Mind-boggling time-lapse of the Waldo Canyon fire in Colorado

[Nostradammit]

Our family is finally able to return home. This is what they witnessed last week.

We are so grateful to the people who fought this monster.

[lillypaddle]

1. Scary

I'm glad your family is okay.

[Nostradammit]

3. Thank you.

We couldn't convince my mother-in-law to leave on Tuesday night so we stayed up all night listening to the fire scanner, hearing all the street names near her house. Harrowing.

My brother-in-law finally got her out of there the next morning. She can be very stubborn, I'm afraid.

[glowing]

2. What sucks the most, if u r near forest fires

That just burn, the smell. It's so gagging. We had a series of fires burning in GA and FL a few yrs ago and the winds literally picked up the smell, the soot, the ash and carried it for miles. At one point, in Tampa, it was "raining ash"... Big flaky ash pieces. The air was stifling... Hard to breathe.

[Nostradammit]

4. It really is an overwhelming smell, and doesn't dissipate rapidly.

They won't soon forget this fire in Colorado Springs.

[Flatulo]

5. My brother lives in the Springs, and he was on evacuation alert all week.

Thankfully they didn't have to leave, although the fire was less than 2 miles from his home.

He couldn't go outside all week because the air was so toxic.

They opened their home to others who had to evacuate, as did many others. It's good to see people opening their hearts and their doors in a time of crisis.

[annabanana]

6. Wow!. . . . . k&r. n/t