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The suspect claims he lit his toilet paper on fire to dispose of it after taking a dump...
The peak on the left is mount Humphries, the tallest at 13000 feet. it thins out at the peak so maybe 11000. Mainly Ponderosa Pine, and some aspen above 9000.
True or not, you can’t fix stupid.
And we have smelled it the past 2 days. Tonight is really bad…..so sad.
When the fire is up at the elevations, does it go lower or stay at that elevation and higher?
Here in Colorado it all depends on the winds and the direction of the slopes. the best case scenario is it is being pushed up a ridge, the "weather front" moves through and the wind changes direction and it is pushed back on itself but no fuel left. There are a few places around the Boulder, CO area where the canyons run East-West and are classic venturi tubes....storm front comes over the continental divide and the winds exiting those canyons towards the plains accelerate the air. Horrible situations.
That is just "in general" info that I have been learning from watching our fires.
This one is spreading to lower ground, driven by the wind as Garry said...
If I am remembering accurately, in 1977 there was a fire in Utah that flashed up and over a ridge. Accepted strategy at the time was that fires would stop along ridge lines because heat rose, so the fire also wanted to rise. Three fire fighters were killed when the fire rushed downhill into a valley and they couldn't escape. That incident prompted the use of fire retardant clothing and portable personal emergency fire shelters. I used to stop briefly at that memorial site when I fished the Green River below Flaming Gorge.
I provided my "explanation and understanding" but then the fire can be so hot and big it can cause its own weather.....which means the predictions might be out the window.
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Oops. That's my 13 fishing one. I'll get one with my orange one tomorrow. Gotta load it back into the pond after painting the sides red. What a pain in the arse it is to haul it out. Gunna be just as fun to put it back in....
Well, OK, standing by.
Artist murals are all over NYC and here is one being created in the NoHo (north of Houston Street) neighborhood on Lafayette Street. This area and several blocks south of this is SoHo (south of Houston Street). Lots of landmarks cast iron facades here born during the Industrial Revolution. It is also a chic and trendy area known for fashion boutiques, Art Galleries, Restaurants, Cafe’s and very popular with photographers and tourist. I am fairly sure you are all wondering what the cost is to commission for an exterior mural. It is usually priced per square foot- 5 to 6 digits depending on size and location.
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I guess we don't pay as much for our murals here in Nashville. At least they colored within the lines. But then again drunk batchelorettes probably aren't too picky what they puke in front of. We don't got class like you yanks do! Beam me up Scottie! I don't fit in!
And while you are at it - do not miss the gigantic painted chicken wire bust of Dolly that sits in a rooftop bar. Bet you yanks don't got that!
And just go down the road a spell youse gets to see this! Now, for me, this one is kinda fun - I used to go to church with Cousin Minnie Pearl. Her house was next door to the Governor's Mansion. Always wished I'd get to see her when I would go to the Mansion.
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Ahhh....Much gooder!
Very nice Mike. A large amount of them that goes up in NYC, a good amount of them cost a large chunk of $$$$$$ because they usually are commercial based advertisements and if it is a well known Artist, those command more money. There is a lot of “red tape” and “hoops” to go into that could be from the building department, land owner and/or building owner, the neighbors board, etc. Then there are the friendly murals that most are street level where someone from the building that owns rights to the wall will commission it- well, if it is a co-op or condo, there is usually a board approval or owner(s) approval. Then you also have those public commissioned murals that are public parks, public schools, etc. those have their own sets of rules and regs.
Then there are Artists who “free styles” and leave their own mark and all of a sudden a “mural scene” appears the day after- incredible how they are able to pull something off from the evening to the wee hours into the early morning. Those are of course illegal. Some of them get do get left there and some comes and go as fast as they put them up. A good amount get defaced by other artist and usually they will just tag up on the piece- this is part of the reasons why photographers take advantage of murals, because they don’t know how long they will last (defacements or
new commission on top of existing). The well known Artists that has multiple murals in the city, throughout the US or in the global world usually are never defaced.
PS- interior murals from private residences or lobbies usually are priced
a lot lower like double to triple digits per square foot or done flat rate based on the Artist estimated completion.
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This is the largest known mural in NYC- 20,000 square feet coverage of paint colors and who knows how many hands contributed to these joint mural. This is on a sidewall of a public school (City-As-School) in The West Village (photographed at corner of West Houston &). The well known and late NYC street Artist Jean Michel Basquiat was a graduée from this school. This mural began in 2016 and took 2-1/2 years to get it completed due to the required permits. This was a collaborative work between Brazilian Street Artist Kobra and the High School students. Right on the top is the subject font: “Ellis”. It is a tribute to those different nationalities who emigrated and went through Ellis Island that makes NYC a melting pot to this very day.
PS- must be wandering how did I get close to photographing the mural with the tall fence perimeter?
PS- must be wandering how did I get close to photographing the mural with the tall fence perimeter?
What I wrote was a little T.I.C. We do have some that are notable. This one particularly. In an older, somewhat industrial area known as The Nations. Lots of housing in the area that was not as expensive. But the hipsters have found it and gentrified it and torn most of all the old down and thrown up a lot of stuff. The gentleman in the mural is now 93 years old, has lived in the neighborhood his entire life and is still active helping other seniors in the area get by. He lives a couple of blocks from this old, empty silo and can see it from his driveway and says he looks up at it every morning and says hello! Somewhere around 100' tall.
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That is simply amazing! Realism at it’s very core!
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