Colorado now has four major uncontained wildfires and many
more small ones that are contained.
The header picture, taken off a Facebook
page, is looking west towards the east mouth of Glenwood canyon. The Grizzly
Creek fire is burning on both sides and has closed I-70 and the Union Pacific
railroad lines.
Yesterday, a much smaller brush fire temporarily closed I-25
at the Colorado/Wyoming line. That fire was quickly contained.
Closer to home the Cameron Peak fire, 45 miles WWN of Ft
Collins has CO 14 over Cameron Pass closed. While most of these fires are caused
by dry lightning, that one was human caused.
No clouds this morning for our walk and normally the
mountains would be shining in the distance.
All the smoke is causing problems for those with breathing
problems. My vehicles are getting a dusting of ash everyday.
All of this is “normal” for a semi-arid state like Colorado.
The climate change bloodhounds are howling. I did find something more balanced
with some useful information and observations. A fairly long read.
Given the liberal slant of the organization, almost good
journalism, at least by today’s standards.
This year most of the action is in the northern part of the
state. Given the rugged terrain and remoteness, most fires are being fought
from the air.
The weather forecast is for several more days of hot and
dry.
9 comments:
I really hate fire season. I get that nature does a burn now and then, but of course that's better when people and their homes aren't threatened.
It was five years ago that my folks in E Oregon were loaded into the car and ready to go at a moment's notice. The fire up the canyon stopped 14 inches from my brother's house, even though no one was there to fight it or see. It was later when my other brother went to check it out that we knew how close it had been. Scores of families weren't so lucky.
Last year a brush fire burned the old family homestead but thankfully missed the graveyard.
I'll pray for rain, which we could use here too...
Say a prayer for those pilots... That's rough work in more ways than one.
LSP
Thank you.
OldNFO
That it is.
And there's no rain in the forecast until next Wednesday.
Morning walk today the smoke smell is noticeable. Feel sorry for those with respiratory problems.
I thought I could smell it last night. Kind of a "burning newspaper" smell.
Good analogy.
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