Apocalypse 2021: Wildfire destroying Boulder County

[Sam Mills 51]

To smash the stereotype, snow in the Front Range is far from a daily thing. But for it to be like this at this time of year is not something I ever thought I would see. Worse, the winds that blow along the Front Range is going to exacerbate this issue.

I'm sorry for that last sentence ... I know that's not encouraging, but it's a way of life there. Where I am now, people gripe about gusts of wind and I try not to laugh ... it's the equivalent of a really calm day in Larimer County. If fires are raging in Boulder County and I was still in Fort Collins, I'd be looking for news out of Longmont, then Loveland.

The only news the Front Range needs to be dealing with at this time of the year is I-25 getting shut down because of excessive snow and wind. Not this nightmare.

Get out of there and hope that the wildfires don't burn everything down. I wish I had something better to say.

 

[Roscablo]

 

[Octave]

This is a bad deal, good hopes for all affected.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

Also, is there a better example of why power lines should be buried, especially in an area prone to the kind of wind the Front Range experiences?

 

[TigerVols]

Been there, meaning here, my home, which I had to evacuate in Dec 2017 when the Thomas Fire torched 15 homes and an apartment complex abutting our street.
Wildfires terrify me.

 

[Hermes]

I mean this in all seriousness: Being stuck in a Chuck E. Cheese amidst an apocalyptic scene would make it even more terrifying.

I was in the Country Bears Jamboree during an intense thunderstorm at Disney. It was awful to hear animatronic bears while worrying. This would be 100 times worse.

 

[Octave]

I am more afraid of this shirt than hurricanes, and I've seen the elephant. This is way more unpredictable and risk-fraught.

 

[Twirling Time]

I was 2 blocks away from a tornado in 1999 while I was broadcasting warnings on a non-commercial public radio station. The wind blew our uplink tower over and the station was off the air for 4 months. The studio was upstairs and I almost did a swan dive down the stairs the second the winds hit.

 

[MileHigh]

Daylight breaking. It is beyond catastrophic. Still breezy out here and the fire for the most part is done. Hot spots and lots of lingering smoke.

 

[MileHigh]

Three people missing and the number of destroyed homes is 991.

 

[swingline]

Jesus. Glad you're safe, @MileHigh.

 

[MileHigh]

Jesus. Glad you're safe, @MileHigh.

Thanks, it's pretty devastating. My sister who lives in Boulder had the kids pack large bags just in case, but they never evacuated. It started just south of them and it roared to the east and the northeast. Many others were not as fortunate, sadly.