Justin Dombrowski
Justin Dombrowski
air cost dollars fires millions resources talking
Think of the resources that we use, like air tankers. We're talking about fires that cost millions of dollars a day to fight.
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With these types of fires and how fast and aggressively they burn, this needs to be a wake-up call for people to be careful.
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With the winds we have today (30-35 mph in Boulder County), you could have fires that could outrace fire trucks trying to chase it. You could have fires that move so fast, you can't get out of the way on time. You could start not just losing a home, but home after home after home.
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We've been seeing hundreds of fires this winter, basically multiple fires everyday. When you talk about these wind events that have been coming through, instead of these fires where firefighters can quickly stop them, they're turning to thousands of acres.
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It has allowed for more fires and the wind has fanned those fires, turning them into hundreds, if not thousands of acres.
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They were able to move about 1,900 people up there in three minutes.
continuing pattern relief weather
This weather pattern has been continuing for weeks, and there's no real relief in sight.
fire ground people realize season snow
What people need to realize is that fire season is a year-round problem. If you don't have snow on the ground or it's not raining, you're in fire season.
leave somebody
You are not going to leave somebody on the street.
dry event mountains receiving
This has been a monthly event all winter: a hot, dry day with westerly winds. As the mountains have been receiving the moisture, we've been receiving the wind.
fast fire happened stop time
This happened so fast that firefighters just had to stop the fire without having time to evacuate.
awesome extreme looking power smoke
That smoke plume that you see there is not just a plume going up into the sky. It is extreme energy. This is awesome power that we're looking at.
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Right now, it's moving so fast and so far that it puts everything in that park at a greater threat.
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Major dams occur above many communities in this state. Giving people information can help them tie into what they should do to help themselves.