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citizen blues

(608 posts) Sun Oct 18, 2020, 12:50 PM Oct 2020

Colorado is burning!

Here's the news from my neck of the woods.

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Colorado is burning! (Original Post) citizen blues Oct 2020 OP

It's really awful! ellie Oct 2020 #1

It even hit Downtown Denver! citizen blues Oct 2020 #6

And here is mine--15 miles away, protected only by the presence of Horsetooth Reservoir hlthe2b Oct 2020 #2

You're live in the same place as a good friend of mine. citizen blues Oct 2020 #4

A new fire broke out on Saturday in Boulder County. CrispyQ Oct 2020 #3

I heard about that fire citizen blues Oct 2020 #5

Ft. Collins is mine, although I'm in Boulder county now. CrispyQ Oct 2020 #7

We swapped towns - almost! citizen blues Oct 2020 #8

Is there any hope of it fizzling out before it reaches more populated areas - given its less forest Kashkakat v.2.0 Oct 2020 #9

I have friends all along the Front Range. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2020 #10

Kick Demovictory9 Oct 2020 #11

Heartfelt sympathies from California Hekate Oct 2020 #12

Oh wow. We were in southern and central part of CO last week and didn't know about the fires. Vivienne235729 Oct 2020 #13

ellie

(6,975 posts)

1. It's really awful!

Reply to citizen blues (Original post)

Sun Oct 18, 2020, 01:01 PM

Oct 2020

I'm in Broomfield and the smoke plume was massive.

citizen blues

(608 posts)

6. It even hit Downtown Denver!

Reply to ellie (Reply #1)

Sun Oct 18, 2020, 01:35 PM

Oct 2020

We're getting a light mist of rain this morning. It's really helped.

hlthe2b

(113,610 posts)

2. And here is mine--15 miles away, protected only by the presence of Horsetooth Reservoir

Reply to citizen blues (Original post)

Sun Oct 18, 2020, 01:03 PM

Oct 2020

The smoke was so thick you could chew it yesterday. I hate wasting any N95 masks, but it was necessary to walk the pup (and boy did I feel bad for her).

BTW, all the black areas are fire-destroyed:

citizen blues

(608 posts)

4. You're live in the same place as a good friend of mine.

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #2)

Sun Oct 18, 2020, 01:33 PM

Oct 2020

Smoke was super bad here too yesterday. I stayed inside.

CrispyQ

(40,887 posts)

3. A new fire broke out on Saturday in Boulder County.

Reply to citizen blues (Original post)

Sun Oct 18, 2020, 01:21 PM

Oct 2020

Burned 7,000 acres in 8 hours.

Our planet is on fire.

citizen blues

(608 posts)

5. I heard about that fire

Reply to CrispyQ (Reply #3)

Sun Oct 18, 2020, 01:34 PM

Oct 2020

It's crazy! Boulder's my home town.

CrispyQ

(40,887 posts)

7. Ft. Collins is mine, although I'm in Boulder county now.

Reply to citizen blues (Reply #5)

Sun Oct 18, 2020, 01:43 PM

Oct 2020

citizen blues

(608 posts)

8. We swapped towns - almost!

Reply to CrispyQ (Reply #7)

Sun Oct 18, 2020, 01:47 PM

Oct 2020

I'm in NW Loveland.

Kashkakat v.2.0

(1,940 posts)

9. Is there any hope of it fizzling out before it reaches more populated areas - given its less forest

Reply to citizen blues (Original post)

Sun Oct 18, 2020, 01:47 PM

Oct 2020

and more open prairie east of the mountains? eg a lot fewer trees?

PoindexterOglethorpe

(28,493 posts)

10. I have friends all along the Front Range.

Reply to citizen blues (Original post)

Sun Oct 18, 2020, 02:33 PM

Oct 2020

I hope they are all safe.

Used to live in Boulder, myself.

Demovictory9

(37,113 posts)

11. Kick

Reply to citizen blues (Original post)

Sun Oct 18, 2020, 03:31 PM

Oct 2020

Hekate

(100,133 posts)

12. Heartfelt sympathies from California

Reply to citizen blues (Original post)

Sun Oct 18, 2020, 04:30 PM

Oct 2020

Stay safe

Vivienne235729

(3,748 posts)

13. Oh wow. We were in southern and central part of CO last week and didn't know about the fires.

Reply to citizen blues (Original post)

Sun Oct 18, 2020, 04:33 PM

Oct 2020

I thought the air was a bit hazy but didn't know why. 😳

Prayers to all the firefighters and people being affected by this. 🙏

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