Yesterday, after running a load of things down to the apartment and having a shower, I returned to Nederland, dropped off a library book, went to the spring for water, picked up pine cones for kindling, stopped off at Ace and had that last gallon of interior paint put back on the shaker and stopped at B&F and got some chicken quarters to boil up for the foxes. The smoke from the fire was obvious from Nederland so I decided to drive part way up the ski area road to see if I could get a better perspective on the fire. This is all I could see...
That's smoke not clouds, but for something so destructive, this appears fairly benign from this distance. One 62-year-old woman, who lived alone in what must have been a rather secluded cabin, has been killed. The denverpost.com article, quoting the sheriff, reported she received two evacuation notifications on Saturday, but both calls went to voice mail. If she uses a cell phone and gets the kind of reception I do here in my cabin that seems totally understandable.
There was a lot of haze in the air yesterday...
Below, the ski slopes in summer..
High winds have been a major factor in the fire's spreading. They aren't bad now...NOAA is predicting winds between 7 and 11 mph, gusting up to 18 mph for Eldora, but they could pick up tomorrow to 24 mph. I hope the firefighters..."ground crews aided by five heavy tankers, five single-engine air tankers and at least five helicopters, with more choppers on order"...according to the denverpost.com article, are able to get this under control soon.
Strange, even with the death of a human being, my thoughts go to the animals, especially the newborns and young. How terrified they must be. I think if we had a fire here, I'd be more worried about Vixen and any kits than the cabin. Teddee
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