High Park Fire - Paul
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I feel so bad for people in CO... got friends in Utah here that have lost everything too. Hope it works out for the best Bushy.Had quite a few friends living between the mountains and the USAF academy. No word from them yet, but based on the pictures I have seen its not looking good.
Got up to see my property today. Felt like another world. It's scorched like the fires came straight from hell in some spots, while other areas were little touched. I'm sure it will look different in the future, but I can't imagine it being green again any time soon.
Computer from 2 stories above sitting upright in the back of my blazer.
It got hot!
Neighbor lost his garage, but house was mostly fine and that truck/trailer survived sitting right there.
Fire came up from below and raced through my subdivision in less than an hour. 40 mph winds sent everyone running for their lives when I roared through.
My buried cistern. It' messed up! Still water down under a layer of crud.
Computer from 2 stories above sitting upright in the back of my blazer.
It got hot!
Neighbor lost his garage, but house was mostly fine and that truck/trailer survived sitting right there.
Fire came up from below and raced through my subdivision in less than an hour. 40 mph winds sent everyone running for their lives when I roared through.
My buried cistern. It' messed up! Still water down under a layer of crud.
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So sorry it is a very sad time! The mountains will take a long time to heal as well as all that were affected! As all the others have stated I am sure we can all help out in some way or another!
Hey Paul, I dont know how they do it,but if you have a Paypal account I think they can set up a account for donations for ya, I have seen it done before. If you get it done please post it on here so we can donate to help ya rebuild! Colorado is my favorite spot to ride sled and this sucks big time! I have land in the Black Hills in SD also so I worry about this all the time, the only good thing, I hope it took allot of pine beatles out with the fire!!
Thanks, Dallas
Thanks, Dallas
Word to the wise..Don't park a car (with only liability) in your in house garage thinking it will be covered as part of the contents. 97 blazer wasn't worth much, but it was a good commuter. Tranny was going anyway. Need to find out if my old M7 in the garage was covered to. Did get the turbo sled, my sledding gear and the 4 wheeler out though. Priorities! I'll do well enough on insurance to cover those items anyway. Donate to those who need it much worse than me. Red Cross could probably use it most. I know some folks that couldn't afford fire insurance and it's heart wrenching because they are pretty poor to begin with.
Red Cross set up a resource center in town where people can go and get all sorts of new and used stuff to replace what they lost. Some of the people there were obviously in dire need and were obviously not insured. I had to hide my tears walking around that place. So sad to see people who are truly in need of help. Sucks losing the house and all, but I'm fortunate to have a good support system and great insurance.
My agent is going to swing it so that instead of renting me a house in town until I re-build, they're going to make the payments on a new camper that I can put on the lot while I re-build. Looking at a loaded 2008 bigfoot pickup camper that's rated to 10 below. I'll finally be able to shower in the MC lot! My agent is telling me how to work it so they pay the thing off for me in a year or so (26 grand). He figures, to put me up in a house in the mountains (as I was accustomed to) it would cost a pretty penny. There's virtually nothing for rent up there, and a place like mine, which wasn't fancy, still goes for over 2 grand a month in that market. Thank VRBO for those high rates! Meanwhile, I'm thinking of throwing up the structure myself and subbing the interior, which should net me a decent profit as well. Lemons into lemonade
. I had my log home dried in, in 4 months, it was all the finish work that took me another 2 years.
My agent is going to swing it so that instead of renting me a house in town until I re-build, they're going to make the payments on a new camper that I can put on the lot while I re-build. Looking at a loaded 2008 bigfoot pickup camper that's rated to 10 below. I'll finally be able to shower in the MC lot! My agent is telling me how to work it so they pay the thing off for me in a year or so (26 grand). He figures, to put me up in a house in the mountains (as I was accustomed to) it would cost a pretty penny. There's virtually nothing for rent up there, and a place like mine, which wasn't fancy, still goes for over 2 grand a month in that market. Thank VRBO for those high rates! Meanwhile, I'm thinking of throwing up the structure myself and subbing the interior, which should net me a decent profit as well. Lemons into lemonade
. I had my log home dried in, in 4 months, it was all the finish work that took me another 2 years.
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right on Paul!
Love your undying spirit....seen it many times in action as we circled around in a blizzard with you pretending to know exactly where you were.
If you going to live in something on the property and turn it into a win for winter use I would get a toy hauler...fifth wheel or bumper pull. Better for a long term live'r and you would be styling at the MC lot
Love your undying spirit....seen it many times in action as we circled around in a blizzard with you pretending to know exactly where you were.
If you going to live in something on the property and turn it into a win for winter use I would get a toy hauler...fifth wheel or bumper pull. Better for a long term live'r and you would be styling at the MC lot
Those pictures look almost identical to some of the pictures I took of our house, definitely is like another world. One of our neighbors' houses survived about 100 yards away, and it had wood shingle siding and trees right up against it. Fire is a pretty crazy thing.
Think of it this way, if you build a house there, you won't have to worry about forest fires for another like 75 years.
Think of it this way, if you build a house there, you won't have to worry about forest fires for another like 75 years.
Wow that was a hot one. When the organic dirt is gone and nothing but rocks underneath are gone...you know it was a hot one. We had several of those around here in 200-2003. Fire doesn't descriminate when it roars through like that.
I'm very sorry you have had to experience this. I hope you'll be OK.
I'm very sorry you have had to experience this. I hope you'll be OK.
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