A few weeks ago, the worst fire in Colorado’s history broke out. In my town. It was like Armageddon raining fire down upon us. A bunch of people lost their homes, a few people died. It was definitely a scary few days.
After the very professional firefighters and city government folks began to gain control, some levity was in order. I got on Twitter and joked that I wasn’t going to shave until this end-of-the-world stuff quieted down. And a local report named Barrett Tryon joined in. The following is the Tweet stream.
The first official hashtag instance:
DUDES.. TAKE THE CHALLENGE! #FireBeard! NO shaving until #WaldoCanyonFire is over! MT @ElectroLund: @tryonb Before pic. http://t.co/p4gnbudh
— Barrett Tryon (@btryn) June 29, 2012
My before pic:
@tryonb here we go. Before pic. pic.twitter.com/SFh0j5SA
— Rob Lund (@ElectroLund) June 29, 2012
Then other people joined in:
@tryonb #firebeard http://t.co/dQ35ZvP4
— Jimmy B #SmokeNation (@Jimmy_SHR14) June 29, 2012
@tryonb @ortiviz Wanna see who else (besides yours truly) is sporting a #firebeard in the COS? pic.twitter.com/c3lnYzTL
— Kevin Johnson (@kaydubj) June 29, 2012
My update a week later:
#FireBeard photo update. 1 week in. #WaldoCanyonFire pic.twitter.com/8KIEoCe0
— Rob Lund (@ElectroLund) June 30, 2012
Final update before 100% containment:
Day 7 check-in #FireBeard @coyote4til7 @the_jay_co @jimmy_shr14 @kaydubj @danielu @jarydwilson @tryonb pic.twitter.com/TMS3e7aQ
— Rob Lund (@ElectroLund) July 6, 2012
Very nice. So was that the final pic before it was (presumably) shaved off? Is yours now a happy household free from the evils of facial hair?
Indeed. Here’s the final, dreadful stage:
https://twitter.com/ElectroLund/status/224557275199713280
And the after:
https://twitter.com/ElectroLund/status/224557414215712768