In the end the official version from the authorities will no doubt be “climate change” IMHO.
Oh, that’s a safe bet. I live in the Denver area like several others here who have weighed in tonight (though I’m fortunately in a different part of the metro area). I’ve seen Weather Channel types try to link our sometimes high winds to “climate change” and “extreme weather” before. But these types of winds are common here, usually ahead of cold fronts as in this case, and are magnified by the Venturi effect of the canyons west of Boulder.
The TV news know-nothings love to compare winds here to hurricanes, but they forget that by virtue of our altitude and lower air density the force from a given wind speed is somewhat less here than at sea level. And as for the “extreme weather” panic, I’ve lived here for over 40 years and remember many times we had winds over 100 mph. Once, in the same area as these fires today, a wind gust of 144 mph blew concrete girders off an overpass that was under construction. I think that was in the late ‘80s or early ‘90s.