Kawi2strokes.com Forum

I'm with the other guys, fingers crossed for you all Barry

_________________
"One day, your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching." : anon.

My sister lives just outside of Colorado Springs; she flew into Toronto today and told me the devastation you can see from the air had everyone on board in tears.

Just got a call from Barry, is in a parking lot. He was watching the reports on TV and the mayor came on and said to get the hell out of there. Barry said winds kicked up to 55mph and it was Dante's inferno, got black quick with embers everywhere. He is in a safe place. He took the old truck and it kept stalling in the traffic that was really bad.

He is freaking of course, and is feeling bad not taking the H2. So keep good thoughts going for him and Liz....

_________________
Twist the throttle, tilt the horizon, and have a great time. What triples are all about...........

Thanks for the update, John. I'm hoping that since the immediate area around his house doesn't have a lot of dense trees, it'll be OK. Maybe a C130 will drop a load of that orange-ade on his roof.

_________________
If it surges, that's normal, upshift.

My house in here. The pictures are not fuzzy - smoke that thick. 15 mins all we had from nothing to flames dropping around us, smoke and ash so thick you can't see, traffic crawling with the road around you on fire. It was like something from Dantes Peak - fricking HAIRY getting out and yes, I screwed up not loading the H2.... At a friends house - it will be many days before we can go back...



My house - and minutes later

_________________
This is true. Where I grew up the hills were so steep and long, when your ball rolled down the hill you just said "screw it"...

Good Lord Barry. Thats terrible man.
Stay safe and my prayers are with you and yours.

_________________
Bad decisions make the best stories.

Can't imagine what your going through.Hope everyone is safe.Prayers and thoughts are with you.Hang in there Barry.

Thinking about you and your family Barry..glad you're safe..

Just watched the national news and the Waldo Canyon fire is awful. I spent 32 years fighting fire in my county but never saw anything as wicked as that fire. With a 55mph wind as was reported this morning in the news - any efforts to stop that fire would not be enough. Hoping for the best for Barry and all the folks of CS.

_________________
1973 RD350, 1979 RD400F, 1984 RZ350, 2014 Suzuki Vstrom 1000
CHRIS AND JEFF ARE THE MEN

My thoughs for alll Colorado Spring people.