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[hlthe2b]

64. Of course there have been casualties. The largest fire near Ft. Collins on day 18 has had one human

death to date, burned 87,250 acres, destroyed 257 homes, and still after 18 days is only 55% contained. And that is only one of 10 major fires.

So of course there has been countless loss of wildlife and very likely domestic livestock and pets, despite tremendous efforts of volunteers to assist in evacuating them.

Those firefighters are at tremendous risk as well--not only from temps exceeding 101 degrees the past week. The South Canyon Fire in 1994 on Storm Kind Mountain on the western side of the state resulted in a loss of a crew of 14 firefighters--who were trapped and overrun when the fire changed direction abruptly.

I am aghast at the few on these threads who are so callous, spewing their own "political talking points" in total ignorance of what is really happening.