Colorado Wildfires: The Aftermath

A plume of smoke rises from the Waldo Canyon wildfire near Colorado Springs, on June 26, 2012. (Reuters/John Wark) A firefighting helicopter flies over homes while battling the Waldo Canyon wildfire west of Colorado Springs, on June 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski) Smoke rises around Rampart Reservoir from the Waldo Canyon wildfire in this aerial photograph taken on June 27, 2012. (Reuters/John Wark) Members of Bighorn 209, a hand crew from the Crow Agency in Montana check for hot spots on the Waldo Canyon Fire west of Colorado Springs, on June 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) Policemen stand guard near residents who were temporarily allowed to visit their homes destroyed by the Waldo Canyon fire in the Mountain Shadows neighborhood of Colorado Springs, on July 1, 2012. (Reuters/Adrees Latif) Homes destroyed by the Waldo Canyon fire, seen from the air in a neighborhood of Colorado Springs, Colorado, on June 30, 2012. The massive fire, which has eased with the help of cooler temperatures and lighter winds, has destroyed hundreds of homes and forced more than 35,000 people to flee. (Spencer Platt) An ominous cloud of smoke from the Waldo Canyon fire rises from the south behind the Air Force Academy's Cadet Chapel as cadets head for a briefing on evacuation procedures in Colorado Springs, in this June 27, 2012 photograph. The Academy evacuated more than 600 families and 110 dormitory residents from the base the evening of June 27. (Reuters/Carol Lawrence/U.S. Air Force) Homes and cars destroyed by the Waldo Canyon fire, seen from the air above Colorado Springs, on June 30, 2012. (Spencer Platt) Neighbors, who evacuated their homes from the encroaching Waldo Canyon fire, embrace after returning to their homes in Colorado Springs,on July 1, 2012. Residents began returning to charred areas of Colorado Springs on Sunday after the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history forced tens of thousands of people from their homes and left the landscape a blackened wasteland. The neighbors wished to stay unidentified due to "jealous spouses," they said. (Reuters/Adrees Latif) Fire evacuees Jim and Lynn Becka react after learning their home was not one of the hundreds destroyed in the Waldo Canyon fire, on June 28, 2012 at a news conference in Colorado Springs. The couple, who had already lost one home due to financial hardship were relieved to learn they had not lost a second home. (Robyn Beck/AFP) Residents Lindsay Hetzel and Nathan Birdseye sit on a cliff overlooking the Waldo Canyon fire in Colorado Springs, on June 30, 2012. Crews battling a deadly Colorado wildfire ranked the most destructive in state history have made enough headway to allow most evacuees home, but concerns remain about rogue bears and burglaries in vacant houses, officials said. (Reuters/Adrees Latif) President Barack Obama talks with firefighters as he tours the Mountain Shadow neighborhood devastated by a wildfire in Colorado Springs, on June 29, 2012. After declaring a "major disaster" in the state early Friday and promising federal aid, President Obama got a firsthand view of the wildfires and their toll on residential communities. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) via theatlantic.com
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