Fox21 News - EXCLUSIVE NEW PHOTO shows devastation at the Royal Gorge - This is the view from the park looking at the bridge
6:15 p.m. Recap of Black Forest fire numbers:
Deaths: 2
Size: 15,700 acres. 25 square miles.
Containment; 5 percent
Evacuations: 41,000 people from 14,000 homes in El Paso County and city of Colorado Springs.
Homes destroyed: 360, as of 2 a.m.
Firefighters: 750
I was told that some sort of super dust devil came through this place, while I was out (”looked like a dirt tornado, couldn’t see anything”). Strong south wind with cooler air now. I’ll check wind in the springs from a weather station (as in someone’s weather shed hooked up to the Net).
Not bad at one station in the Springs. Winds about 1-5 mph, gusts to a little less than 10 mph.
That’s near the Academy. Winds from SSW to SE, varying about 3-10 mph.
Guess the little burst way up here was only an upslope effect (gust about 87 mph with the tiny dust twister, not too unusual here). My station’s not hooked up to the Net, yet (need to build more onto the PV solar plant first for keeping the computer, router and antenna up 24/7, no power lines within several miles, unfortunately).
Fox21 News - EXCLUSIVE NEW PHOTO shows devastation at the Royal Gorge - This is the view from the park looking at the bridge