fires this time of year, but had some last year near Morrison, and in recent years outside of Boulder.
Plume was highly visible from the north side, as well. Glad you're doing well down in Jeffco. We're lucky to still have our homes, for now. If one of the other, smaller fires on Thursday had overwhelmed firefighters and ripped due east, I'd be looking at all my family's belongings in a heap of ashes beneath a blanket of snow today. One of my wife's coworkers had her home in Louisville burn to the ground, lost everything inside plus three cars. Our project today is to go through our closets and find any excess blankets, jackets, clothing, and shoes to take for donation at the evacuation shelters.
Used to be that this was a risk only people choosing to live up in the wooded foothills, away from civilization, had to live with. Even with, or especially due to, the massing of beetlekill conifers throughout the region. Waldo Canyon in 2012 and now this Marshall fire have indicated that even living in developed neighborhood subdivisions with ample fire hydrants and paved roads to better support firefighting efforts are no longer the safe haven we thought. Certainly la nina conditions tend to bring a greater risk, ongoing climate change simply expands the scope in terms of reach and season.
Do you think governments/developers will learn from this and try to boost the infrastructure so this doesn't happen again? I hope you and those you know affected by this pull through.
bh04 wrote:
Around 1:00 I got a call asking to pick up my son from daycare off McCaslin and by the time I got there everything was on fire. Police officers seem to get a bad rap recently, but I saw them racing full speed toward 30 foot walls of flames trying to make sure everyone was out safe. It’s an absolute miracle that nobody was killed.
Managed to run in there yesterday. Police didn’t seem to be stopping people on foot even though the area is still officially closed. Its for sure going to be more than 600. The Superior neighborhoods west of McCaslin that back up to dirty Bismarck trail and Louisville neighborhoods north of Via Appia around Davidson Mesa and Harper Lake are almost completely gone. Elsewhere it’s patchy, one house destroyed and the one next door fine. Rock Creek neighborhood and Bell Flatirons in Superior ok except for houses that back up to Community Park, which are gone. It did not make it to downtown Louisville.
This is so devastating. Please consider checking out boulderoem.com and coloradogives.org for ways to help.
Dirty Bismarck trail?
jecht wrote:
Do you think governments/developers will learn from this and try to boost the infrastructure so this doesn't happen again? I hope you and those you know affected by this pull through.
Was it an infrastructure problem? Post-Christmas firestorm seems to indicate something else....
It looks like her house survived in tact. The home was priced at $8 million the year they bought it and they were doing construction on the property at the time of the fire. Is Jenny the highest paid distance athlete in America right now?
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