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Colorado Wind Storm 12-15-2021

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SuspiciousFish
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Thread to cover incoming wind storm out here in Colorado. Gusts are already hitting over 100 mph in the mountains and the Boulder and Colorado Springs areas look like they are going to get hit hard. I got a bunch of wood stockpiled in case my power goes out and will probably get the camp stove out. Stay safe out there for all the other CO members.

This is a good Twitter feed that has real time weather updates:

https://twitter.com/hashtag/cowx?f=live
Dec 15 2021 11:23AM
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OregonDead
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hmmm are they having Dew tour rn or something
Dec 15 2021 11:46AM
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SuspiciousFish
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Well this looks ominous:

(Photo from Twitter)
Boulder, CO

Dec 15 2021 11:48AM
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mountaindewgirl
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It is FIRING at the gas station in Golden rn
Dec 15 2021 12:20PM
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BradFiAusNzCoCa
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I swear it always nukes during Dew Tour.
OregonDeadhmmm are they having Dew tour rn or something


My power got knocked out for like 1 second in Cap Hill area
Dec 15 2021 12:26PM
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SuspiciousFish
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A big gust just hit my house like a cannonball and the front door flew open. Both doors are dead bolted now.
Dec 15 2021 12:32PM
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Biffbarf
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Crazy amounts of dirt and debris and shit in the air. Low-key worried about windows. In the bongmont area and shit's crazy. Glad trees don't have leaves on em, hope they hold up.
Dec 15 2021 1:29PM
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SuspiciousFish
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I just lost 2 fence panels. The fence was super old but its crazy to see a big gap.
Dec 15 2021 1:42PM
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OregonDead
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seems less windy in the Copper lot
I think we should all go ski anyways
Dec 15 2021 1:58PM
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arnie_grape
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get the whole town to point their fans toward the storm, which will balance out the wind speeds
Dec 15 2021 6:05PM
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BrandoComando
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arnie_grapeget the whole town to point their fans toward the storm, which will balance out the wind speeds


Bro you'll just blow the wind back to the source. It'll come back with a vengeance
Dec 16 2021 12:31PM
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mountaindewgirl
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BrandoComandoBro you'll just blow the wind back to the source. It'll come back with a vengeance


It's back with a vengeance!!

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/12/30/boulder-wildfires-thousands-ordered-flee-their-homes-colorado/9057234002/
Dec 30 2021 7:26PM
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BrandoComando
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larilinesignIt's back with a vengeance!!

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/12/30/boulder-wildfires-thousands-ordered-flee-their-homes-colorado/9057234002/


Oh shit i didn’t mean it like that. Stay safe boulder homies
Dec 30 2021 7:32PM
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SuspiciousFish
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BrandoComandoOh shit i didn’t mean it like that. Stay safe boulder homies


Holy shit this is unreal. The entire town of Superior was evacuated and hundreds of homes lost so far. I cant believe this anymore.
Dec 30 2021 8:13PM
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ColoradoDogfart
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SuspiciousFishHoly shit this is unreal. The entire town of Superior was evacuated and hundreds of homes lost so far. I cant believe this anymore.


Shit is unreal, thought it was a big ass cloud but it’s all smoke. Stay safe to all the homies if you need a place to bum at please hmu
Dec 30 2021 8:15PM
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SuspiciousFish
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ColoradoDogfartShit is unreal, thought it was a big ass cloud but it’s all smoke. Stay safe to all the homies if you need a place to bum at please hmu

I got some wind gusts here in COS but nothing like Boulder. Insane they got 100 mph again and now the whole place is on fire.
Dec 30 2021 8:18PM
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ColoradoDogfart
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SuspiciousFishI got some wind gusts here in COS but nothing like Boulder. Insane they got 100 mph again and now the whole place is on fire.


Shit is unreal, cannot even imagine what they going through rn
Dec 30 2021 8:22PM
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ReturnToMonkey
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Last night we were one of the next neighborhoods to be put on pre evac if the winds kept up. My basement room smelled heavily of smoke. The wind blew our fence down and broke our neighbor's tree branches into the street. Shit was the gnarliest wind I've ever experienced here. Beyond glad that things died down.

At the peak of the incident, I could see the damage and impact to be worse than that of the 2013 floods as there are now sooo many more houses and businesses in the area and the fire was spreading so fast. I'm so glad that's prolly not the case.
Dec 31 2021 10:03AM
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iH8pow
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We’ve had a 100 (1000?) year flood in Boulder, and a 200 year drought/fire, all well within the same decade.

worth mentioning
Dec 31 2021 11:31AM
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SuspiciousFish
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ReturnToMonkeyLast night we were one of the next neighborhoods to be put on pre evac if the winds kept up. My basement room smelled heavily of smoke. The wind blew our fence down and broke our neighbor's tree branches into the street. Shit was the gnarliest wind I've ever experienced here. Beyond glad that things died down.

At the peak of the incident, I could see the damage and impact to be worse than that of the 2013 floods as there are now sooo many more houses and businesses in the area and the fire was spreading so fast. I'm so glad that's prolly not the case.


I saw a drone before and after shot and it was unreal to see an entire sub division just levelled. It was crazy because a few random houses were still standing but they are probably toast from smoke damage anyway unless the owner really knew how to seal it up. The scary thing is this kind of thing can happen anywhere on the front range. We always think of forest fires but not brush fires.
Dec 31 2021 12:45PM
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skierman
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IT'S ALMOST LIKE THE CLIMATE SCIENTISTS PREDICTED THESE EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS YEARS AGO OR SOMETHING.



MUST BE COINCIDENCE.
Dec 31 2021 12:47PM
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SuspiciousFish
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Crazy photo from someone on an airplane:

Dec 31 2021 1:30PM
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