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Colorado sending dozens of firefighters to Texas to assist in search and rescue after devastating floods
Colorado Task Force 1 — the multi-agency FEMA task force of specialized search and rescue crews — is sending around 45 people to Texas to help local crews with search, rescue, and recovery in response to the deadly and devastating floods that have killed over 100 people and left dozens more missing.
The flash floods overtook Texas Hill Country when water in the Guadalupe River rose 26 feet in just 45 minutes. As of Monday evening, 104 people were confirmed dead, including 27 campers and counselors from Camp Mystic in Kerr County, a girls’ summer camp, state officials in Texas said.
Colorado Task Force 1 said in a statement that its members would be departing for Texas on Monday evening, with specific tasks and areas of responsibility to be determined while en route.
The task force comprises vital equipment and experts in water recovery, urban search and rescue, and other specialized tasks. Its members have responded to such disasters, including the Oklahoma City Bombing, the attacks of 9/11, and over a dozen disastrous hurricanes, tornadoes, and floods across the southeast and Midwest. It sent 42 members to Texas and Louisiana in 2017 after the flooding brought on by Hurricane Harvey.
“The scale of this disaster continues to devastate. Precious lives lost. Homes destroyed. Entire communities are impacted. We stand ready to support our neighbors in Texas alongside many other first responders who have answered the call,” the Colorado Springs Fire Department, which has seven people in the task force, said in a statement. “To the families and communities grieving tremendous loss – we mourn with you. Disasters like this are a sobering reminder of how quickly things can change.”
Colorado
Air Force RB Owen Allen Shines in Double-Digit Win vs. Colorado State
Air Force running back Owen Allen dashed for 107 yards and two touchdowns, tight end Bruin Fleischmann caught both of his targets for 61 yards and two touchdowns, and Air Force took down Colorado State 42-21 on Friday to recapture the Ram-Falcon Trophy in the final game of the season for both teams.
The Falcons (4-8, 3-5 Mountain West) took the lead on the opening drive of the game as Fleischmann hauled in a 55-yard receiving score. Air Force scored on three of its four first-half drives, and only punted once throughout the game.
Josh Johnson completed all four of his passing attempts for 104 yards and two touchdowns, and added 22 yards and a score on the ground.
The Rams (2-10, 1-7) were led by Jackson Brousseau’s 323 yards and two touchdowns on 28-of-37 passing. It’s the first 10-loss season since 1988 for Colorado State, which is leaving the Mountain West to play in the Pac-12 next season.
Air Force holds the edge in the series, 40-22-1, and have won eight of the last nine meetings.
Reporting by The Associated Press.
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“Madsgiving” feeds thousands after Colorado community steps in to save event
What looked nearly impossible just a few weeks ago became a Thanksgiving miracle in Aurora.
Madsgiving is the annual effort that prepares and delivers thousands of meals to people experiencing homelessness, seniors, and families in need. It was on the verge of collapse earlier this month.
The longtime chefs who normally anchor the event were deployed to Jamaica to help rebuild kitchens damaged by Hurricane Melissa. Without them, organizers suddenly had no chefs and no kitchen just weeks before Thanksgiving.
Lead Pastor Dwayne Johnson of Mean Street Worship Center has helped distribute Madsgiving meals for seven years.
“At first, it started out as panic,” he said. “But then the community started coming together. Other agencies, ministries, and chefs came alongside us.”
One of the first to answer that call for help was Pesto Italiano, a new restaurant that opened in Englewood this summer. Chef Pablo had never cooked a Thanksgiving meal in his kitchen before – and certainly not at the scale Madsgiving requires.
“This was the first year we tried something like this,” he said. “We just opened in June. The first thing we wanted to do was help the community.”
Pesto Italiano donated their kitchen and their chefs, giving volunteers access to a full professional space to roast, prep, and assemble thousands of meals.
“With all the volunteers that came to help us, it was possible,” Pablo said. “We wanted to create something with love, passion, and quality – something people could enjoy the same way any family does on Thanksgiving.”
His team even improvised when dozens of turkeys arrived still on the bone and behind schedule. Pablo grilled and roasted them, finishing with a sauce of orange and rosemary. He even used pizza ovens to get the job done.
Johnson says the scale of collaboration was unlike anything he’s seen.
The Amish community from southern Colorado also stepped in, preparing meals on Wednesday before Thanksgiving.
By midday Thursday, every group Madsgiving serves had been reached: people living in cars and under bridges, seniors in assisted living, nursing home residents, and people facing hunger across the city.
What started as a call for help became one of the largest Madsgiving efforts yet, powered by strangers, volunteers, churches, restaurants, and neighbors who refused to let the tradition die.
“To the world, you’re one person,” Johnson said. “But to one person, you become the world. Today, miracles happened.”
Colorado
Here’s where Colorado’s gray wolves roamed in past month
Colorado’s gray wolves stuck a little closer to central parts of the state in late October and November, roaming into watersheds that reach metro Denver and near tribal lands to the south, according to a map released Wednesday.
The monthly Colorado Parks and Wildlife map shows the broad movements of 20 gray wolves that wear GPS collars. If an area is highlighted, that means at least one wolf was in a watershed at least one time during the time frame, according to state officials.
Between Oct. 21 and Tuesday, gray wolves traveled in watersheds that reach as far north as the Wyoming state line; as far east as Boulder, Jefferson, Adams and Broomfield counties; the northern edge of Archuleta County to the south; and Meeker in Rio Blanco County to the west.
Most wolf activity appeared to take place around the Continental Divide, with wolf movement tracked near Walden, Granby, Vail, Aspen and Gunnison.
The wolves also explored near tribal lands to the south, Parks and Wildlife officials said. The state has an agreement with the Southern Ute tribe and is working to finish a similar agreement with the Ute Mountain Ute tribe to address potential impacts of wolf reintroduction.
Of Colorado’s 20 collared gray wolves, 15 were captured elsewhere and released in Colorado, three are yearlings from the Copper Creek Pack and two are adults from the One Ear Pack, according to Parks and Wildlife.
State officials will not be able to confirm whether wolf pups born this year were “successfully recruited” into Colorado’s wolf population until later this winter, Parks and Wildlife spokesperson Luke Perkins said in a statement.
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