that's the way it works here. >> reporter: the director of the colorado water institute at colorado state university says the state's rampant population growth is the biggest menace facing farmers today. quality of life has helped make colorado's population growth twice the national average, much of that is in the denver area, but experts say urban sprawl means less water for agriculture, which uses 85% of the supply. the colorado river will face a shortage of a billion gallons of water as the population doubles. >> people's values have changed around where they want to see water. we want to see our rivers flowing free and vibrant, and that means we need more water. where it is going to come from? probably agriculture. >> reporter: thirstiys are drying up agricultural demands to quench a blooming land. >> it's sad. there are several acres -- thousands of acres in rocky ford that has been dried up, and you see all of these productive acres of farm ground and it is gone. the water is in the cities, and everywhere. >> michael farms 900 acres in rocky ford. >> we're trying to get our voice ou

the colorado. it's how it was first seen as an important source and the reg was settled because of the people recognizing they could tap the colorado river and redirect its flow to bring the water to the desert. the federal government regulates the operations of the dams that there are seven major dams on the main stream of the colorado rivers and dozen or so others on the tributaries, and the bureau of reclay mages, formed in the -- reclamation is a body within the interior department oversees dam operations up and down the river and operate dams an other rivers as well, but the colorado river is almost exclusively the bureau of reclamation's doe -- domain. that's where the federal government is involved. at the same time, there's a lot of competing interests. the states themselves have a certain amount of rights to criminal how their allocation of water is used and distributed. they fight amongst themselves. the longest supreme court case in american history was about the colorado river, and thro

the federal government regulates the operations of the dams on the mainstream of the colorado river in a dozen or so others on his tributaries. the bureau of reclamation which was formed early in the 20th century as part of the reclamation act of 1902 is a body within the interior department and is in charge of overseeing dam operations up another river. they also operate on other rivers as well, but the colorado river is almost exclusively to bureau of reclamation's domain. that is where the federal government gets involved. at the same time, you have lots of competing interests. the states themselves have a certain amount of right to control their allocation of water is used and distributed. they fight amongst themselves. the supreme court in american history was about the colorado river. throughout most of the 1950s was finally settled in 1863. a big fight between arizona and california over water, how much of a vertebrate to? there have been a few lawsuits prior to that time might arizona against california. the major argument with california believed, hoping to get as much water a

i see the colorado plateau. this bowl is from american museum of natural history and that's where it is now. that's the storage place. where it was from before is pueblo bonito in chaco canyon where there were rooms filled to the ceiling with bowls stacked within each other, bowls like this. all their designs, you can kind of get a glimpse around this. they have this flawless symmetry blending all the way around. it looks like that place. it looks like that landscape. i look into this and i see the sharp edges of the land. i see the way the earth is shaped out there. i see the routes in their vessels. i mean, to understand these, this one came out of a 13th century site in southwest colorado and i would sit with these bowls for hours and hours, drawing them into my sketch book because that was the only way i could really understand the complexity of how they got their symmetries to match up because i could never get them to match up in my drawings. i could never do a 100 percent accurate rendition of these becau

it is a clear shape from the colorado plateau. we do see it in calinke, you see it in certain incan sites in south america. so it might be a pan american feature. i'm not sure what it is. some hopi people have told me that the t, the bottom of the t, goes down into a mythical underground lake so this is an upside down mountain that leads down into a place called the house of rain. that is where twyla, probably oldest american deity, the rain deity, lives down in the house of rain and this is a t shape from up on the colorado plateau and that is the last picture on these slides, so -- the t shape, the pottery, i followed genetic information that you find in bones and teeth. i followed as many different pieces of information as i could and they sent me walking. i started in chaco canyon and walked north up to mesa verde, around to comb ridge in utah, down into the hopi mesa, across the mugion rim, to mexico and then into the sierra madre, following people, following routes. because everything in the desert leaves a route that leads

this is a huge part of colorado. it causes most of the ozone pollution in the state of colorado. it is something that really needs to be spoken a lot about. guest: a couple things. colorado, like most western states, we have the split estate. the person who owns the mineral rights to the gas underground, the person who owns the minerals underground has a right to get access to the surface. that surface is usually owned by someone different. in my opinion it is a terrible system because you have natural conflict of someone who is ranching or farming or just enjoying their lives on the surface, and the person owns the mineral rights below them has a right to get access to the surface. our job is to make sure it is done safely. colorado has the most rigorous set of rules or it we require groundwater testing before they drill. a year or two years after, another groundwater test. we were the first state to reach a compromise with the environmental community and oil and gas community. we are rigorous about pushing oil and gas drilling further away from schools and hospitals, places of

