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USA, Colorado, Fires News, Jun 30, 2012


Obama praises coordinated response to Colorado fires by government ...
Washington Post
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is praising the coordinated government response to wildfires in Colorado, saying times of tragedy and emergency bring Americans together.
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Colorado wildfires devastate the lives of thousands
New York Daily News
A week ago they lived in postcard country houses, breathing in the fresh mountain air. Today nothing remains but smoldering ash and the charred foundations of their homes. Colorado is a state in shock after the seven-day blaze that has spread through ...
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New York Daily News
Obama pledges federal aid on Colorado wildfire visit
Reuters
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday promised federal assistance for Colorado's worst-ever wildfire as he toured damage caused by the blaze, which has killed two people,
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Obama focuses on Colorado wildfires
Politico
President Barack Obama won a major victory this week when the Supreme Court upheld his health care law, but it was Republicans – and Republicans alone — who were eager to discuss the decision during Saturday's dueling radio addresses.
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Obama urges solidarity for victims in tour of Colorado fires
msnbc.com (blog)
President Obama traveled to Colorado Springs, CO on Friday, where devastating forest fires have displaced thousands of families, to survey the damage and praise the fire fighters and volunteers working to stop the blazes there. Standing in front of a ...
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Damage Being Surveyed In Colorado Fires
KMGH Denver
(CNN) -- As firefighters worked to gain the upper hand Saturday on a massivewildfire outside Colorado Springs that forced thousands to flee, the toll mounted. ... Saturday, June 30, 2012.
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Obama urges support for Colorado wildfire victims, rescue workers
The Hill (blog)
Obama recorded his weekly address in Colorado Springs, where he toured devastation from a week of wildfires on Friday. President Obama pledged continued federal assistance for the victims of Colorado's devastatingwildfires in his weekly address ...
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Obama: Colorado fire 'devastation is enormous'
Los Angeles Times
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — As thousands of evacuees were allowed to return to their homes in this fire-scorched area, President Obama on Friday surveyed neighborhoods charred to ruins by the deadly Waldo Canyon blaze, the most destructive in state ...
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Colorado wildfire: Have we learned any lessons? (+videos)
Christian Science Monitor
Ten years after the devastating Hayman Fire caused policy changes and a new federal law, another massive Colorado wildfire is causing destruction. Experts have a good idea about what's wrong, but fixing it is another matter.
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Colorado wildfire roundup: More Waldo Canyon evacuees home
Denver Post
COLORADO SPRINGS — A large number of the Waldo Canyon fireevacuees got good news Friday night — they can go home.
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Obama Visits Colorado In Wake Of Fires
NPR
President Obama visited Colorado Springs on Friday to survey the damage caused by the Waldo Canyon fire, which burned more than 300 homes.
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State Farm, Farmers Among Insurers Hit by Colorado Fire
Businessweek
Farmers Insurance and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. are among companies facing losses from a Colorado wildfire that has already destroyed 346 houses and consumed 29 square miles.
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Colorado wildfires winding down, but extent of devastation starting to hit home
CBS News
CBS Evening News: Colorado wildfires winding down, but extent of devastation starting to hit home - Two people have died, 346 homes have been destroyed and 30000 people have been evacuated in weeklong wildfire near Colorado Springs.
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CBS News
Obama views Colorado wildfire devastation, notes 'progress'
Los Angeles Times
President Obama tours devastation from Colorado Springs wildfire, praising firefighters but saying: "We're not out of the woods yet."
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Wildfire evacuee: 'I'm kind of dreading returning' to burned out Colorado ...
CNN
As firefighters worked Saturday to contain a wildfire near Colorado Springs, the toll mounted: 350 homes destroyed, 24 more damaged and two people dead.
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Colorado fires: Day 7: Waldo Canyon Fire near Colorado Springs kills 2 ...
9NEWS.com
EL PASO COUNTY - The body of a second person was discovered in the Mountain Shadows subdivision, authorities announced Friday. Colorado Springs police said the remains of both people were found in a home burned in the Waldo CanyonFire.
