Summer is such a hard time for the very dry west…..lots of fires all around us.
The lack of winter snow adding to the horrors of fast and furious wildfires…
https://www.nifc.gov/fireInfo/nfn.htm states: “The majority of the country’s fire activity remains in Alaska with 17 large fires. Four new large fires were reported: one each in Colorado, New Mexico, Texas and Washington.”
Our air is full of smoke, as I’m sure others skies are also.
Sunsets are stunning with deepening reds into purples, darkening to point you really can’t see the stars along the horizon.
The air hazing and muted. Heavy.
Please pray for rain…rain the mountains, deep rich cooling, ground quenching rain.
Pray for rain to save the forests.
Please.
Linda
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Life on a Colorado Farm 
Smoky sky makes for amazing sunsets – you captured them nicely!
The latest I heard from Meteorologist Brian Bledoe says rain should start in the Durango area Thurs-Fri, moving up to your area, then finally cross the divide to us by Sun-Mon. So it sounds promising!
Last night was scary here – lots of lightening. Not the thing a tinder dry forest needs 😐
:::shaking that rain stick:::
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RAIN! WE NEED RAIN!!! I hope he is right!
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It seems as if the wild fires start earlier each year. We are definitely praying for rain in your part of the country as well as in other dry areas.
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Thank you, George drought is just terrible. As is so much rain is, or too much snow.
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I wish I could send you what we have been getting but instead will send lots of ernest prayers to you and everyone dealing with the fires. Be safe!!!
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Too much is just too much!
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So many are started by human stupidity
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They are. Such a worry!
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Mom and I say prayers for the people and animals near the fires every day. So scary!
Love and licks,
Cupcake
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The animals are mom and my worry too. Boomer
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Beautiful, but deadly. Lightning truly is to be feared…
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Yes. I think they are saying the 416 fire was lightening.
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Bush fires are terrible. The summer months here in Australia can be disastrous
some years and out west here rain has been pretty minimal so far. Hopefully
the outback will get plenty of winter rains……again this weekend coming up
the Pacific coastline is being drenched. !!!! Why can’t it bloody well move inland?
I hope these fires, as bad as they are, were no lit be bloody arsonists.
These people, if you can call them human, are really the scum of the earth.
C’mon Heuy, give Colorado a drenching.
Good luck with a rain dance.
Cheers
Colin
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The east coast (here) is drenched and the west is burning. Sure is sad. Sounds like the same for you.
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Been praying for all of you to be safe.
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Thank you!
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There was a prescribed burn near here today. It seemed odd that it was done while the weather was so dry, breezy and warm. None of us can figure out the reasoning. For a while, we were making fun of the neighbors who were getting ash; but than it started falling where we were working. It was like Pompeii.
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Not good! Really not good!
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Supposedly, the schedule of burn is determined by air quality. Unfortunately, the air quality is best when the conditions for burning are worst. I used to burn after the forest was soaked by rain, but that is illegal.
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I watch the news and see it everywhere. We will be in the same fix before August. Never want to see another fire again.
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They are terrifying!
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hello dayphoto its dennis the vizsla dog oh hay yes i hav herd abowt the fires in the mithikal land of colorado!!! i lift my leg on fires they ar verry skarry i did not hav a fun time running away frum the lilac fire bak in deesember beleev yoo me!!! i hope yoo git sum of that rain to put those fires owt!!! ok bye
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I’m so glad you were able to get away from that nasty fire AND your home was spared!
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Oh Linda I’m so sorry I missed this post … I do so hope you got rain. !!
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The mountains have has some, thankfully!
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