This morning I woke up approx 6am as usual ready to take my Thyroid medication. I laid back in my luvely, wonderful, loving man's arms for our morning snuggle
I can tell you that there is no better way to start your day - and ours always starts like this. At nearly 7am I got out of bed and went and put the coffee pot on (at least today I can have my morning Coffee).
I went and pulled the blinds in the living room and opened the door, I could not see any of the mountains as they are covered in smoke from the fires that rapidly spread yesterday to 2,000 burnt acres and spreading! The Rocky Mountains are Colorado's pride and joy and are magnificent to look at - they have so many different aspects to them, it is a great shame they are now being vilified by someone who just likes to see fire no matter what the cost.
Now it is 9.30am and the smoke is now clearing and I can see the smoke coming from the fires causing a plume of smoke to go straight up.
Today's forecast so far is : So what do we expect today?
"The diurnal wind shift will kick in again in the mid to late morning. This will produce wind out of the the south or southeast until mid-evening. During this time-frame, I expect the northern flank of the fire to again become active and start to advance. The smoke plume will likely be more visible than it is this morning, due to lower humidity during the daytime hours than what is experienced overnight.
The large scale wind will be about the same strength as Saturday, with some occasional gusts between 20 and 25mph. Humidity levels will be in the single digits for the afternoon and fire growth should be noticeable on the northern flank once more.
One additional concern today is the slight chance of dry & gusty thunderstorms in the vicinity of the fire. If a thunderstorm with erratic wind gusts develops over or moves over the fire, it could cause sudden and explosive fire growth in varying directions and on different sides of the fire.
The diurnal wind shift is expected to dominate our weather pattern for the next several days and it will likely continue to cause a resource drain on firefighters as they have to focus on different sides of the fire and different times of day and night."
So many people are being xxxxxx to leave their homes, can you even imagine having to leave all your worldly goods behind in the hope that they are still going to be there when you are allowed to return? All they can take with them is enough to last them for approx 72 hours, shelters in schools have been taking in evacuees. Large animals are being taken to an Equestrian centre and smaller animals are being cared for at local vets/catteries/kennels/vets etc.
They fire dept. are asking for bottled water - yesterday a lady gave a truck load of bottled water to help the fire fighters stay hydrated - May God Bless Her!
Today we are at stage 1 on the wildfire depts. fire list and are expecting there magnificent crews to arrive today and take over the situation tomorrow.
Over the next few days the winds will change direction and push the smoke and maybe the fire further towards the city. This fire is jumping across roads and some roads are now closed!
The military are on standby.
The zoo is OK atm but I do expect the animals are fretting as they smell the smoke.
Wild Bears are being spotted in the streets as their habitat is being threatened.
This wildfire now has a name, It is being called 'The Waldo Canyon Fire'
http://www.krdo.com/weather/Waldo-Canyon-Fire-Forecast/-/416922/15222338/-/141jkkjz/-/index.html
poor Rocky I may be grumpy lol. I cannot drink any alcohol for 24 hours (not that I drink anyway) and cannot go out partying tonight! lol As if......
