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Tornado Brings Denver Air Travel to a Halt (Amazing Video)

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EarthSky.org-6/19/13, Scott Daniel

June 18, 2013 tornado in Denver via Mike Sellers

A weak tornado formed right outside the Denver International Airport yesterday (June 18, 2013) in the afternoon hours. As of now, no one was directly impacted by this tornado, and very little damage was reported. It formed near the airport, but never directly hit the airport. The tornado produced roughly 97 mile per hour winds right around 2:30 p.m. local time in Denver. All flights were canceled or rerouted due to the storms in the area, and everyone was able to take shelter inside. Check out the amazing footage and photos of this tornado!

Link: EarthSky.org

Record heat fuels destructive fires in drought-baked Colorado

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Wunderblog.com - 6/12/13, Dr. Jeff Masters

 

 

Destructive wildfires erupted in three locations in drought-baked Colorado on Tuesday, fanned by strong winds and the hottest temperatures ever recorded in the state so early in the year. The mercury soared to 100°F in Denver on Tuesday, their earliest 100° day on record (previous earliest 100° day: June 14, 2006, 102°.) It was the second consecutive day Denver recorded its hottest temperature for so early in the year. At Lamar in Southeast Colorado, the mercury soared to 111°, just one degree below their hottest temperature ever measured, and 3° shy of the all-time hottest temperature ever measured in Colorado, the 114° reading in Sedgwick on July 11, 1954. The most destructive fire in Colorado Tuesday was the Black Forest fire burning near Colorado Springs. The fire destroyed over 60 buildings and forced the evacuation of several thousand people. The fire was aided by nearly ideal conditions on Tuesday afternoon--Colorado Springs hit 97° (only the 2nd time the city has been that hot this early in the year), with sustained winds of 29 mph gusting to 36 mph, and a humidity of 4%. Colorado Springs is under extreme drought.

Federal firefighters reportedly set to take over in Colorado wildfire fight

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Foxnews.com - 6/12/13

 

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Federal firefighting crews are set to take command Wednesday as four raging wildfires in south Colorado have consumed homes and forced thousands of evacuations after the area has seen unusually dry and hot weather.

"That gives you an indication of how serious we’re taking this," El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa told the Denver Post.There are four reported fires: El Paso County, Royal Gorge, Rocky Mountain National Park and Huerfano County.The burning south of the Royal Gorge Bridge and it destroyed three structures near Canon City.


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First major hemp crop in 60 years is planted in southeast Colorado

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The Denver Post, By: Steve Raabe, 05/13/2013

 

 

Springfield farmer Ryan Loflin on Monday planted the nation's first industrial hemp crop in almost 60 years. Loflin's plans to grow hemp already have been chronicled, and Monday's planting attracted the attention of more media in southeastern Colorado and a documentary film crew.

 

Hemp is genetically related to marijuana but contains little or no THC, the psychoactive substance in marijuana. Hemp has dozens of uses in food, cosmetics, clothing and industrial materials.

 

 

For more on this story visit www.denverpost.com

Colorado Fireball Meteor

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Lunarmeteoritehunter, By: Lunar Meteorite, 05/17/2013

 

 

17MAY2013 Karmen Franklin Westminster, CO 21:45 MST appx 4 seconds United States, E-W, seemed to fade over the Rocky Mountains very bright white, almost yellow brighter than Venus, like a small sun just faded slowly seemed to have a tail

 

17MAY2013 van hecke castle rock,co. 2155 10 seconds right to left  north white moon no no. 17MAY2013 Ellen Fort Collins, CO, USA 21:45 MDST 3-4 with a short break E-W Bright white with colored tail moon Don't think so bright ball of reasonable size with short tail.

 

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PROVA OVNI colorido de dia a aproximadamente 10.000 Km/h

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Published on Aug 3, 2012 by ConscienciaDosAtos

***Obrigado meu amigo, se não fosse por você esses avistamentos não chegariam aos olhos de muitas pessoas.***
Filmado em 24/11/2011 em Campo Grande - MS.
Observações: O objeto muda de forma e a palavra Anunnakis foi colocada pelo significado, portando não criem terias. A velocidade está acima de qualquer aeronave conhecida.
A única coisa que peço a vocês é respeito nos comentários.
Deus abençoe vocês.

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UFO over Pueblo County Colorado

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Published on Jul 22, 2012 by UFOGeek

I took this photo of an unknown object traveling east to west at approx 1024 PM on 21 July 2012. It was moving very slow from the county toward Baxter, CO. I call it a UFO because it didnt look like a plane or a satellite.

 

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