it reflect it is much of the way colorado, the state has the electorate divided. angela is in pueblo, 20 miles south of colorado spring and her district is more democrat leading. it's interesting to see her face recall for organizers to gather enough signatures for her to face recall. morse's district is much more competitive. >> it looks like -- i guess this do four-year terms for state senators in colorado and there's a two-term limit so morse is toward the end of his second term which will end in 2014. >> yeah, morse was elected to the state senate in 2006, won in 2008 by a slim margin, less than 350 votes in 2010. that shows you how competitive his seat is. a third-party candidate was on the ballot at the time. there won't be for the recall election. and then angela herrone facing reelection but not term-limited the way morse is. >> jennifer, now, you are not from colorado. you came to colorado for the recall, is that right? >> no. i live and work in kol. >> oh, i completely read that wrong. tell us about why you decided to make -- try to make this chose recal

both colorado state legislature and, most importantly, the united states congress, the senate and the house, would need to approve the partition proposal. secession is not likely to happen anytime. our "hardball" reporter has been covering the secession movement and katie is from out in colorado. benjy, you've been enthusing me with this strange story. i heard weld say this is a statement. is it a statement like jefferson davis had a statement which was real, or is it a statement simply to poke politically at the people in denver? what's he up to? what are they up to? >> as you said, this isn't coming true anytime soon. fun to come up with the names for it. at least not soon, all right? it's going to be a while. the context here is that the republican party in colorado is basically the ghost of christmas future for the national gop. they've been bleeding support from women, from latinos, from young voters. they've essentially imploded. democrats have complete control of state government right now for pretty much the first time in generations, and they're using it to pass a really robu

colorado the flash flooding was deadly. that's where we begin tonight just west of colorado springs with nbc's leanne greg. leanne, residents say it hit without warning? >> reporter: kate, and as you can see, the cleanup is now under way, but within the last 24 hours, a wall of water hit this town surging more than 12 feet above the creek bed, sending visitors and residents scrambling for higher ground. more than an inch of rain turned this road sbooi a raging river rushing 25 to 30 miles an hour. >> oh, god. >> reporter: torrential downpours hit the area west of colorado springs late friday. causing flash floods and triggers mudslides. sweeping away cars and homes in the tourist town of manitou springs. >> i have concerning news to shart. >> reporter: reports of one dead and three people still missing. >> doing the best to get the city cleaned up so we can get back to business as usual. >> reporter: an other than of a local restaurant said the storm hit during business hours. >> it was very, very scary mip staff had to eva

it will relieve a lot of stress >> all of the money raised will go toward the colorado organization for victim assistance >> oscar pistorius, the world famous paralympic athlete, is scheduled to appear in a south african court on monday, when the judge is expected to set a trial date. the 26-year-old double-amputee olympian will be indicted on a charge of premeditated murder. pistorius is accused of killing his girlfirend, reeva steenkamp, who would have turned 30 tomorrow. pistorius denies he committed murder and says he shot steenkamp by mistake, thinking she was a dangerous intruder. the trial is expected to start in early 20-14. legalized pot in washington state has turned seattle cops into the "munchie police". thousands of marijuana users attended the city's three day "hemp-fest", openly smoking pot all weekend. but instead of massive arrests, seattle's finest revved up "operation orange fingers", handing out a thousand bags of doritos to fest-goers. it wasn't just an attempt to win smokers' hearts through their stomachs. every bag carried a sticker spelling out the "do's and don'

. >> reporter: the state of colorado is developing its prison business. this fish farm in a prison city grows 700,000 fish a year. the fish are cut into pieces and bagged at a plant on the premises and make the stickers indicating that the fish were prepared at the prison. the fish are then shipped to buyers which include restaurants. prisoners also make original motorbikes taking used motorcycles and designing them to the customer's order. >> never thought we'd be doing that in here. but it's been real good. >> reporter: flower arrangements for wedding parties, computer repairs, and cattle breeding. the colorado prison system is involved in a total of about 60 businesses. let's look at how the businesses work. private sector companies set up offices and factories inside the prisons. they are staffed by inmates serving in good manners and those who are expected to be granted parole. the companies pay the prison facilities the minimum wage set by each state. prisons give some of the money received to inmates as wages and the remainder is used to cover oper

