The Black Forest fire in Colorado is now 100% contained but...

[kentuck]

there are 4 or 5 other fires that have blown up.

The smoke has consumed the city of Colorado Springs. Pikes Peak is not visible from downtown area. The fires are growing rapidly and the weather is forecast to be hot and dry for the next week or so.

It is strange that we got very little smoke from the Black Forest fire and it was real close to the city. The present fires are scattered throughout the state and are quite a distance away. Yet, the smoke is carried by the winds right up to Monument Hill and counter clockwise toward Pikes Peak.

When is it going to end??

[niyad]

1. only when we get rain across the whole state.

did you notice the sun tonight around 7? looked like a very angry red ball in this wall of smoke. glad I don't have respiratory problems.

[kentuck]

2. I saw it!

I do have respiratory problems. It's no fun.

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. Wet bandana over nose and mouth

It helps.

[kentuck]

5. Yep.

Thanks!

[backscatter712]

4. I'm in Colorado. My roommate has asthma, and we had our air conditioner fail.

We couldn't cool the place with the AC, and we couldn't open the windows because of all the smoke that affected my roommate, on 95 degree days.

[niyad]

6. oh my gosh, that is scary. it just looks like things are getting worse by the hour.

[backscatter712]

7. Thankfully, our landlord was reasonably quick in fixing our AC, so things are better.

But for a day or two, things were really miserable.

[niyad]

9. glad that things are getting better

[niyad]

8. what passes for "news" around here is almost laughable.

was reading one article, and one of the incident commanders was saying, "close your doors and windows to keep the smoke out. . .but don't leave them closed too long" (and, believe it or not, that was not the dumbest remark reported)