It's been an intense 48 hours in Boulder. First, as we were leaving the gym at 11 am I saw these photos of the smoke plume coming from the mountains. The strong winds were blowing that smoke right into North Boulder. I kept the windows closed and kept the kids inside. I did go out to pick greens for dinner and had to wipe ash off them. As we went to bed last night, there was an orange glow off in the distance - very eery.
Tuesday morning again was very smokey and my throat felt like I'd spent a long night in a bar (at least I'm going from memory of how that felt.) There are many families we know who have been evacuated and most likely have lost their homes. It's very sad.
About mid-day today the smoke began to clear and we again had blue skies. With all the fire-fighting planes overhead, I assumed they finally had a handle on the fire. But when I checked the websites, it seemed the opposite. The fire had doubled in size, the winds had shifted bringing the smoke clouds north into Lyons and still 0% containment. 92 homes had been lost and the evacuation area growing to include our house in Nederland! I'm fairly certain that the house is safe, but power has been cut off now for 2 days and there is a spot fire burning not too far from the house. The good news is that everything of sentimental value has been moved already.
They have forecast the winds to pick up again on Thursday so we're hoping they can get a handle on it tomorrow.
