Story 2 WALDO CANYON FIRE. #WALDOCANYONFIRE The Denver Post tracked the Waldo Canyon fire from the start, but when the blaze became extraordinary on the hottest day in Colorado Springs history, the reporting and photography kicked into high gear. Reporters began live-tweeting the frantic evacuation of residents from street corners as panic collided with the evening rush hour. The coverage began with a tweet at 3:59 p.m. Tuesday and developed into a comprehensive, but quick moving and sustained report that updated people as many as 30 times per day and pushed concrete real-time infor- mation to anxious citizens – some who were watching the calamity unfold from military deployment overseas – until the fire was officially contained on July 10. Screenshot from storify.com/denverpost PAGE STORY 2 Barry Noreen @BarryNoreen #waldocanyonfire Area uphill from Snyder Quarry just smoking now, SW of Cedar Heights. 6/26/2012 11:45:45 AM · ORIGINAL LINK REPLY RETWEET FAVORITE Jocelyne Jergensen @jocelynel3 RT @kirk_garner: Clarification from WPMayor Turley, the Standby to Evacuate is same as Pre-evac notice, area expanded #WaldoCanyonFire 6/26/2012 1:14:52 PM · ORIGINAL LINK REPLY RETWEET FAVORITE Deb Myers @mydebfro One of our FedEx delivery drivers just got the news that his house is being evacuated #WaldoCanyonFire 6/26/2012 1:15:00 PM · ORIGINAL LINK REPLY RETWEET FAVORITE KRCC @KRCC #WaldoCanyonFire Pre-evacuation notice expanded for Woodland Park. (12 PM Tue) radiocoloradocollege.org/20... 6/26/2012 1:15:03 PM · ORIGINAL LINK REPLY RETWEET FAVORITE diana beatty @otowi3333 RT @epcpio: Info on pre-evacuation notice for expanded area of Teller County at co.teller.co.us #WaldoCanyonFire 6/26/2012 1:15:12 PM · ORIGINAL LINK REPLY RETWEET FAVORITE Deb Myers @mydebfro I can now see the flames from outside my office building on Elkton Drive #WaldoCanyonFire 6/26/2012 3:24:36 PM · ORIGINAL LINK REPLY RETWEET FAVORITE Katy Marie Hodges @KatyMarieHodges RT @ChrisCree: Great photo from helicopter perspective releasing water on a fire #highparkfire #WaldoCanyonFire cree.me/MSEgPY 6/26/2012 3:26:13 PM · ORIGINAL LINK REPLY RETWEET FAVORITE PAGE 2 STORY 2 Megan Verlee @CPRverlee New mandatory evac order for all of Mountain Shadows neighborhood. #waldocanyonfire 6/26/2012 4:22:35 PM · ORIGINAL LINK REPLY RETWEET FAVORITE KRDO NewsRadio @KRDONewsRadio #WaldoCanyonFire, 7,000+ people need to get out of new evacuation area now! 6/26/2012 4:59:31 PM · ORIGINAL LINK REPLY RETWEET FAVORITE Michelle @AwesomeCareers RT @willripley: Manadatory evacs in #WaldoCanyonFire now up to 12,000 people, wind shifted pushing fire towards Colo Springs & 2 sub ... 6/26/2012 5:31:12 PM · ORIGINAL LINK REPLY RETWEET FAVORITE neighhay @neighhay RT @csgazette: Officials asking for calm as they evacuate 7,000 more people. #waldocanyonfire 6/26/2012 5:35:19 PM · ORIGINAL LINK REPLY RETWEET FAVORITE Lexus Luke @LexusLuke RT @mrgreenthumb719: Fire truck just drove by. Looked in of their eyes. He looked very nervous. God Bless our heroes. #waldocanyonfire 6/26/2012 5:35:24 PM · ORIGINAL LINK REPLY RETWEET FAVORITE Our Colorado @OurColorado "I'll be seeing you" playing on the radio (ironic)... grab your memories & say goodbye. Firemen my home is in your hands. #WaldoCanyonFire 