Well, my homeland is in flames.
I don't know how much press the rest of the world gets, or the rest of the US for that matter, on all the wild fires burning here in Colorado. 6 major ones total. The situation has become very DIM. Litteraly. Right now it's very hazy out where I live. This is due to the massive wild fire burning out of control in a resort town called Glenwood Springs. It is about a 45min. Interstate drive from where I live in Vail, and it's making the sky here very smoke filled. I have been listening to the local radio station and the fire as of right now is 0% contained. It had closed part of the interstate for some time earlier today because the fire jumped across it! This fire has been rated #2 in national importance, next to the one in California. So far the fire has forced 1000+ people to be evacuated. Some have relocated to the hotel I work at here in Vail. Glenwood Springs has been plagued with bad luck from wild fires. Back in 1995 there was a 12,000+ acre fire there that ended up claiming the lives of 14 Smoke Jumpers, (a Smoke Jumper is a fire fighter that parachutes in near the fire.) This fire was so large that ashes were falling like snow where I live.
The next large fire out here is south west of Denver. There has been a health warning issued due to all the smoke and ash in the city. I had made a trip to Denver about a week ago. It just happened to be the day after that fire started. It had started out small at first (around 300 acres) and grew to more than 7000 acres in 12 hours. I remember being in Denver that day and looking up into the sky and it looked like a major storm front was moving in. As I got a better view, it wasn't a storm front at all, it was all the smoke coming up from the fire. It was so large and the smoke went so high up into the air that lightning was coming out of the smoke cloud.
It's just very dry out here now. We didn't get much snow during the winter so the ground didn't get to absorb as much water as it usually does. It also hasn't rained here for a very long time. The fire danger has been rated at extremely high. An acquantaince of mine was fined $250 for tossing a cigarette but out his car window. Preliminary reports have stated that it could rain out here every day for the rest of the summer and it would not bring the ground moisture level back to average.
It's just soo damn odd that the mid-west is flooding and out here is burning.
I'll keep you posted!
Let's just all do a rain dance for me and the rest of the state!
I don't know how much press the rest of the world gets, or the rest of the US for that matter, on all the wild fires burning here in Colorado. 6 major ones total. The situation has become very DIM. Litteraly. Right now it's very hazy out where I live. This is due to the massive wild fire burning out of control in a resort town called Glenwood Springs. It is about a 45min. Interstate drive from where I live in Vail, and it's making the sky here very smoke filled. I have been listening to the local radio station and the fire as of right now is 0% contained. It had closed part of the interstate for some time earlier today because the fire jumped across it! This fire has been rated #2 in national importance, next to the one in California. So far the fire has forced 1000+ people to be evacuated. Some have relocated to the hotel I work at here in Vail. Glenwood Springs has been plagued with bad luck from wild fires. Back in 1995 there was a 12,000+ acre fire there that ended up claiming the lives of 14 Smoke Jumpers, (a Smoke Jumper is a fire fighter that parachutes in near the fire.) This fire was so large that ashes were falling like snow where I live.
The next large fire out here is south west of Denver. There has been a health warning issued due to all the smoke and ash in the city. I had made a trip to Denver about a week ago. It just happened to be the day after that fire started. It had started out small at first (around 300 acres) and grew to more than 7000 acres in 12 hours. I remember being in Denver that day and looking up into the sky and it looked like a major storm front was moving in. As I got a better view, it wasn't a storm front at all, it was all the smoke coming up from the fire. It was so large and the smoke went so high up into the air that lightning was coming out of the smoke cloud.
It's just very dry out here now. We didn't get much snow during the winter so the ground didn't get to absorb as much water as it usually does. It also hasn't rained here for a very long time. The fire danger has been rated at extremely high. An acquantaince of mine was fined $250 for tossing a cigarette but out his car window. Preliminary reports have stated that it could rain out here every day for the rest of the summer and it would not bring the ground moisture level back to average.
It's just soo damn odd that the mid-west is flooding and out here is burning.
I'll keep you posted!
Let's just all do a rain dance for me and the rest of the state!
That's the spirit:thumbsup:
Like slip said, Drive like you stole it. Don't wait til it's to late. Get on your horse and ride. Don't worry about looters if it burns then there's nothin' to steal(get insurance). If it doesn't burn the National Guard'll shoot 'em. Prays are with you, take water with you and be safe.
