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hlthe2b

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5. The entire front range is. I was in Fort Collins with my pup today and wore a particulate mask to

Reply to Laffy Kat (Original post)

Sun Sep 6, 2020, 05:13 PM

Sep 2020

walk the trails with my pup. I felt guilty about her, so we cut it short. I'm now using a standing HEPA filter unit in my home as it has smelled like smoke with even a window or two cracked overnight. My cell phone has gone off all day with evacuation alerts for western Larimer County. sigh....

If we do get snow on Tuesday, I sure as hell hope it helps with the Cameron Peak fire.

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Smoky as hell again today in Boulder County. [View all] Laffy Kat Sep 2020 OP

So sorry to hear, Laffy! SheltieLover Sep 2020 #1

Thanks, Sheltie. I'm just ventilating. Laffy Kat Sep 2020 #2

Hey, Laffy, I just exchanged emails with my good friend in Niwot - she said yeah, bad smoke, Leghorn21 Sep 2020 #3

My son joined me for a minute outside when I took the dogs out. Laffy Kat Sep 2020 #11

"Otherwiorldly look to the sky"... Boy, is that the truth. It looks like we all woke up in a SEPIA hlthe2b Sep 2020 #17

Confused cilla4progress Sep 2020 #4

Northwest of Fort Collins, Colorado, near Red Feather Lake. Laffy Kat Sep 2020 #7

I know! It's like the entire West! nt Laffy Kat Sep 2020 #10

The entire front range is. I was in Fort Collins with my pup today and wore a particulate mask to hlthe2b Sep 2020 #5

I just took the dogs out. There is ash falling in my yard! Laffy Kat Sep 2020 #8

Damn! No ash here. Yikes hlthe2b Sep 2020 #16

So Parker/Franktown also very smoky JDC Sep 2020 #6

Do you have ash falling, too? nt Laffy Kat Sep 2020 #9

We don't. We did a couple of weeks ago for about a week JDC Sep 2020 #14

Yes, quite a bit. Laffy Kat Sep 2020 #15

Omg cilla4progress Sep 2020 #12

I've been following that one, too. Laffy Kat Sep 2020 #13

Super smoky up here in western MT. MontanaMama Sep 2020 #18