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Natural Disasters

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2012

    Garrett Spencer, record-setting 19th Colorado ski area death, being laid to rest

    This morning at 10:30 a.m. in Hesston, Kansas, a memorial service will be held for Garrett Spencer, a nineteen year old who died at Wolf Creek Ski Area a few days ago. Spencer's passing either extends a deadly record for ski area deaths in Colorado during a single season or ties it, depending on ho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2012

    Lower North Fork Fire started by prescribed burn, Forest Service apologizes

    The U.S. Forest Service is now admitting that the Lower North Fork Fire near Conifer, which appears to have led to at least two casualties (one woman is still missing), was started by a prescribed burn that got out of control. Meanwhile, Governor John Hickenlooper has suspended such burns until aft ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2012

    Joshua Allen's Copper Mountain death adds another fatality to lethal ski season

    Update: Sadly, the number of ski deaths in Colorado this season has grown again. On Sunday, 24-year-old Joshua Allen of Tampa, Florida, was found in the trees of the Elk Run underneath the Outback lift at Keystone and airlifted to Summit Medical Center, where he later died.

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2012

    Tornado Alley filmmaker Sean Casey on life in the eye of the storm

    ​Most of us here in Colorado can relate to the rush of skiing down a mountain of fresh powder. But that rush is nothing compared to the heart-stopping, breath-seizing thrill of entering a tornado's destructive vortex of violently rotating winds. But for the past eight years, that was the missi ... More >>

  • Music

    August 4, 2011

    Typhoon

    Wednesday, August 10, hi-dive, 720-570-4500.

  • Calendar

    June 16, 2011

    Heckuva Job

    Wednesday, August 10, hi-dive, 720-570-4500.

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2011

    Crocs donates 100,000 pairs of shoes to Japanese earthquake & tsunami victims

    ​We've made lotsa sport of Niwot-based Crocs, from a 2005 feature that included savage reviews by fashionistas to reports of what Alan Prendergast described as the "brightly hued, comfy-ugly clown shoes" being escalator unfriendly. So our first thought after hearing the company is donating 100 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2011

    Model rocket allegedly starts Boulder County grass fire, and that's not only burn ban violation

    Flickr​The precipitation falling at this writing should put a punctuation mark on the Indian Gulch and Burning Tree fires -- but the moisture isn't enough to end the dry conditions that have prompted multiple local fire bans. Not that everyone's paying attention, judging by not one, not two, b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2011

    Indian Gulch fire near Golden: Burned acreage increases to 1,502 (VIDEOS)

    ​Update: The Indian Gulch fire near Golden is a top wildfire priority nationally; at this writing, it's in the number one slot on the feds' Inciweb.org website. And while the winds that were helping to fuel the blaze have died down to a significant degree, they did significant damage, increas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2011

    Local Japan benefits: Video gaming, taiko drumming and a hip-hop compilation

    ​If you've been inclined to pitch in for the victims of the Japanese earthquake but haven't known how to do it, there are a few different options this week. One involves playing Rock Band on stage, one involves chip tunes, another involves Taiko drumming and still another is for fans of hip-ho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2011

    Back in my day: The cold, and five other things we didn't get a day off for

    Kids these days.​Well, now I guess I've seen everything. I've been through wars, natural disasters, the inexplicable career of Jimmy Fallon and two or three great depressions, but I never thought I'd see the day when everybody stopped the presses on account of a little cold weather. Why, today ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2011

    Boulder Peewink Mountain fire already contained

    9News​The inclusion of the photo at right in a 9News story about a blaze that broke out overnight near Boulder raised concerns of another runaway conflagration like last year's Fourmile Canyon fire. But no: This one consumed just an acre or so before being contained. Before this status was ac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2010

    Scott Kay, Wolf Creek Ski Patrol director, dies in avalanche

    Scott Kay.​Scott Kay, Wolf Creek Ski Patrol director, died in an avalanche early today. The ski area reported thirteen inches of new snow this morning and eighteen inches in the last 48 hours.

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2010

    Red Sea parted (on computer) by CU & National Center for Atmospheric Research: Holy Moses!

    ​Hallelujah! The parting of the Red Sea, one of the great miracles of ancient times, has occurred again -- only this time it happened on computer simulators designed by Boulder researchers at the National Center for Atmospheric Research and the University of Colorado at Boulder. The result, sa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2010

    Boulder Fourmile Canyon fire update: Will deadly California blaze cut into resources?

