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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Thousands displaced as wind-driven fires torch homes across Colorado
2022-01-01
[THEPOSTMILLENNIAL] On Thursday, thousands of people in Colorado received messages to evacuate immediately, as wildfires propelled by strong winds destroyed the Boulder suburbs of Louisville and Superior.

The first fire, the Middle Fork Fire, popped up in the area around 10:30am, but was "attacked pretty quickly and laid down later in the day" with no structures lost, Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle told the News Agency that Dare Not be Named.

A second fire, the Marshall Fire, was reported around 11am, which quickly ballooned in size, covering at least 2.5 square miles.

Authorities say several of the fires may have been started by downed power lines, with winds gusting as high as 105 mph.

"This is the kind of fire we can't fight head-on," Pelle said. "We actually had deputy sheriffs and firefighters in areas that had to pull out because they just got overrun."
Posted by:Fred

#4  Fire was stopped a mile away from my nephew's family's home in Louisville. Phew!

The deadfall problem is in Cali for the most part. Due to some of Colorado's development policies there's a lot of intermingling of ex/suburban development and agricultural/vacant land. Very pretty until...
Posted by: Nero   2022-01-01 17:34  

#3  Little deadfall, mostly scrub and suburb.
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-01-01 07:33  

#2  But all that deadfall was left untouched to make the green crowd feel good. Getting what they voted for...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-01-01 07:01  

#1   So far no deaths reported, but at least one elder has gone missing. I have a relative who lives within 5 miles of the burn zone, the only effect she noticed was smoke everywhere. She is about ready to sell out and leave Colorado just to get away from the very regular wildfires that seem to have become a "normal" part of life there.
I scanned the internet & found many references to homeowners waiting for over a year after their insured CO homes were destroyed and they still haven't been able to start rebuilding. Can't imagine things will get better in CO for those displaced by this fire.
Posted by: Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843   2022-01-01 01:07  

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