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Barry post on FB

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

Thanks for posting that John. That was a newspaper sketch based in the IR flyby last night, it grew a lot overnight (10,000 acres) and into the morning but so far so good for me. The officials in charge are doing a good job communicating - 8am and 4pm updates from the teams involved - very well organized and keeping the public informed. The local officials not talking much about homes lost until they can do their actual assessments - and the fact this thing keeps moving. The winds changed back into my neighborhood again, there's still houses to burn so we're keeping our fingers crossed.

The house we're staying at was evacuated a few days ago and then the area was deemed safe, and now it's back to a pre-evacuation notice.

UPDATE just in: The Pikes Peak hill climb race has been postponed - too dangerous. No new date was mentioned.

Thanks everyone for thoughts and prayers - I believe it helped

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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"...

Hope your house and the left contents stay safe. Those pictures are amazing.

I will keep saying prayers for all those involved.

Hope your good luck continues
Jeff

Good news....glad your safe Barry.
But I don't know....I'm a little troubled by you leaving the H2 behind.......

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Busy doing more riding than wrenching.......

Good news. We're thinking about your neighbors and all the folks in CO. My friends live in FT. Collins, and the places I robe my bike when I was there last summer have all burned.

John

fingers crossed.

Yea you right brother B..

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Iron On The Bayou.

National news reported flames as high as two miles unbelievable

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47974222/ns/weather/

Tornados, floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, and fires-forum members have been thru alot the last few years.

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

Pictures say it all. Look at the last pictures of getting out - amazing - like the movies but worse because I was in it. I believe I posted a youtube of driving out with fire on the road next to me -

Good view of the size from few days ago - it grew much larger since then.


Good aerial view of my house (red circle) and the houses across the street all gone. This is a SMALL crop of the
total loss area - remember its huge and 300+ houses gone so far - probably more.



I told my wife we're staying, she took this picture and said you should see this.


She told me to look upstairs at the ridge behind us - facing west.


Just about last picture she took. It's daytime but looks like night with all the smoke and ash falling around us. Like the movies but worse.
I had a hard time seeing and breathing the smoke and ash was so thick. This is about 15 minutes after the evacuation notice and the picture above. Maybe less than 15 minutes - it moved and grew that fast.


Looking towards the sun in broad daylight - yes it was that bad.

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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"...

Some of the evac restrictions have been lifted and some folks can go home. We're in the burn area so not yet for us.

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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"...