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This is really hard to think about but 32000 people are evacuated from Colorado Springs and then lightning started another fire near Boulder and 2500 people are on pre-evact notice and I am not sure how many are still evacuated in the High Park fire in Ft. Collins. Scary year.

Frostie.. was thinking about you and cowz today..   How far are you from the fires?  I know Cowz is close..

Praying for rain and relief for you.

What a horrible deal. I couldn't imagine having to run the cows to the river. Glad they escaped. We don't have many fires if any around here so I have no clue what that's like

Good luck prayers wit you & others 

There have been too many to keep track of them all. I do belieave that area is good so far. It is only June, we have 2 more months of major fire season.

Thoughts and Prayers for ya'll !

Sitting in a motel room in Grand Island Nebraska on our way home to Iowa tonight from visiting my nephew's family in Colorado Springs.  We went out last Thursday and were planning to stay until tomorrow.  He lives about 3 blocks from Garden of The Gods...about 1 block from the early evacuations.  I have never witnessed an event first hand soooooooooooo amazingly frightening.  We stood outside in his yard and watched this thing develop from Saturday until we were evacuated last night.  Thankfully they and their home are fine.  We were standing outside yesterday literally watching homes erupt into flames infront of our eyes about 10 blocks away.  The smoke plume cloud looked like a nuclear attack at times and then other times it completely blanketed the entire city.  I used to like the smell of bonfires......I think I have had my fill.  To watch how unpredictable and immensely helpless something like this makes you feel was a life changing experience.  For us it was a trip to visit family, we were able to leave, but for those people it is real and final.  Please think of them. I will try and post my pictures when I get home tomorrow. 

I heard one guy on a progressive radio station say today that he thought the military ought to bomb firelines in front of the approaching firelines. Sounds kinda goofy but would it work? Kinda like blowing out an oil well fire. Course with homes around maybe not. Carpet bombing the rocky mountains would really tick the tree huggers off but maybe even the peoples republic of boulder might go for it. Or maybe drift a little off course and bomb Boulder. Whoops didn't work so well.