A View From Planet Boulder: COLORADO BURNING

Sunday, June 24, 2012

COLORADO BURNING

Although we are many miles from the closest fire [High Park], smoke can often be seen and smelled here in Boulder. With the high heat, low humidity, gusty winds, lack of rain, and beetle-kill in many forests, it could be a long and dangerous fire season. Waldo Canyon is a favorite running loop close to Colorado Springs, so it may be a sad day when I make it back to that trail.

An updated map and satellite imagery of US wildfires can be viewed here.

High Park Smoke Plume

3 comments:

Dr S said...: Well - Boulder now has its own fire - the Flagstaff fire. It is quite a way south of here, but winds are blowing this way. Likely a lightning strike and then winds. It will be a Type I incident by morning which means the feds are coming to take over coordination.

The Colorado Springs fire is now horrendous - into the northwest side of town in a neighborhood adjacent to Rockrimmon where we once lived. Looks like hundred of homes have burned with no end in sight tonight. Winds hit 65 mph there today and the fire jumped the primary and secondary fire lines.; 9:24 PM
Anonymous said...: Amazing pics coming out of COS

http://kdvr.com/2012/06/24/slideshow-skyfox-at-waldo-canyon-fire/; 9:47 PM
Dr S said...: Anon - thanks for the link - amazing pics indeed......; 8:00 PM

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