the the colorado river is their basic water source. there is groundwater and their other rivers but most of the rivers in this area are simple tributaries that are part of the colorado river in deep and we need it for everything. we need it for municipal use to drink. we needed for our houses and for industry and for our mining and most importantly in the biggest water user out here still agriculture. we can't grow anything without it. the land is very fertile and the growing season is very long so it's a good ways to do agriculture even though it's eye round make in the desert but you have to bring water here and that is the reason why we use the colorado. it's how it was first seen as an important source in this whole region was first settled because people recognize that they could tap the colorado river and redirect its flow and bring water to the desert. the federal government regulates the operations of the dams. there are seven major dams on the mainstream of the colorado river and a dozen or so others on this tribute stories an

the colorado freshman who got a year of free tuition? >> according to our poll the dinosaur prank, 75% of the vote. it's a tie for second, the what he will tale and half-court shot getting about 12% of the vote. >> thank you to everybody who responded. do you have a favorite? >> i like the what he whale. >> have a great weekend. "fox & friends" starts right now. >> tgif. it's finally friday. the 30th of august, 2013. i'm anna kooiman in for gretchen carlson this morning. in a fox news alert, the british voted no to attacking syria. will the president have to go it alone? breaking details on the crisis as it unfolds. >> the fort hood killing still classified as workplace violence, believe it or not. then comes this stunning video. nidal hasan warning of his planned jihad. >> i think the department of defense should allow muslim soldiers the option of being released as conscious objectors to increase the morale of

seceding from the state of colorado would require more than just a vote by the citizens of the county, obviously. both colorado's state legislature and most importantly the united states congress the senate and the house would need to approve the partition proposal. bottom line, secession is not likely to happen any time. benji is the "hardball" reporter for msnbc.com. he's been covering the movement and told me about it. and katie atkinson is a consultant in colorado. benji, thank you. you've been enthusing me with this strange story. i heard him say this is a statement. is it a statement simply to poke politically at the people in denver? what's he up to? >> well, as you said, this isn't coming true any time soon. okay? it's fun to come up with the names for it. it's going to be awhile. the context here is that the republican party in colorado is basically ghost of christmas future for the gop. they've been bleeding support from women, latinos, young voters. they've essentially imploded. democrats have complete control of state government right now for pretty much the first time in

it is what they can get over the counter, and the case in colorado -- connecticut, what the shooter's mother could legally obtain, for example. and so it seems that real legal restrictions would have real effects in some of these kinds of cases. >> i don't think there is any question about it. i mean, once you get through that 15 rounds, and maybe you have got one in the chamber so that you actual got to shoot 16 rounds, then you have to reload. and i can tell you as a police officer we drilled with that constantly, because we understood that that gun in my hand empty is a paper weight. and so however long it takes me to reload it and i'm practicing so that i can do it as quickly as possible. but still, two or three seconds where i have a paper weight, and that is where the real world has a chance to react to this and to try to make something good happen. and i'm sure you're aware, when gabrielle giffords was shot, it was a 63-year-old woman who was able to keep the shooter from reloading long enough for everybody else to stop him and put an end to that horrific situation. and there w

. >>> looking at the video from the colorado stuff. it's not often you see fire watches next to flood watches. but today, we will, in oregon and the state of washington. why? because they've got those burned areas, the scarred land. and you get a thunderstorm popping up behind the nation sty front. and it can drop a lot of water like we saw in colorado. something to look for in the pacific northwest. it's nicer in the northeast. let's look at a live shot of new york city. 72 early this morning. low 70s is where we start. we end up much less humid. it was nasty. i don't like to give my opinion on warmth in the summer. it was gross. the kind of thing you can't do your hair in. boston, 80 today. 83 is average for this time of year. albany, you're going to have a nice day, too. a little below in some spots. and less humid. same deal on the east coast of the great lakes there. back here, a stationary front. and dallas, ten days of 100 or above. they may slip below that as we go into saturday. >> we're starting a new segment. it's quiz dan a

