This is the same area that the state record of 141 MPH wind occurred several years ago. There have been several large fires in the area. 400,000 acres burned recently just north with the wind driving the fire 17 miles in one day.
They have to think out of the box and prevent the spread...maybe some kind of asbestos like matting along the path?? I don't know what would be practical. Or maybe stop the overhead electric...period. They've done that in my area...and there are less outage problems.
Or use the obvious alternative....natural gas....gas stoves, gas heat etc etc...it's all underground.
Boulder is only 10 miles from Louisville.....University of Colorado is in Boulder
We lived in that area for a while......both towns are historic, quaint towns,
We attended church in Louisville
We got use to high winds in Colorado....but this ‘thing’ was 100 miles per hour......and fast reaching.
My husband and I remarked it sounded Biblical....
Perhaps 100 or more folks were in a Lowe’s type place ....
...everything normal when they went in......but suddenly they were told to evacuate and walked out to thick smoke
Some folks only had mere minutes or seconds to escape
Alicia Acuna ....Fox reporter.....lives there, as well as other family members
Her husbands new restaurant caught fire and they don’t know if their homes survived
Devastating!
Nearly 600 homes have been destroyed in the #MarshallFire – along with hotels, shopping centers and businesses. The fire had burned 1,600 acres and was still growing Thursday night.
The most destructive wildfire in Colorado history was the Black Forest Fire. It burned more than 14,280 acres and destroyed 511 homes in 2013. The two fires on Thursday have already destroyed at least 580 homes in only 1,600 acres.
I think there will be about 1,000 homes & businesses gone.
I don’t think any homes were lost in the city of Boulder. It was Louisville and Superior that took the brunt of the fires.
They’re expecting snow to start this morning and continue throughout the day
When I was in college, some of the other students were what I would call “Technology Carpetbaggers”. They would form groups of homo buddies (no girl friends) and systematically steal ideas from professors and other students, then try to start little companies to develop and sell the ideas. It seemed like their goal was to make enough money to more to Boulder, as many did. I’ve never been to Boulder. It must be horrible.
Couldn’t see the Houses for the Trees ?
Now this hell in the winter???
we live about 20 minutes north of this fire and could easily see the massive smoke plume ... this fire is REALLY bad news: this is not a mountain fire in a sparely populated area, but instead is an urban fire burning out of control in heavily populated suburbs ...
we’ve had almost no moisture for months and have had very high winds every day for the last 2-3 weeks, so it started out as dry as i’ve ever seen it in this area since i moved here 37 years ago, and these continuous warm dry winds have dried it out even more ... the fire potential here is explosive and my fear is we could see more of these devastating fires ...
we live just a couple of miles east of the foothills in a semi-rural area not dissimilar to Marshal, and are reviewing our bug-out list and plan because a fire like this could potentially spring up in our area as well ...
SUPPOSEDLY we’ll be getting a bit of moisture for the first time Friday (it just started to snow a tiny bit) and Friday night, maybe a few inches of snow total ... that’ll probably help some, but if these winds keep up, the moisture could be gone in just a few hours ...
and yes, totally devastating ...
When the jet stream descends and destroys our infrastructure, we are reminded of our place in nature.
Boulder is where the U of Colorado is, isn’t it?
We were there yesterday for my sister’s funeral which started at 11:00 am about the same time the fire started. The smoke was black and terrible. The winds @ 110+ mph was even worse. While we were driving the winds not only blew our car over one lane, it also blew a Walmart 18 wheeler over on its side right in front if us. It was not a fun day.
I worked up in the Mountain and was based out at Pete Field in Colorado Springs for 5 months in 1970. The wind on the highway leading to the road up the mountain on some days was horrendous, often times nearly blowing my car off the road.
Were these initially forest fires? If so, why are there no quarter-mile wide firebreaks separating the forests from the home subdivisions?
Boulder is also a HOTBED of support for Antifa and BLM, and is generally anti-American. I suggest conservatives avoid it.
Sad.
Well, it is a shame, but if it had to happen hopefully it only effected liberal California transplants /s semi