Black Forest Fire Doubles Back
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Air Force Academy fire crews fighting Black Forest wildfire in Colorado Springs.
The wind shifted this afternoon and the Black Forest wildfire doubled back on itself. Unlike many wildfires, lots of unburned homes remained in the area that the fire had passed over yesterday. The El Paso Sheriff’s Office has reported at least 92 homes burned at this time.
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Chuck Simmins @ June 12, 2013
Colorado fights wildfires
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Black Forest Fire at 9:45 MDT on June 12, 2013. From KKTV in Colorado Springs
The Black Forest Fire is north of Colorado Springs, and due east of the Air Force Academy. This is other side of I 25 from Waldo Canyon fire 2012. Last night’s estimates from the El Paso County sheriff is estimated at 8000 acres. Mandatory evacuation area about 24,000 acres, involving 5469 people & 1966 homes. Helicopters at work, dropping water, as I write this. No containment.
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- Black Forest Fire Doubles Back
Chuck Simmins @ June 12, 2013
First West Nile death for 2013
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California has the unhappy distinction of being the first state to record a death from illness due to the West Nile virus (WNV) in 2013. The male patient, from Sacramento County, had underlying medical conditions and the California Department of Public Health cannot say with certainty that the death was solely due to WNV.
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Chuck Simmins @ June 9, 2013
Marine sisters fight breast cancer before Angelina Jolie
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Marine Corps
By Sgt. Priscilla Sneden
Gunnery Sgt. Barbra Brown joined the Marine Corps in 1994. She spent the next 16 years dedicating her life to her family and the Corps. What she didn’t know was those experiences were preparing her to face the biggest challenge of her life.
In February 2011, Brown, an aircraft maintenance administration specialist from Jermyn, Penn., made a life-changing discovery.
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Chuck Simmins @ June 4, 2013
Marines assault snakeheads this weekend
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This three-foot, 13-pound snakehead strikes a pose with Sgt. Maj. Robert Breeden, the Marine Corps Air Facility Quantico sergeant major, after Breeden caught it with a bow in Chopawamsic Creek last April. There is no shortage of the fish in Quantico’s waters, providing ample prey for the base’s first snakehead fishing tournament June 7 and 8.
From Friday through Saturday, an invasive fish species called the snakehead will come under attack from the United States Marines at Marine Corps Base Quantico.
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Chuck Simmins @ June 4, 2013