colorado, the flash flooding was deadly. that's where we begin west of colorado springs with leanne gregg. it hit without warning. >> reporter: as you can see the clean up is now under way. within the last 24 hours, a wall of water hit this town, surging more than 12 feet above the creek bed sending visitors and residents scrambling for higher ground. more than an inch of rain turned this roadway into a raging river rushing 25 to 30 miles an hour. >> oh, god. >> reporter: torrential downpours hit west of colorado springs, causing flash floods and triggering mudslides and sweeping cars and homes in the tourist town. >> i have concerning news to share with you. >> reporter: officials reported dead and several injured and three people still missing. >> we will be doing the best to get the city cleaned up to get back to business as usual. >> reporter: the owner of a local restaurant said the storm hit during business hours. >> it was very, very scary. my staff had to evacuate. the customers to the east side of the restaurant. th

this is a huge part of colorado. it causes most of the ozone pollution in the state of colorado. it is something that really needs to be spoken a lot about. guest: a couple things. colorado, like most western states, we have the split estate. the person who owns the mineral ,ights to the gas underground the person who owns the minerals underground has a right to get access to the surface. is usually owned by someone different. my opinion it is a terrible system because you have natural of someone who is ranching or farming or just enjoying their lives on the owns theand the person mineral rights below them has a right to get access to the surface. our job is to make sure it is done safely. colorado has the most rigorous set of rules or it we require groundwater testing before they drill. a year or two years after, another groundwater test. we were the first state to reach a compromise with the environmental community and oil and gas community. we are rigorous about pushing oil and gas drilling further away from schools and hospitals, places of assembly. the other thing that is mi

as shannon mentioned, not only the colorado area but across the central u.s., the potential for flash flooding as well as large hail, damaging winds, and even isolated tornadoes in this area that you see in yellow. we're also keeping a very close eye on portions of northern arkansas where just in the last 48 hours, they have received over a foot of rainfall and flash flooding is imminent in this region. we're expecting more rain for the area over the next 24 to 48 hours. just a brief look at where it is hot, hot, hot across the central u.s. and the southern plains. dallas at 90 degrees, but with the heat index, it feels really around ninety 4. it feels like 98 in houston, 96 in shee shreveport. the average high in the dallas area is around 97 degrees, so we're going to be looking at the century mark for the next three days and then a brief cooloff. well, cool for them. shannon, back to you. >> shannon: they'll take it, i'm sure. janice, thank you very much. still ahead, new details on the dramatic end to a kidnapping case out west. how young hannah anderson is doing this morning and w

but colorado's changed drastically over the years. it's legalized marijuana, refuses to pass jessica's law, which mandates tough mandatory prison sentences against child rapists, generally a libber teen situation. jesse watters has a report on a mushroom festival, but far more troubling is a colorado law that allows homeless convicted sex offenders to self-report their whereabouts. here to explain that law, judge jeanine pirro. there's a law if you have a residence, you're a convicted sex offender in colorado, you got to tell the state's authorities where you live, right? >> right. authorities will make sure you're living at that address. >> bill: if you're a rapist, they know where you live. >> right. >> bill: if you move, you have to tell them immediately. >> right. they come and verify it. >> bill: these slugs who are drug addicts, alcoholic thans, live on the streets of denver, pueblo, they don't have a residence. colorado authorities say, you check in whenever you want? >> it's worse than that. they said now if you are a homeless

for in the colorado town hit by flashfloods and a mudslide. rescue crews say two people who were missing have been found safe. one person was killed in a slide that happened friday near colorado springs. it also destroyed six houses and damaged more than 30 hours in an area burned by the waldo canyon fire last year. >>> could be the next olympic sport, dragon boat racing. how oakland is playing a big part in the sport. >> the next version of the iphone and the big upgrade insiders expect. >> leigh: i'm meteorologist leigh glaser. okay, we had some cooling at the coast today thanks to the stubborn fobbing, -- fog, but inland, up five degrees. we'll look at the >> ama: you may not hear much about it but race organizers say dragon boat racing is the fastest growing sport in the world. 20 different teams took part in the competition. these year's festival irthe regional jamship to determine who represents the u.s. team in the world championships in italy next year. it's a sport that has been around for 2,000 years and oakland has a special place i

woman: all the growth and everything that's occurred in southern nevada has been with colorado river water. without it, the west as you know it today couldn't exist. narrator: to sustain their growing community with its limited supply, las vegas learned to be extremely efficient. mulroy: this is a desert, and it has its own beauty, but you have to get beyond what you're used to. as long as people recognize they're moving to the desert and give up this notion that they have to bring eastern vegetation with them and make the necessary adaptations in their own life, desert communities can continue to live. man: the biggest water user in the desert is turf. turf uses a lot of irrigation and uses spray irrigation, so what we've done here is use artificial turf. you're never going to be able to achieve the look of back east or the look of, say, california, with subtropical plants, but our landscapes are still lush and use about 30% of what the subtropical landscape with turf would use. las vegas has adopted a drought tolerant ordinance. we're using less water today than we used five years

