Emergency evac?

Where are you at in the Springs? I know that Manitou had the Mandatory evac and I am now anxious to get home as I love running the 10K loop there in Waldo Canyon and am wondering if the whole route will now be burned out. All of my friends in the Springs tell me that the fire is HUGE as viewed from the Springs. While it is sad that the area is burning I am also somewhat sad that I can't be home to see it for myself. I really hope it doesn't hit Manitou or Red Rock Open Space. I lived on the west side before deploying and those are two of my favorite parts of town. Hope they get it put out soon!

Are any soldiers from Carson being pulled to help fight it? I know last summer we were on a "be prepared to" mission to help fight wildland fires around the U.S., and this seems like as good a time as any to get some units up there digging fire breaks and doing whatever else they could to help.

I am on the east side. From the top of my street I can see the whole stretch of the fire and it is huge! It definitely is sad, this is some of the prettiest land in the springs to visit!


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As far as the various ideas, I like the idea of putting the pillow cases in bed with you. Don't know how well you could sleep doing that, but that is definitely a smart way to try and regulate heat.


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One thought I currently use is sterilite tubs with locking lids. if it ever hits the fan i pull the tubs and go and am sure they cant escape though their water dishes would be a problem until I get to safety. my geckos are by far a bigger concern for me, pulling 9 out of diff cages and packing them would be a difficult task to do quickly. I don't live in a forest fire prone area though so I have to plan for a house fire and don't get the luxury of an evac notice.


As far as snakes in the bed, be sure you do not move an inch during the night. there is a reason co-sleeping with infants leads to so many deaths. Guess I tipped my hand as being a father.

I work with a rescue group. We have built a 'reptile shelter' for evac. events. The first question is there a reptile group attaches with the LOCAL spca? Or is there a rescue group near? Our mandate is to help house animals of the dispossessed to help during the event. A few years back we managed to house a collection of just under 200 snakes over a 2 day period.

Our shelter is just a portable 'greenhouse' with shelving. The other thing is emergency. This isn't about permeant housing but temporary housing. The shelter we have is not designed to heat hot spots just ambient air temps it runs a small ceramic heater if there is AC power with t-stat to keep the interior 80º that is it. If your temps are like ours often are things are high 70s it is likely that the greenhouse enough alone or with a few heat packs hung inside. I would not worry about hot spots during an emergency just keep them warm enough to survive unharmed until things settle down. They can manage well for 2 or 3 weeks like this just do not feed them!

I would not offer food now!

If things go badly having just fed snakes is going to make things much more complex and place their health more on the line. I would suggest waiting on food until things are under control. I believe they are hoping for rain in the next few days? I hope that comes and gives the fire teams the break they need. I know the thoughts of myself and friends are with you all there.

ours is like this, they are common and easily available but also could be built out of scrap and covered in bed sheets just as easily. Oh and if you look at something like this tie the snake bags to the shelves. they move around a lot.
DO NOT PLACE IT IN THE SUN!!!

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