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Laffy Kat

(16,373 posts)
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 05:46 PM Sep 2020

Smoky as hell again today in Boulder County.

It's also 91 F with a hot, dry wind. I had to pick up some mulch today and couldn't even see the mountains from Louisville. The 40- minute outing gave me an instant headache. I guess the smoke is coming from the Cameron fire. The air quality is terrible.

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Leghorn21

(13,523 posts)
3. Hey, Laffy, I just exchanged emails with my good friend in Niwot - she said yeah, bad smoke,
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 05:53 PM
Sep 2020

which is giving an other-worldly tint to the sky, plus she’s paying close attention to any alerts...NO FUN

Here’s a snap of future radar - Tuesday, 10am - lets put this fire OUT please

Laffy Kat

(16,373 posts)
11. My son joined me for a minute outside when I took the dogs out.
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 08:29 PM
Sep 2020

He mentioned that this is what he would imagine during some sort of apocalypse. The sky is, indeed, a sickly yellowish hue and flurries of ash. It is 88 F at 6:30. I sure do hope we get that cold front on Tuesday.

hlthe2b

(102,138 posts)
17. "Otherwiorldly look to the sky"... Boy, is that the truth. It looks like we all woke up in a SEPIA
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 10:24 PM
Sep 2020

tinted movie.

cilla4progress

(24,718 posts)
4. Confused
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 06:09 PM
Sep 2020

where this is?

Watching destructive fire near Bozeman MT where my daughter lives. Red flag warnings where I live in E Washington.

Struggling.

Laffy Kat

(16,373 posts)
7. Northwest of Fort Collins, Colorado, near Red Feather Lake.
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 08:17 PM
Sep 2020

This is the worst I've ever seen in my neck of the woods.

hlthe2b

(102,138 posts)
5. The entire front range is. I was in Fort Collins with my pup today and wore a particulate mask to
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 06:13 PM
Sep 2020

walk the trails with my pup. I felt guilty about her, so we cut it short. I'm now using a standing HEPA filter unit in my home as it has smelled like smoke with even a window or two cracked overnight. My cell phone has gone off all day with evacuation alerts for western Larimer County. sigh....

If we do get snow on Tuesday, I sure as hell hope it helps with the Cameron Peak fire.

Laffy Kat

(16,373 posts)
8. I just took the dogs out. There is ash falling in my yard!
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 08:20 PM
Sep 2020

Ash! Both my dogs wanted to come right back inside which never happens.

JDC

(10,117 posts)
6. So Parker/Franktown also very smoky
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 06:34 PM
Sep 2020

Just got back from crested butte and it was clear as a bell there.

JDC

(10,117 posts)
14. We don't. We did a couple of weeks ago for about a week
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 09:55 PM
Sep 2020

I would imagine it will drift down here overnight and into tomorrow.

How's it by you, ash fall?

cilla4progress

(24,718 posts)
12. Omg
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 09:16 PM
Sep 2020

hang tough, everyone.

Red flag here in Eastern Washington. Dry, windy, hot.

big fire where my daughter lives in Bozeman.

MontanaMama

(23,296 posts)
18. Super smoky up here in western MT.
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 10:47 PM
Sep 2020

It got breezy tonight and blew some of it out. I that we might get rain tomorrow. Fingers crossed.

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