    From SF ABC7San Bruno blaze.​Last night, the high winds that hit the Fourmile Canyon fire burn area near Boulder didn't exacerbate the situation as feared. As Boulder County public information officer Mike Banuelos says this morning, "Firefighters held the line." But will some of them be sent ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2010

    Haiti Benefits: Here's what's coming up

    During times of trouble like this, it's heartening to see the outpouring of support. After the jump, we've posted all the benefits we're aware of that have been organized by local artists and cultural organizations that are pitching in to help. And rest assured, we'll be adding even more as we hear ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 4, 2010

    Art With Heart

    During times of trouble like this, it's heartening to see the outpouring of support. After the jump, we've posted all the benefits we're aware of that have been organized by local artists and cultural organizations that are pitching in to help. And rest assured, we'll be adding even more as we hear ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 31, 2009

    Not a Pretty Picture

    During times of trouble like this, it's heartening to see the outpouring of support. After the jump, we've posted all the benefits we're aware of that have been organized by local artists and cultural organizations that are pitching in to help. And rest assured, we'll be adding even more as we hear ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 13, 2009

    The Real World Hooters = Classy

    MTV is looking for overweight home-schoolers who have been affected by natural disasters for the next season of The Real World -- and it's coming to find them in Denver, which hosted its own cast of seven strangers picked to live in a house in 2006 and 2007. Real World casting directors will be at ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2009

    Colorado is suddenly earthquake central

    The blue square on the map represents the location of an earthquake earlier today (click to enlarge).​Earlier today, an earthquake struck near Craig; the U.S. Geological Survey rates it a 3.7 magnitude temblor. That follows a 3.9 magnitude quake near Eads yesterday. So where will nature's ven ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2009

    CSU's Japan earthquake test: best experiment ever

    Yesterday, a Colorado State University team led by civil engineering professor John van de Lindt successfully staged a very large-scale test in Miki City, Japan. They've come up with a new approach to building earthquake-proof (or at least more earthquake-proof) buildings, and to see if they're on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2009

    Wake-Up Call: FEMA trouble

    Among the residents who evacuated in the face of a fast-moving fire in Boulder this week was Michael Brown, current consultant and talk-show host, and former head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, a man who will be forever linked with this remark by President George W. Bush over his ... More >>

  • Film

    October 16, 2008

    Katrina, stark and surreal, in Trouble the Water

    Among the residents who evacuated in the face of a fast-moving fire in Boulder this week was Michael Brown, current consultant and talk-show host, and former head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, a man who will be forever linked with this remark by President George W. Bush over his ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2008

    Gustav lets loose a flood of Katrina memories...and Michael Brown

    Among the residents who evacuated in the face of a fast-moving fire in Boulder this week was Michael Brown, current consultant and talk-show host, and former head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, a man who will be forever linked with this remark by President George W. Bush over his ... More >>

  • News

    January 24, 2008

    Anarchists Stalk Democratic Convention

    On a walking tour of Denver, Unconventional Action makes plans for the Democratic National Convention.

  • Calendar

    September 20, 2007

    Storm Rising

    Verne Carlson hunts tornadoes.

  • Music

    March 1, 2007

    Otis Taylor

    Definition of a Circle
    Telarc Records

  • Home Entertainment

    January 18, 2007

    Weird and Wonderful

    Definition of a Circle
    Telarc Records

  • Home Entertainment

    January 4, 2007

    Weird and Wonderful

    A look back at the year's flick picks.

  • Home Entertainment

    December 21, 2006

    A True Horror Classic

    A look back at the year's flick picks.

  • News

    August 31, 2006

    The Eye of the Storm

    From the bayou to Boulder, Michael Brown's had a heckuva year.

  • News

    August 31, 2006

    Myth America

    Hurricane Katrina evacuees have enough woes without battling stereotypes.

  • Blogs

    August 29, 2006

    Boulder's Storm Warning

    Hurricane Katrina evacuees have enough woes without battling stereotypes.

  • News

    June 29, 2006

    The Skeptic

    Celebrated and shunned, CSU's Bill Gray is taking heat in the global-warming debate.

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2006

    All Wet

    Celebrated and shunned, CSU's Bill Gray is taking heat in the global-warming debate.

  • Calendar

    March 30, 2006

    Oyster Opportunity

    Celebrated and shunned, CSU's Bill Gray is taking heat in the global-warming debate.

  • Music

    March 9, 2006

    Mogwai

    Mr. Beast (Matador)

  • Music

    February 16, 2006

    Dr. John

    Thursday, February 16, Cervantes' Masterpiece Ballroom, 1-866-464-2626.

  • Music

    February 16, 2006

    Critical Fatwa

    Michael Stipe

  • Music

    September 29, 2005

    Out and About

    Fresh at Lotus

  • News

    September 29, 2005

    We're Not Worthy

    Charity began at home. This home.

  • Music

    September 15, 2005

    Club Scout

    Dazzle Restaurant and Lounge

  • News

    September 8, 2005

    Off Limits

    A Real Horse's Ass

  • News

    September 1, 2005

    Off Limits

    Trouble's Bruin

  • Dining

    June 26, 2003

    Drink of the Week

    Tommy's Mai Tai

  • News

    March 20, 2003

    Slide Rules

    An avalanche buried their friend -- and a Denver trio is still digging out.

  • News

    August 8, 2002

    Consumed by Fire

    On the front lines of the Hayman blaze.

  • Sports & Recreation

    April 4, 2002

    Best Tornado Tours

    Storm Chasing Adventure Tours

  • News

    April 22, 1999

    Swept Away

    Six friends headed off for a day of backcountry fun. But then came the fast slide to disaster.

  • Film

    May 16, 1996

    Funnel Vision

    Six friends headed off for a day of backcountry fun. But then came the fast slide to disaster.

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