the governor these days in colorado? >> i think, look, he was something very politically popular, seen as unbeatable. and i think the republicans have run a very, a very, i think, at this point, successful campaign to bring down his numbers. i don't think it's going to win. i think he's going to survive, but i think the good news for progressives is he's going to have to survive not by running away from prossive issues but by saying this is my record and i am proud of it and it's a good thing, and it is a good thing. >> i believe his name is latin for, he's a survive perp thanks for your time, as always. >> thank you. >>> coming up for the second time in history, the second time in history, chris and kathleen matthews are sharing an anchor desk. after the desk, we will talk to the co-hosts. it's back to school time and we're talking with diane about the walmart low price guarantee, backed by ad match. you got your list? let's go! look at that price! i like that! they need those for school. wow! that's the walmart low pri

of the university of colorado. think for a minute, as i do, that it's very analogous to a large government bureaucracy. it's made up of employees who are lifetime employees of the university. naturally, they want to embellish their own salaries and benefits, and they want to see the university advance. in their minds, sometimes that advancement is simply telephone aggrandizement of the university. it's a real challenge for us, and there's tremendous pressures placed on us. but over the last few years, we've had some, brought some pressure to bear, and our hope is that we can hold down these tuition increases, and we have some strategies in play to do that. >> thank you, doctor. i made the analogy earlier specifically in introducing to you peter wood of the national association of scholars the wilbur force analogy. i want to conclude on that. you've seen, most of you, the movie "amazing grace." walden media marvelously brought it to the big screen, the heroic wife of the christian statesman, liberator. and think of

for cbs news, i'm heather burke nmanitou springs, colorado. >> axelrod: the storm is in the process of moving on drenching states in the east that are already waterlogged per for the latest we turn to meteorologist craig setzer-- the wfor in miami. who is likely to feel the effects of the storm system? >> it is a large swath through the midsection of the country, through the mid-atlantic states and the whole system is stalled over the areas so it means not much improvement any time soon. we have seen lines of storms from arkansas, to tennessee, ken tucket and east coast. because the system is not moving at all, it looks like more heavy rainfall is possible for many of the areas. the downpour potential, the potential for local flooding is high through arkansas, tennessee, kentucky, north carolina, as well as virginia. it looks like a serious case of the summer soggies through mump of the country. jim. >> axelrod: craig setzer, thank you so much. now to california where the silver fire east of los angeles is now nearly 50% contained. the fire still covers some 30 square miles, but many o

i mentioned the colorado school of mind at the tent is stamford which is of course very strong in that and others. another brookings report done by jonathan croswell shows one in ten jobs in the u.s. economy is pretty interesting. one in ten jobs in the economy are sub bachelor degree jobs. these jobs have an average salary of $53,000 per year. it's pretty good. in dallas and milwaukee's 70% of the job listings force them jobs. real-life example. a name in the news, edward snowden. not recommending him for the trader of the year, that's not a topic. just note he had no college degree or high school degree and was getting paid $200,000 a year for his technical abilities. and the upper case scale rankings for the schools with heavy stem focus and the school with the highest in 2013 as it was in 2012 was harvey mudd, a small engineering school in california. but a graduate of about $2 million more in their lifetime in with a firm with just a high school vacation. in 2013 remember the prestigious private schools come princeton, ten, yale slipped. i wouldn't put too much significance to one

colorado springs area that is very fond of takeout food. specifically from the adelweis restaurant. we found this video at jukenvideo. he does not just dig into the bin and pick out what he wants. he uses this dumpster like a shopping cart. take a look at the date. july 31st. almost 1:00 in the morning. i recently showed you guys this video. notice the date again. about 24 hours later, the bear is back. yeah, we wondered if maybe this was somebody in a bear suit because he looks so human-like. now there's a third video about 24 hours later, here he goes again. this time, though, our little bear friend leaves hungry. and there's a reason for that. and to tell us why the bear left hungry, we have owner dietre joining us. you had a little bit of a tactic, so to speak, that the department of wildlife led you on to. can you describe what you tried? >> they told us if we didn't do something to try to stop them from coming back, there were good chances they were going to come to have in and put him down. the last thing we wanted from our new famou