6/26/2012 5:35:28 PM · ORIGINAL LINK REPLY RETWEET FAVORITE Jason Bryant @jasonmbryant Well, this fire is going to affect at least the drive home. thoughts and prayers with those here in the Springs #waldocanyonfire 6/26/2012 5:44:33 PM · ORIGINAL LINK REPLY RETWEET FAVORITE PAGE 3 STORY 2 Colo Spgs Traffic @CSTMC RT @CSFDPIO PLEASE don't return to evacuated areas or drive in front of fire trucks. This creates a dangerous situation. #WaldoCanyonFire 6/26/2012 5:44:40 PM · ORIGINAL LINK REPLY RETWEET FAVORITE THE_REAL_CH3 @THE_REAL_CH3 #waldocanyonfire scanner traffic "like the zombie apocalypse happened here" that's a quote 17:48 6/26/2012 5:48:56 PM · ORIGINAL LINK REPLY RETWEET FAVORITE Tornado Quest @tornadoquest Amazing! RT @tlmagnuson: ow.ly/i/J3O1 looks like an atomic bomb over NW COS. #cowx #waldocanyonfire 6/26/2012 5:48:59 PM · ORIGINAL LINK REPLY RETWEET FAVORITE Nicoleincos @nicoleincos People are reporting a loss of text and phone service in #COS. Please avoid using it unless it's an emergency. #Waldocanyonfire 6/26/2012 5:50:55 PM · ORIGINAL LINK REPLY RETWEET FAVORITE Ben Holmstrom @Benholmstrom Just had to use my wipers to get the ash off my windshield on my drive home #drivingthroughsmoke #waldocanyonfire 6/26/2012 5:51:35 PM · ORIGINAL LINK REPLY RETWEET FAVORITE Lyn Harwell @LynHarwell RT @csgazette: RT @HSPPR: @HSPPR set up a 2nd emrgncy pet evac shelter at Freedom Financial Expo Cntr - 3650 N. Nevada Ave #WaldoCanyonFire 6/26/2012 5:53:47 PM · ORIGINAL LINK REPLY RETWEET FAVORITE S. Schierholz @schierholz RT @shainerose86: If anyone is displaced because of the #WaldoCanyonFire check out this site, they are volunteering their homes t ... 6/26/2012 5:59:31 PM · ORIGINAL LINK REPLY RETWEET FAVORITE PAGE 4 STORY 2 Karl Fisch @karlfisch RT @MrAMath: Smoke so thick in Briargate that the streetlights came on #waldocanyonfire 6/26/2012 6:03:55 PM · ORIGINAL LINK REPLY RETWEET FAVORITE chris carmichael @trainright @trainright: Cyclists & triathletes, ride indoors Wed-Fri, 8 or 9 am, FREE at CTS: 600 S 21st St. A/C/clean air! #WaldoCanyonFire 6/26/2012 6:11:58 PM · ORIGINAL LINK REPLY RETWEET FAVORITE Jeffrey Colebank @JeffreyColebank Traffic stopped on woodmen road in colorado springs. If evacuating from mountain shadows use alt route #waldocanyonfire 6/26/2012 6:13:16 PM · ORIGINAL LINK REPLY RETWEET FAVORITE Do Your Part @doyourpartorg 7,000 more people evacuated in #WaldoCanyonFire via The Denver Post 6/26/2012 6:13:27 PM · ORIGINAL LINK REPLY RETWEET FAVORITE ILoveManitou @ILoveManitou MT @KRDONC13 BREAKING: U.S. Air Force Academy has issued a PRE- EVACUATION order for the Academy. #WaldoCanyonFire 6/26/2012 6:23:09 PM · ORIGINAL LINK REPLY RETWEET FAVORITE Amy Currans @hanaleigirl RT @csgazette: CONFIRMED: Two main housing areas of the Air Force Academy have been given pre-evacuation notice. #waldocanyonfire 6/26/2012 6:30:31 PM · ORIGINAL LINK REPLY RETWEET FAVORITE EPCSheriff @EPCSheriff If U get a reverse 911 call, respect it. It will likely be the 1st, most accurate notification you will get. #WaldoCanyonFire 6/26/2012 6:33:20 PM · ORIGINAL LINK REPLY RETWEET FAVORITE PAGE 5 STORY 2 EPCSheriff @EPCSheriff Evacuees- drive slowly & carefully. By driving calmly, everyone gets out safely. #WaldoCanyonFire 