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Saturday Oct 30 #boulder libraries back open #boulderfire re:#DomeFire
Oct 30th
East Boulder Community Center and public libraries announce Saturday schedules
The East Boulder Community Center, Carnegie Branch Library for Local History and the Main Boulder Public Library have announced their Saturday schedules in light of the Dome Fire west of Boulder.
The East Boulder Community Center, located at 5660 Sioux Dr., is open for regular operations while being used as an overnight shelter/evacuation site. Both the senior and recreation facilities at this location will be open for regular operations and programs on Saturday, Oct. 30, with the following exceptions:
The recreation center gymnasium will be closed during site activation, and all Saturday morning swim lessons have been cancelled. These are the only impacts at this time. The status of this facility will be updated as additional information becomes available. Phone information for East Boulder Community Center, 303-441-4400.
The Main Boulder Public Library will offer usual Saturday hours from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The Main Boulder Public Library is located at 1001 Arapahoe Ave. Main Library information: 303-441-3100. The Carnegie Branch Library for Local History, located at 1125 Pine St., will be open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Carnegie information: 303-441-3110.
For the most up-to-date information related to the Dome Fire, visit http://www.boulderoem.com/emergency-status.
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Pottery Lab will close at 5 p.m. #boulderfire, twitter bullys , Evacuations Can we go home yet
Oct 29th
Pottery Lab will close at 5 p.m.
The Pottery Lab will close at 5 p.m. on Friday can we go home yet?, Oct. 29, as a result of the Dome Fire burning west of Boulder:
Residents are encouraged to continue monitoring the Boulder County Emergency Management website at http://www.boulderoem.com/emergency-status for further information and evacuation updates.
Evacuations are still in effect, but a huge number of air water attacks before dark will help to ensure that the fire remains on the ground and close to extinction. There is some discussion right now as to whether resident will be allowed back in to their homes in some evac area. according to Sarah Huntley OEM media the lifting evacuations were being discussed regularly, but no decision had been made to do so as of yet. 1700 people have been evacuated in the city with over 800 units including the Senior center on Walnut. Evacuation are goes from Canyon to North Street and 7th west.
The fire has not been a catastrophic threat since early this afternoon as reported by Boulder Channel 1. With the winds calm and rigorous fire fighting efforts, the worst had passed by 1:00.
According to Sarah Huntley at OEM “ This fire is not nearly as dangerous as the Fourmile Fire where the wind were a factor. ” Our hope is the fire will settle down this evening” she said. It has not spread beyond it’s 139 acres for several hours….and we see that as a good sign. Over 29 agencies and 165 firemen are on the scene. she said. We do not need federal help for this fires Huntley said.
Huntley did say the fire has not crossed Sunshine, is not on Mt Sanitas and remains South of Sun Shine Canyon though there was a lot of smoke up on Sanitas.
Social Media in Boulder went nuts today with much gossip going on by local techies where they descended into cyber bullying. This will be the topic of a special Jann Scott Live on Boulder Channel 1 at 8:00 pm tonight. The bullying started out with young marketing women and then spread to their male counterparts. Twitter is primarily a womens social media tool has become a form of watching soap operas gone ary.
LAST UPDATE: It's over. #boulderfire #domefire #bouldercanyonfire Winds die fire dies Close call Its's over
Oct 29th
This Dome Fire has been nothing like the Four Mile fire of labor day weekend. Any further reporting by us on this event would be milking the situation. Though some electricity has been turned off in the city and there have been evacuations, the fire does not pose a threat to life or property and it is receding. It should be completely over tonight and residents should not be frightened. With hope everyone will be back home with the power back on. Good Day.