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Damn, I’m so sorry Riverdog.
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Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
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Thanks for all the kind words. We are hearing now that the entire town of grand lake is being evacuated
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Yes Aunt called earlier tonight. Ranch Foreman (y’all know each other ) and family evacuated about 7:30 pm.
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Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
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Really sorry to hear that riverdog.
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Damn. Sorry to hear that riverdog.
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Well friends, my house and barn are gone. I hope that the jackass parasitic greed head first season hunters are glad that they could keep warm with a campfire. I guess for me it doesn’t matter anymore if the public lands are closed or not. What the hey, come on up, have a campfire, don’t want to interfere with your vacation plans. riverdog:.... I am so sorry to hear of your loss of house and barn. Hopefully you can rebuild...so happy there was no loss of life in your case. Tragic wildland fires... and so many are loosing it all ! Can't imagine loosing a lifetime of memories and possessions. Hang tough riverdog... better times to come.. .hopefully ! HH
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Founder
Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
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Man, oh man, I cannot believe the reach in such a short time of this fire. It is passing Grand Lake as we speak and into the park. Some of you are living in Grand county now, I was there for 25 years. The number of friends who've lost homes right now is numerous! This event has been feared for many years now and that day has come. My fear right now is that it manages to merge with the Cameron Peak fire before the weather cools , hopefully, some rain in the forecast this weekend . Unbelievable, I would not wish to be the individual(s) who started this!
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According to fire map, not looking good for our place this morning. Only thing that may help some is they have had a good beetle tree removal program going on there for a while. Last two years they have been pretty aggresive on the west side along the mountain. Removed a bunch. I don’t know if it was enough to help tho.
This is a big damn fire.
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Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
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Looks it went all the way to the continental divide in RMNP. Grand Lake lodge burned down along with many homes in that part of Grand lake. No news otherwise, except that the firefighters are trying to push the fire north away from town.
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Praying for you all in the path. Hoping this cold front brings in nice snow today and then Sunday.
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All you folks are in for some tryin times, I do not envy. KWoodie, I fear for your Aunt's ranch, when I saw the videos of last night, it was horrendous. I have many fond memories of Grand Lake. I first worked there in the summer of '77. I was a boat boy at the GL Marina. I worked on all the boats on that lake, including the boats of the James family( who owned the GL lodge back then) I have known Reed James since he and I were 18. The reach of this fire beyond what is already burned is immense.
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Looks to have been a bad night and a bad day coming, hope everyone stays safe.
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That is horrific news, I can’t imagine going through this
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A friend was a game warden back in the day at Hot Sulphur. He has fancy-smancy mountain place up at grand lake that burned to the ground yesterday. 1.8 million worth of ash.....
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You tube has some excellent videos of the wildfires starting at 6:00am Denver time from Denver7 news titled: Thurs Oct 22 for East Troublesone Fire. The Rocky Mtn NP.... the whole park, is now closed due to fires There is only 11.2 miles seperating the Cameron Peak fire and the East troublesome Fire. They are afraid of these two fires merging. This such a terrible tragedy... God Bless all you folks involved... and the brave fire fighter ! HH video below https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-JIe-m5C3c You tube video as fire approaches Granby. HH ... .
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A friend was a game warden back in the day at Hot Sulphur. He has fancy-smancy mountain place up at grand lake that burned to the ground yesterday. 1.8 million worth of ash..... We have some friends with a nice cabin up there, between town and the entrance to the park. They were there last night and were told to evacuate at 8:00 PM. Their place went up at 8:30. On the way out, they saw a light on at the neighbor's, and stopped in to see what was going on, the neighbors hadn't heard and were watching TV. Good thing they stopped in, the whole neighborhood went up.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXwb7B1Knkg 3,45 min video You tube 10/22/20.... One of the more recent You tube videos of the East Troublesome fire and Estes Park residents concerns and evacuations . Sunday will bring coolers temps and percipitation. HH
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I hunted ML season in Moffat County. Couldn't believe how dry it was. I feel for anyone living near these fires. Hope you get some significant precipitation soon!
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