https://youtu.be/P43RUtldg4I

yup I was right

in the first 10 seconds of this clip he mentions the press conference -

"15 minutes into the press conference they said the fire was coming
over the hill"

Waldo Canyon - Colorado Springs Colorado - Colorado Springs CO - 2012
- wildfire - interface fire

On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 3:43 PM, Peter Szerlagi <zer...@gmail.com> wrote:
> https://youtu.be/3zzVpHE6qUg
>
> 5 minute video tape - 17yo girl captures fire moving into
> neighborhoods on the Waldo Canyon fire - and rigs racing to the scene
>
> On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 3:36 PM, Peter Szerlagi <zer...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> https://youtu.be/Wec_N7HE6Ko
>>
>> 2012 in Colorado Springs Colorado in El Paso County
>>
>> approx 350 homes lost
>>
>> IIRC - this was the fire where they were having a 4PM ish news
>> conference - with the fire burning in the background - and suddenly
>> the mayor walks up to the microphone and says "we need people to
>> evacuate immediately" or something like that
>>
>> somehow they got totally blindsided on this fire
>>
>> I wonder if the feds ever did a report on this fire that explains the
>> blindsiding?

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