High Park Fire
While our home is not in the threat zone, it’s been a very concerning weekend as many of our friends have been forced to evacuate their homes due to the aggressive raging High Park fire which has burned 37,000 acres and several “structures” since Saturday morning and remains completely out of control due to high shifting winds, low humidity, and hot temperatures.
View of High Park Fire from our home on Sunday, June 10. Fire is approximately 10 miles to the northwest of our home.
View of the High Park smoke plume from our back deck. The plume has now reached over 250 miles and extends into South Dakota.
This fire is a worse-case scenario for Northern Colorado/Rist Canyon/Buckhorn area, one of the more heavily populated mountain communities northwest of Fort Collins. We continue to monitor the situation as the fire grows and continues to move east and southward towards us, and hope and pray for the winds to subside and RAIN, RAIN, RAIN (sans lightning please) to come!
Bundling
Needing a distraction from the fire while also being able to keep a literal eye on it, I was outside much of the weekend, doing some bundling, simmering, and steaming of some silk, working on some scarves to have available for the upcoming Ft. Collins Studio Tour.
silk bundles, eco-dyed and awaiting unbundling
Now, as I hear the fire bombers making their runs overhead, I’m waiting and watching and wondering what comes next – with both the fire and these bundles.
YOICKS!!!! Hope you STAY safe, and that the rains come.
thanks, me too! it’s pretty surreal watching the real life smoke as well as the fire maps on the news and seeing the fire moving our direction and knowing some of my friends’ homes may be some of the 100+ that have been lost so far, all of this while knowing that the firefighters are unable to contain it at all right now, very scary!
My thoughts are with you. I have family scattered in the west and southwest, and they’ve had some harrowing experiences. May the rains come soon.
Thanks Ali, no rain in the forecast, but we’re getting more firefighters and air tankers arriving to help out. Hoping they can keep it from moving into town. The whole situation is just so sad.
Thinking of you! Talked to Sally. Your artwork is amazing! Talk to you again soon. Eh?
Thinking of you too, hope you get to feeling better, and yes, we’ll talk again soon.
Praying for all of you in the fire’s path. I heard this morning that it was moving at 40 feet per second. Please be safe!!!
Thanks Meg, we’re keeping a close eye on things (even though the smoke was so thick this morning we couldn’t see horsetooth rock). I’ve heard from friends that were evacuated up the hill from us at the reservoir that firefighters plan to throw everything they’ve got at it to keep it from reaching homes at the reservoir or moving into town. Praying for no wind gusts and lower temps to help them out!