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9NEWS.com
Colorado fire devastation 'heartbreaking,' Obama says
msnbc.com
President Barack Obama toured a devastated neighborhood in ColoradoSprings, Colo., on Friday, praising the courage of fire crews and calling it heartbreaking to see so many homes destroyed.
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2nd body found in Colorado fire aftermath
7Online.com
Making slow but steady progress against a wildfire that has killed at least two people, authorities hoped for continued favorable weather and asked for patience from thousands of evacuees who fled encroaching flames that destroyed nearly 350 homes.
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7Online.com
Are the Colorado wildfires the biggest in US history? (+video)
Christian Science Monitor
The Waldo Canyon Fire has been declared the worst inColorado state history, but it is small compared to the fires in the 19th century that scorched millions of acres.
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Christian Science Monitor
Colorado fire threatens Manitou Springs' livelihood
Sacramento Bee
The state's runaway fires have so far spared this mountain resort town, but as the traditionally hectic Fourth of July holiday approaches - and the flames loom nearby - economic worries hang like wood smoke over the so-called gateway to Pikes Peak.
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Colorado fire: 2 bodies found in home; Obama tours area
Arizona Republic
Colorado fire: 2 bodies found in home; Obama tours area, COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - President Barack Obama absorbed the devastation of the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history Friday, touring charred neighborhoods as firefighters searching ...
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Obama praises Colorado fire response; GOP hits health care
WGME
Obama praises Colorado fire response; GOP hits health care. June 30, 2012 10:15 GMT. %reldate(2012-06-30T10:00:00. WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says the wildfires in Colorado are another example of Americans pitching in to help in ...
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Colorado fires: Waldo Canyon blaze grows, takes hundreds of homes
Herald & Review
"We now know hundreds of homes have been destroyed," Colorado Springs Mayor Steve Bach said at a Thursday morning news conference about the Waldo Canyon fire. He said he expected to soon get a fuller accounting of the blaze's destruction, which ...
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Colorado wildfires: Human remains found, containment grows
Los Angeles Times
In Colorado Springs, signs of despair and hope: Human remains have been found in one burn area, but some evacuees are allowed to go home. Obama is en route.
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Obama tours area after Colorado wildfire
Newsday
Firefighters searching for bodies in the nearly 350 homes burned by the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history found a second body Friday at a residence where another person was discovered dead.
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Newsday
Did climate change 'cause' the Colorado wildfires? | Grist
By David Roberts
The wildfires raging through Colorado and the West are unbelievable. As of yesterday there were 242 fires burning, according to the National InteragencyFire Center. Almost 350 homes have been destroyed in Colorado Springs, where 36000 ...
Grist
How Social Media Is Helping Colorado Wildfire Relief
By Zoe Fox
Grassroots campaigns and major relief organizations have analyzed social media data to help people in the Colorado wildfires' way.
Mashable » Social Good
Colorado Fires, Other Western U.S. Fires Seen In Video From ...
By Timothy Stenovec
The National Interagency Fire Center reported on Friday that 52 large fireswere burning over 900000 acres in the United States, at least 39 of which are in the Western U.S. Some of the fires are so big that the smoke can be seen from space, ...
Green on HuffingtonPost.com
California National Guard To Help Fight Colorado Wildfires « CBS ...
By Iris Salem
California is sending two firefighting airplanes to help combat destructivewildfires in Colorado.
CBS Los Angeles
Obama tours area devastated by Colorado wildfires | The Raw Story
By Agence France-Presse
A shocked US President Barack Obama on Friday toured “heartbroken”Colorado neighborhoods torched by rampaging wildfires, viewing charred homes and cars melted by intense heat. Crews were meanwhile searching for human remains ...
The Raw Story
Poseur In Chief Says Does His Best Superman While Viewing ...
By William Teach
Poseur In Chief Says Does His Best Superman While Viewing Colorado Fires. Written By : William Teach. Here's the nausea inducing White House photo of the day. Superman has come to save the day. And Superman says “all hands on ...
