The fires in Colorado have been horrible this year - we are blessed that none of them have been even remotely close to us, even though the smoke smell was around many of the days late summer and fall.
It's hard to imagine that Colorado's beauty is being destroyed by fires - there are thousands upon thousands of dead trees in the forests due to the pine beetle kill and I guess this is nature's way of getting rid of them and starting new growth - but it's a tough pill to swallow!
As of last night, here were the current fires:
East Troublesome Fire - 192,560 acres burned - 10% contained - Grand County
Cameron Peak Fire - 208,663 acres burned - 64% contained - Larimer County
Middle Fork Fire - 20,433 acres burned - 12% contained - Routt County
Williams Fork Fire - 14,749 acres burned - 30% contained - Grand County
Calwood Fire - 10,105 acres burned - 76% contained - Boulder County
Ice Fire - 596 acres burned - 90% contained - Silverton
But look what happened yesterday and last night!!!
I'm not sure ANYONE has been so excited to see a winter storm come in!! We ended up with about 8" of snow and Jill up in Ft Collins (who is close to the Cameron Peak Fire) said they got around 10" of snow! WHAT A BLESSING!!! I know it's not enough to actually put the fires out but it will sure help smother a lot of the flames and hopefully the firefighters can take care of the rest!
It's COLD though..... zero when we got up and it's only climbed a degree since then! But this is Colorado and as usual, the sun is already trying to peek out every now and then!
All of the grand kids are excited as they have a snow day - even the remote learners!! That's a little strange if you ask me but who am I to wonder!!
It's a beautiful day to drink my coffee in front of the fireplace!
3 comments:
That would be the best - drink coffee in front of a fire place!
Yay for SNOW!!! Let's hope they are out sooon
That snow sure was a blessing!
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