6/26/2012 6:34:52 PM · ORIGINAL LINK REPLY RETWEET FAVORITE Woodmen and Corporate Drive. #WaldoCanyonFire Ash on top of light pols looks like snow. http://yfrog.com/mn4kkkpwj KURTIS LEE · 6/26/2012 6:35:36 PM · ORIGINAL LINK REPLY RETWEET FAVORITE EPCSheriff @EPCSheriff Sign up for reverse 911 at elpasoteller911.org #WaldoCanyonFire 6/26/2012 6:36:31 PM · ORIGINAL LINK REPLY RETWEET FAVORITE The Gazette @csgazette RT @awineke: Mandatory evacuations: Everything north of Vindicator to south of Air Force Academy on west side of I-25. #waldocanyonfire 6/26/2012 6:39:46 PM · ORIGINAL LINK REPLY RETWEET FAVORITE The Gazette @csgazette RT @awineke: Flying W Ranch's Aaron M. Winter "We will rebuild in time." #waldocanyonfire 6/26/2012 6:47:05 PM · ORIGINAL LINK REPLY RETWEET FAVORITE Kurtis Lee @kurtisalee #WaldoCanyonFire evacuations are happening at rush hour. A lot of ppl upset because they can't get home to family pets, etc. @denverpost 6/26/2012 6:47:43 PM · ORIGINAL LINK REPLY RETWEET FAVORITE PAGE 6 STORY 2 Kurtis Lee @kurtisalee I'm in a mandatory evacuation zone from Rockrimmon north to AFA. I-25 west is all evacuating. #WaldoCanyonFire Restaurants are shutting down 6/26/2012 6:50:22 PM · ORIGINAL LINK REPLY RETWEET FAVORITE EPCSheriff @EPCSheriff MANDATORY Evacuation #COSprings: N of Garden of the Gods Rd, W of I- 25 to Centennial #WaldoCanyonFire 6/26/2012 6:55:24 PM · ORIGINAL LINK REPLY RETWEET FAVORITE EPCSheriff @EPCSheriff Utilities has shut off gas & electric W of Centennial between Flying W and 30th St. #WaldoCanyonFire 6/26/2012 6:56:48 PM · ORIGINAL LINK REPLY RETWEET FAVORITE EPCSheriff @EPCSheriff If you are evacuating, try to find a friend/family out of the zone to stay with. #waldocanyonfire. working on opening add'l shelters 6/26/2012 7:01:34 PM · ORIGINAL LINK REPLY RETWEET FAVORITE EPCSheriff @EPCSheriff Please reserve cell phone use for emergencies only to keep the networks free for emergency personnel use #waldocanyonfire 6/26/2012 7:03:01 PM · ORIGINAL LINK REPLY RETWEET FAVORITE EPCSheriff @EPCSheriff red cross shelter open at SE YMCA Family Center, 2190 Jet Wing Dr. #waldocanyonfire 6/26/2012 7:04:46 PM · ORIGINAL LINK REPLY RETWEET FAVORITE Patti Jury @JuryRigged Not looking good for friends house. Crews are only a few houses away...reports are not good. #WaldoCanyonFire 6/26/2012 7:05:00 PM · ORIGINAL LINK REPLY RETWEET FAVORITE PAGE 7 STORY 2 Nick @quaigee Our emergency workers simply don't get paid enough. THANK YOU for protecting us! #WaldoCanyonFire 6/26/2012 7:05:01 PM · ORIGINAL LINK REPLY RETWEET FAVORITE Carolyn Fields @CarolynFields3 RT @EPCSheriff: Utilities has shut off gas & electric W of Centennial between Flying W and 30th St. #WaldoCanyonFire 6/26/2012 7:05:01 PM · ORIGINAL LINK REPLY RETWEET FAVORITE Lexus Luke @LexusLuke Former Phil Long Expo center a place to regroup #waldocanyonfire 6/26/2012 7:05:04 PM · ORIGINAL LINK REPLY RETWEET FAVORITE Dusty Tague @DustyTague RT @CSFDPIO: #WaldoCanyonFire Information phone numbers: 720-402- 4510, 720-202-4510, 720-237-9947, 720-237-3417, 719-520-7058 6/26/2012 7:05:05 PM · ORIGINAL LINK REPLY RETWEET FAVORITE SparrowHawk Cookware @SparrowHawkCook RT @EPCSheriff: red cross shelter open at SE YMCA Family Center, 2190 Jet Wing Dr.