Well, it is 7:15 pm and our house is pretty smoky but I just returned from viewing the fire on Green Mountain and I think we should be okay. Unfortunately, the smoke is still bad and we are just downwind of the active fire. They have evacuated homes about 2 blocks west of us. That is the perimeter. It is farther away then that though so we are safe. Pretty scary for a little while though! This seemed like deja vu having done this already in Southern California. This was a little too close to home. The winds were really bad earlier and I was watching the fire tear across the grass fields of Green Mountain. I hope the winds die down and then they might be able to get it under control. The picture above shows the aftermath of the fire. You can see how close we are. If that field, in the middle of the picture, had caught on fire that would have lead straight to our house! Flames were reported to be 20-30 feet at times.
It is now 9:00PM and it looks like the fire is contained. That just shows you how dry we are in Colorado this year. I think they said on the news we are 7 or 8 inches below our annual rainfall averages between January and July.
For those of us in the heath related field, I have included a picture of the smoke blowing out over the city.
Todd
It is now 9:00PM and it looks like the fire is contained. That just shows you how dry we are in Colorado this year. I think they said on the news we are 7 or 8 inches below our annual rainfall averages between January and July.
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