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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Affectionately, in memory…<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>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.!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>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].<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>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’…’<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Russell Deffner<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>russdeffner on OSM<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><a href="mailto:russdeffner@gmail.com">russdeffner@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>For issues directly related to American Red Cross Operations (I am not officially assigned to the DRO) please email me at – <a href="mailto:Russell.Deffner@redcross.org">Russell.Deffner@redcross.org</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>[1]Black Forest Fire, General Area: <a href="http://osm.org/go/TzfCTco--">http://osm.org/go/TzfCTco--</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>[2]OSM wiki: <a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>