Right Wing News
Colorado Blaze Leaves Utah Short On Fire Crews « CBS Denver
By CBS4News
Fire commanders battling six wildfires in Utah say Colorado is taking most of the available fire crews, leaving them short-handed as blazes across the state continue to burn with little containment.
CBS Denver
OBAMA VIEWING FIRE DAMAGE IN SWING STATE COLORADO ...
By admin
By Julie Pace, Associated Press. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — President Barack Obama absorbed the devastation of Colorado's wildfiresFriday, visiting a neighborhood struck by the flames and taking in the acrid smells of charred ...
Balitang America
Evergreen Air B-747 Tanker Missing in Action Not Fighting Colorado ...
By BobTuskin
theintelhub.com | On March 24, 2009 Evergreen International Aviation announced their B-747 Supertanker was certified to fly by the Interagency Air Tanker Board and ready to fight wildfiles. The large-scale aerial fire fighting jet uses a delivery ...
California Air National Guard sends two planes to fight Colorado fires
By Tony Perry
Two fire-fighting planes from the California Air National Guard are set to leave Saturday to join the battle against the flames ravaging Colorado. The two C-130J planes from the 146th Airlift Wing in Port Hueneme will leave from the Channel...
L.A. NOW
Colorado fire exceeds 55000 acres, destroys at least 181 homes ...
Colorado firefighters braced for high winds Sunday and tried to contain the High Park Fire, the most destructive in state history.
www.latimes.com/.../la-na-nn-colorado-wildfire-most-destructi...
Colorado fire tops 58000 acres; weather stays hot and windy - CNN
Firefighters in northern Colorado made progress battling a raging wildfire in the hills west of Fort Collins on Monday despite high temperatures, low relative...
articles.cnn.com/.../us_colorado-fires_1_acres-by-monday-nig...
Winds, high temperatures fan Colorado wildfires | Reuters
DENVER (Reuters) - Gusting winds and high temperatures hampered firefighters on Sunday as they battled to tame a record wildfire in northernColorado that ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-usa-wildfires-idUSBRE85H02H20120...
Colorado wildfire: Eight more homes lost in High Park Fire; Springer ...
LARIMER COUNTY — The High Park Fire west of Fort Collins burned eight more homes Sunday night, bringing the number of destroyed properties to 189, ...
www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_20882380
Colorado wildfires signal one of state's worst seasons ever ...
Colorado is on the brink of one of its worst fire seasons in history, as merciless wildfires blaze throughout the West.
www.usatoday.com/weather/wildfires/story/2012-06.../1
Colorado fires: Wildfires scorching Colorado, prompting evacuations ...
Colorado fires stretch across the state. 9NEWS at 11 a.m. 06/29/12 ...KUSA - There are several active fires burning in Colorado as of Friday, and it ... Weather ...
www.9news.com/.../Colorado-fires-Blazes-scorch-forests-hom...
High-tech maps keep track of Colorado wildfires - CBS News
Emergency information is faster and more accurate thanks to up-to-the-minute map data from Google and Esri.
www.cbsnews.com/.../high-tech-maps-keep-track-of-colorado-...
Colorado fire devastation 'heartbreaking,' Obama says - Weather ...
President Barack Obama toured a devastated neighborhood in ColoradoSprings , Colo., on Friday, praising the courage of fire crews and calling it heartbreaking ...
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/48013402/ns/weather/
Stiff winds fuel Colo. wildfire; looting a concern - Yahoo! News
Also Sunday, a fire erupted in the foothills west of Colorado Springs, prompting the evacuation of some cabins and a recreation area near the Elevenmile ...
news.yahoo.com/stiff-winds-fuel-colo-wildfire-looting-concer...
1 dead as Colorado wildfire destroys over 300 homes, making it ...
The mayor of Colorado Springs says a raging wildfire has destroyed an estimated 346 homes, making the blaze the most destructive in state 
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