Estes is West. If you follow Hwy 35 from Loveland, through the narrows and continue, you will reach Estes Park. Ft. Collins and Wyoming are north of the Loveland. It is in Larimer County, west of Loveland, near Storm Mountain, last update, In Roosevelt National Forrest, 0% contained. There are a Ton of houses in the Storm Mountain area, full time residents and vacationers. It is VERY HOT AND DRY here. Mandatory evacuations were ordered.
I saw a better update and good chopper footage. It looks west of Pinewood reservoir, so west of Carter Lake. Which is between Berthoud and Loveland, but west.
I looked at the Colorado fire tracker map this morning. The local news I watched said the body of water they flew over was Carter lake, showing the fire just west of it. This was incorrect. I should have just looked at the fire tracker. The fire is as I originally thought, off Hwy 34, north of the Narrows. The Narrows, if you have been up Hwy 34, are right after the Damm Store... if it's still there. They are the area of twisty road that has solid rock going straight up. It is pretty accurate to go to the Colorado Fire Tracker to see the progress and exact location.
Homes and businesses!! I just looked at the Colorado fire tracker. It's pretty close to the narrows or the Damm Store... if it's still there. I haven't gone that way in a while. It's very smokey this morning. A good thing that people are learning to be prepared, but sad, people that live in the foothills or mountains of CO know to have a "go box" with their important information, ready at all times. They have a plant of action for evacuation. As a native of 60+ years to this state and 45+ to this area, fire isn't the only time you need to evacuate. You often see floods as well. This area and a little higher has seen some devastating and deadly floods in the past. Because of the sometimes narrow path, throw the extremely high granite mountain, if there is a heavy snow pack, early warm weather, and normal spring rain higher up... say in the Estes Park or higher area, the snow melts, and combined with the rain, it all has to come down. Every creek, river, and other point of run-off, meets at the Big Thompson River and comes down similar to an avalanche, or some say a freight train. Now, with so many more homes than, say, 20 years ago, there is a lot to lose. The last big fire up there was horrible. The last big flood... took out Hwy34 for a very long time, people completely lost homes because they couldn't dry them out, and it froze and snowed shortly after. People couldn't get animal trailers up there. Many had to walk or ride horses part way down and board them for close to a year. When you have a lot of moisture, you get a lot of growth. We always have hot, dry weather in mid-late summer, so everything drys up. We are considered a High Plains Desert. There are cactus and yucca that grow wild. It has always gotten dry this time of year. The difference is that we didn't have this many people living here in areas that were just natural before. People who have been around a while know to trust an evac order, especially if you have large animals !!!!
Prayers.
“She gone…. She rippin’…”
😢 Prayers to all ❤ from Iowa.
Another one in SW Colorado just announced, so 2 active fires, and no rain in the forecast.
Estes Park is the north of this fire 🔥
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Estes is West. If you follow Hwy 35 from Loveland, through the narrows and continue, you will reach Estes Park. Ft. Collins and Wyoming are north of the Loveland. It is in Larimer County, west of Loveland, near Storm Mountain, last update, In Roosevelt National Forrest, 0% contained. There are a Ton of houses in the Storm Mountain area, full time residents and vacationers.
It is VERY HOT AND DRY here.
Mandatory evacuations were ordered.
😢🙏
I saw a better update and good chopper footage. It looks west of Pinewood reservoir, so west of Carter Lake. Which is between Berthoud and Loveland, but west.
I looked at the Colorado fire tracker map this morning. The local news I watched said the body of water they flew over was Carter lake, showing the fire just west of it. This was incorrect. I should have just looked at the fire tracker.
The fire is as I originally thought, off Hwy 34, north of the Narrows. The Narrows, if you have been up Hwy 34, are right after the Damm Store... if it's still there. They are the area of twisty road that has solid rock going straight up.
It is pretty accurate to go to the Colorado Fire Tracker to see the progress and exact location.
800 + fires in Canda eh. How many in US?
Are there homes up there in that area that is on fire??
@@terrisurgent147 Close by but they’ve already been evacuated to town. Lots of Ranches in the area and all horses and other animals are evacuated.
Homes and businesses!! I just looked at the Colorado fire tracker. It's pretty close to the narrows or the Damm Store... if it's still there. I haven't gone that way in a while. It's very smokey this morning.
A good thing that people are learning to be prepared, but sad, people that live in the foothills or mountains of CO know to have a "go box" with their important information, ready at all times. They have a plant of action for evacuation. As a native of 60+ years to this state and 45+ to this area, fire isn't the only time you need to evacuate. You often see floods as well. This area and a little higher has seen some devastating and deadly floods in the past. Because of the sometimes narrow path, throw the extremely high granite mountain, if there is a heavy snow pack, early warm weather, and normal spring rain higher up... say in the Estes Park or higher area, the snow melts, and combined with the rain, it all has to come down. Every creek, river, and other point of run-off, meets at the Big Thompson River and comes down similar to an avalanche, or some say a freight train.
Now, with so many more homes than, say, 20 years ago, there is a lot to lose.
The last big fire up there was horrible. The last big flood... took out Hwy34 for a very long time, people completely lost homes because they couldn't dry them out, and it froze and snowed shortly after. People couldn't get animal trailers up there. Many had to walk or ride horses part way down and board them for close to a year. When you have a lot of moisture, you get a lot of growth. We always have hot, dry weather in mid-late summer, so everything drys up. We are considered a High Plains Desert. There are cactus and yucca that grow wild. It has always gotten dry this time of year. The difference is that we didn't have this many people living here in areas that were just natural before.
People who have been around a while know to trust an evac order, especially if you have large animals !!!!
There's another fire in Deer Creek Canyon. The live footage from Denver looks bad.
No Geoengineering programs to bring rain, just drought? Thanks government!