8 fires going on all at once here in Colorado. This is super bad. On a scale of 1-6, with 1 being the least worrisome to 6 being the most extremely dangerous situation possible, today was a "super 6". The high here in Denver was 103 (I was out in it.. it was miserable), humidity was sitting at like 5%, gusty winds, no moisture in sight...
This shot was taken a little bit ago from a Redditor in Colorado Springs. This fire is on the extreme western edge of Colorado Springs near where my in-laws used to live & bestiefriend-in-the-whole-world used to live (thankfully he no longer lives in the Springs but here in the Dmetro). The internationally known Garden of the Gods (
http://gardenofgods.com/home/i...) has been evacuated due to the fire roaring towards it. The High Park fire is the most devastating fire in Colorado history, and, at this rate, might surpass the Hayman fire back in '02.
We need rain. Desperately. Anyone want to FedEx some moisture? We here watch the flooding in Minnesota and just cry.. all that water wasted where we could definitely use it here.
