BEAR WARNING
EMERGENCY EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
NWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO USA
0330 PM MDT MON SEP 20 2004
A BEAR WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR...
...PITKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO...
...UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TUE SEP 21 2004...
THE BEAR WAS SPOTTED NEAR ASPEN DAMAGING A HOME. AUTHORITIES AND RESIDENTS HAD SIGHTED THE BEAR AS BEING EXTREMELY HUNGRY. EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLANS MUST BE COMPLETE IN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES TO SAVE LIFE AND PROPERTY.
REMEMBER THAT BEARS ARE ATTRACTED TOWARDS SUGARY FOODS. ALL FOOD SHOULD BE HIDDEN IN THE MOST INTERIOR PART OF YOUR HOME. MAKE SURE ALL WINDOWS AND DOORS ARE SECURE AND STAY IN YOUR HOME UNTIL THE BEAR HAS PASSED.
FEMA AND INSURANCE ADJUSTOR AGENTS WILL BE ON THE SCENE BEGINNING TOMORROW AT 700 AM MDT. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU RECORD AND REPORT ALL DAMAGE TO YOUR HOME.
DENVER
Bear ransacks kitchen, steals chocolate
Wednesday, September 29, 2004 Posted: 5:50 PM EDT (2150 GMT)
DENVER, Colorado (Reuters) -- It's a tale of man against nature. A paralyzed man in Aspen, Colorado lay helplessly in bed for two hours while a black bear known as "Fat Albert" went through his kitchen breaking dishes and looking for a tasty snack.
"I had four pounds (2kg) of chocolate from a ski trip. He ate it all -- it's war," Tom Isaac said, recounting with a sense of humor how the 500-pound (230-kg) bear made himself at home at his house on September 20.
"I could hear things breaking for two hours," he said of the bear's "visit" to his home. Isaac's bedroom was only about 10 to 15 feet (3-5 metres) from the kitchen and he feared the bear would come in and attack him.
This time of year bears are busy fattening up before going into hibernation and residents in mountain towns often recount stories of rummaging bears.
In Fact, Isaac, who has been paralyzed since a skiing accident in the early 1980s, says his home has been invaded nearly a half dozen times by the bear Aspenites call "Fat Albert."
"The next afternoon the wildlife agents found him sleeping in my dining room," Isaac said.
Isaac, who holds elective office as the Pitkin County assessor, said he does not want to see the bear shot, but he is worried about how the needs of residents can be balanced against the needs of wildlife.
BEAR WARNING---MAJOR DAMAGE
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Apparently this is ":BEARABLE:" Or bare bear watch?........... hmmmmmm
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god that pic aint right!!!!
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god that pic aint right!!!!
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