Affectionately, in memory. First: In the State of Colorado it is now unsafe to be within roughly the area of I-25 to the east, bounded by El Paso/Douglas/Elbert county lines on the north, and by Highway 24 on the east! Please heed all evacuation areas/warnings/etc.!
I am deeply saddened to inform the community that it has been confirmed that two (2) individuals were unable to escape the Black Forest Fire burning Northeast of Colorado Springs, CO. [1] and died while trying to evacuate. I directly apologize to anyone who my words affect emotionally, I have been told I can be overly technical and miss the human side of the story. To be frank, being born and raised in Colorado, this is the most extreme humanitarian event conceivable for my neighbors. I again ask the OSM-US community to lend a moment (or as much as possible) to map the 'area of concern' [1]. Again, only remote mapping is suggested at this time. Local knowledge to interpolate addressing would be an absolutely amazing advantage of OSM versus other mapping platforms, please refer to the wiki[2]; and if 'mentors' are available, please look at the changesets and you should see the 'newbies' who are doing their best but could use some guidance. P.S. I think it would still be beneficial to use the HOT Tasking Manager, even to simply have HOT 'experts' verify that the 'square' is 'mapped to 'US standards'.' Sincerely, Russell Deffner russdeffner on OSM russdeff...@gmail.com For issues directly related to American Red Cross Operations (I am not officially assigned to the DRO) please email me at - russell.deff...@redcross.org [1]Black Forest Fire, General Area: http://osm.org/go/TzfCTco-- [2]OSM wiki: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org
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