Unfortunetly there is a HUGE (approx 40,000+ acres right now with little to no containment), just out our back door! We are safe and far enough east to not have to worry, but we do have some friends and their kiddos that were evacuated from their home and as of now they have no clue if they will have a house to come home to. It is such a very sad and intense situation! Approx 2,600 notifications for evacuation have been sent out. Approx 100 structures have been damaged or lost. 1 death. It started Saturday morning at 2 acres (lightning was the cause) and it is now Tuesday morning and at 43,000 acres!!! It has spread uncontrollably and is one of the worst wildfires to date here! We can see and smell lots & lots of smoke. You can not see the foothills it is too smokey. We have seen flames out from our house. The sun has been covered for days. It is a very scary and sad, sad situation. Lee and I donated to the American Red Cross and Melissa and I made some casseroles to deliver to a family who is housing several displaced families that we met the other night. It feels so little, but I know every little bit can help. I wish we could do so much more. On a less serious side, poor Finley and Axl have had very little outside time the past few days as the air quality is so poor. We have been mainly indoors (which Axl hates!) but it isn't safe for us to spend much time outside. The constant news updates & press conferences continue to come in with new numbers and information and it sounds like things are not going to get better any time soon! Our Ft. Collins "playground" and home to so, so many is burning up at an alarming rate. I pray for all of the friends and families and animals that are affected by this tragedy.
These are a few pics from our house and close by~
Above & the (2) below are from Sunday. The fire started on Saturday morning...
The sun is covered in thick smoke... that is not a cloud. (and this is from Sunday. As of Monday you were unable to even see the horizon or the foothills or anything for that matter...)
Above and below are earlier pictures of the fire from our house (Saturday. 1st day of fire)...
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