{"id":8202,"date":"2012-06-28T07:03:27","date_gmt":"2012-06-28T13:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=8202"},"modified":"2012-06-28T07:04:22","modified_gmt":"2012-06-28T13:04:22","slug":"photos-capture-waldo-canyon-fire-threat-to-u-s-air-force-academy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/colorado-weather\/photos-capture-waldo-canyon-fire-threat-to-u-s-air-force-academy\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos capture Waldo Canyon Fire threat to U.S. Air Force Academy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday afternoon <a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/article\/firestorm-of-epic-proportions-explodes-colorado-as-thousands-flee-wildfires\" target=\"_blank\">the Waldo Canyon Fire west of Colorado Springs exploded<\/a> with extraordinary ferocity.\u00a0 The blaze moved toward the Air Force Academy prompting the base to evacuate some personnel.<\/p>\n<p>The scene that evening was an eerie one as the sky was darkened by the smoke and the setting sun provided an orange cast. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/slideshow\/u-s-air-force-academy-threatened-by-colorado-s-waldo-canyon-fire\">Click here to view a slideshow on Examiner.com of some amazing photos from the academy as the flames encroached.<\/a><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/slideshow\/u-s-air-force-academy-threatened-by-colorado-s-waldo-canyon-fire\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" title=\"A rapidly spreading smoke cloud surrounds the U.S. Air Force Academy's T-38 in Colorado Springs, Colo., June 26, 2012.  Click the image to view a slideshow of the fire near the academy. (U.S. Air Force Photo\/ Mike Kaplan)\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/-0z2Ubm4OAi0\/T-xT-37VQ3I\/AAAAAAAAGkU\/-ky-e1AkCIA\/s800\/usafa.jpg\" alt=\"A rapidly spreading smoke cloud surrounds the U.S. Air Force Academy's T-38 in Colorado Springs, Colo., June 26, 2012.  Click the image to view a slideshow of the fire near the academy. (U.S. Air Force Photo\/ Mike Kaplan)\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A rapidly spreading smoke cloud surrounds the U.S. Air Force Academy&#39;s T-38 in Colorado Springs, Colo., June 26, 2012. Click the image to view a slideshow of the fire near the academy. (U.S. Air Force Photo\/ Mike Kaplan)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday afternoon the Waldo Canyon Fire west of Colorado Springs exploded with extraordinary ferocity.\u00a0 The blaze moved toward the Air Force Academy prompting the base to evacuate some personnel. The scene that evening was an eerie one as the sky was darkened by the smoke and the setting sun provided an orange cast. \u00a0Click here &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/colorado-weather\/photos-capture-waldo-canyon-fire-threat-to-u-s-air-force-academy\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Photos capture Waldo Canyon Fire threat to U.S. Air Force Academy<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[577,569,147],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8202"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8202"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8204,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8202\/revisions\/8204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}