Colorado wildfire
Dec 31, 2021 15:43:37 #
Prayers for the hundred of families burned-out in Colorado yesterday.
Dec 31, 2021 15:51:00 #
Maid Marion wrote:
Prayers for the hundred of families burned-out in Colorado yesterday.
Had no idea. I try to avoid the news. Where in Colorado? We have been very fortunate here in California so far this winter. Plenty of rain so far and I hear there are 197 inches and still falling up at the summit by Truckee. I see that Saw is having to go up to Tahoe and remove 48 inches from his roof. I thought the roofs up there were all pitched to a degree that folks didn't have to worry about that, but what do I know?
Dec 31, 2021 15:51:21 #
Maid Marion wrote:
Prayers for the hundred of families burned-out in Colorado yesterday.
And they are gonna be needed for a while.
Dec 31, 2021 15:52:29 #
Spiritof27 wrote:
Had no idea. I try to avoid the news. Where in Colorado? We have been very fortunate here in California so far this winter. Plenty of rain so far and I hear there are 197 inches and still falling up at the summit by Truckee. I see that Saw is having to go up to Tahoe and remove 48 inches from his roof. I thought the roofs up there were all pitched to a degree that folks didn't have to worry about that, but what do I know?
You know a lot we can't be fooled.
Dec 31, 2021 16:31:53 #
Dec 31, 2021 16:48:45 #
Spiritof27 wrote:
We have been very fortunate here in California so far this winter. Plenty of rain so far and I hear there are 197 inches and still falling up at the summit by Truckee.
After a dry winter, they tell us that the fire danger is high because everything is dry.
After a wet winter, they tell us that the fire danger is high because the rain caused a lot of brush to grow.
Ya just can't win!
The amount of rain we get during the winter is important to our water supply, but I think that it's really irrelevant to the fire danger here in the people's republic of California. From May to September, we generally get an insignificant amount of rain, so fire will always be a threat. It's nice to have a wet winter though, it helps to keep our "leaders" from playing politics with our water supply.
Dec 31, 2021 16:55:07 #
And, YES! Prayers for Colorado! It's hard to comprehend the idea of hundreds of homes going up in one big fire, but it seems to be happening more often. I don't imagine that many people there had enough advance notice to grab much of their stuff before they fled. It's a disaster of enormous proportions!
Jan 1, 2022 09:59:58 #
Big dog
Loc: Bayshore, Long Island, New York
Maid Marion wrote:
Prayers for the hundred of families burned-out in Colorado yesterday.
🙏🙏🙏🙏
Jan 1, 2022 10:27:23 #
We have lots of snow in Idaho and Utah. I was thinking Colorado was getting it also. That is where most of the water comes from down the Colorado River for Lake Mead, that desperately needs it.
Jan 1, 2022 10:50:22 #
fast_randy wrote:
We have lots of snow in Idaho and Utah. I was thinking Colorado was getting it also. That is where most of the water comes from down the Colorado River for Lake Mead, that desperately needs it.
How much snow do you have over your way? We’ve got about 3 feet up at the lodge here in Riggins and they’re getting blasted over by Cottonwood on the prairie. Highway 95 has been closed 3 times since December 23rd between Grangeville and Lewiston. Lots of high wind, 30 mph today over there with 50 mph gusts and -35 wind chill. It’s 8 degrees here at our place this morning 10 miles south of Riggins.
Jan 1, 2022 10:55:19 #
Spiritof27 wrote:
Had no idea. I try to avoid the news. Where in Colorado? We have been very fortunate here in California so far this winter. Plenty of rain so far and I hear there are 197 inches and still falling up at the summit by Truckee. I see that Saw is having to go up to Tahoe and remove 48 inches from his roof. I thought the roofs up there were all pitched to a degree that folks didn't have to worry about that, but what do I know?
Donner pass, west of Truckee 4 days ago. My buddy got this picture from one of his friends that lives down that way.
Jan 1, 2022 10:56:19 #
Maid Marion wrote:
Prayers for the hundred of families burned-out in Colorado yesterday.
Sad. Just sad and very devastating. 🙏🙏🙏
Jan 1, 2022 10:58:03 #
Catfish, it's 5 here now in Blackfoot. I had to crash through 4 foot drifts to get to my house yesterday. I've been stuck in my Toyota Tacoma four times this week, where I had to dig out. Last week trying to get to Magic Reservoir I had a Catapiler pull me out.
Jan 1, 2022 11:05:28 #
Thanks guys for posting those pictures. Glad to see they are getting some snow. I have property in Meadview, Arizona near where the Colorado dumps into Lake Mead.
Jan 1, 2022 11:53:51 #
BongsonBob
Loc: East Bay
I phoned my brother yesterday, he lives in Boulder, 2 mi. from Marshell where the fire started. The wind (90-100mph) was blowing in the other direction. The fire took out 300 homes in Superior and another 200 in another sub-division. The authorities tried reverse 911 calls but the land lines were all blown or burned down. They then knocking door to door. There was an issue with transporting and storing livestock. People started donating horse trailers, and the Jefferson County Fairgrounds opened for horses. The highway between Boulder and Denver is shut down. It is amazing that no one was killed
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