meanwhile the orioles hosting hs the rockies getting help from h the colorado defense. does he have a single? yes. pretty good, the ball pops outs of the glove and that's a base hit because chris davis scores, 2-1. steve pierce rounds to short, misses and adam jones zors ando the flood gates open. ope same inning with two on. muchato for a two-run double, and the orioles win 8-4. the red skins wrapped up three-week training camp ideadea afternoon. they have moved back into the bc permanent home in arcburn.rn. on monday they will host the steelers in the second preseason game but tonight the focus is on two rookies in camp. for the rookies, headaching the transition from the college game to the nfl has a steep learning curve. rambo may have learn the best lesson. you're seeing it right now. ramg r bo took a tight angle. he would run for a 5-yard 5-y touchdown but instead of letting the play eat him up, he took a new route. >> it wawd was great to see hime that mistake. that would be open field on a great play to chris johnson.. so when those things happen, those are the

orioles feeling much better than their chances tonight against the colorado rockies. that's a look at sports. one more check of the forecast coming up right after this. >> body language sometimes speaks more loudly than words. walks ay from interviews. >> there needs to be some good mojo in that locker room. >> winning comes before chemistry, every time. >> all right. thank you. >> here's a look at what we're working on for 11 news tonight. three arrests have been made and scores street robberies in baltimore city, and the suspects three teenagers. we'll have the latest tonight. and they're bringing millions into the state coffers, the i-team looks at how the brain is wired to react to bells and whistles of slot machines. we'll have these stories for you and much more on 11 news tonight following dateline nb >> this is an amazing run of days in august. >> nice stuff, a little cloud cover, but nothing too much to complain about. we'll see a lot of clouds around tomorrow, but another cool dry day, 79 degrees. showers move in on sunday and monday, scattered thundershower

maria molina has more on that. >> you mentioned the flooding across colorado over the weekend. you could be seeing more showers more thunderstorms in the area today and also into tomorrow. the thing about colorado is that it normally doesn't take a lot of rain to produce flash flooding. something to keep in mind even if it doesn't seem like a powerful thunderstorm just a little bit of rain can produce thunderstorms out there. keep safe across parts of colorado. parts of oklahoma and kansas. over a foot of rain so if flooding has been an issue out here. the threat for damaging winds and large hail. we have more rain in the forecast. that rain will eventually impact parts of the east coast today and tomorrow. more triple digits for the city of dallas 101. 84 for the high in the city of chicago. northeast 84 degrees will be the high temperature. not bad for august. could be a little hotter. i will take 82. >> the 80s are great. >> edward snowden's father leveling harsh criticism at the obama administration. it comes days after president obama said the nsa leaker has done grave dam

his work has won the spirit of the west award as well as the colorado book award. the book, house of rain, is craig's latest book. please help me welcome craig childs. . >> hello. i come to you from out of the desert. i'm coming to you from a landscape where once you get an eye for things, 3 grains of sand out of place draw your attention, where everything is brought to bear, where everything is hinged to a story, every drop of rain leaving a dimple in the ground. stories are everywhere out in this landscape. when you walk down into the bottom of the narrow canyons made of sandstone and you put your hands on the sand stone faces and the smooth shallow scallops that look like champagne glasses, you can feel the shape of the last flood that came through. every place in the desert is a story. every place is a passage way. it's really hard to walk very far in the desert for me because there are so many stories that start opening up and lead you from place to place and place and soon you start picking up the patterns of wind, of rain. you pick up the patterns of people

equal to the size of denver colorado. the weather helped out and fire crews had the fire just 9% contained. 60 square miles but has grown 12 square miles since yesterday. 2300 homes near the celebrity vacation spots were evacuated and thousands of others are ready to leave quickly. >> you never stop thinking about will i lose my house. >> coming down the mountain side right there. so now it's wait and see what happens. can't control it. >> some ski resorts are turning on snow make equipment to protect the mountains. fires threaten homes near dales and oregon and threatened in northern california. >>> a day at beach turned into tragedy in florida. an elderly couple died after getting caught in the rip current on miami beach. with help of a good samaritan they were pulled ashore and the situation was critical when rescue officials got there. the couple didn't survive. red and purple flags warn the dangerous conditions offshore. 50 swimers were rescued from rip currents. >>> a volume cano erupted in -- volcano erupted in sou