After all the attention being given to the California fires — including sending some of our firefighters and equipment out that way — it’s only ironic justice that we’d end up with a couple of fires of our own here in the Denver area. There’s some bad stuff going on up in the canyons above Boulder. Closer to home, there’s a fire amongst the Big Houses in the Castle Pines area (home of the International).
Both fires are being exacerbated by Chinook winds blowing through ahead of a cold front. They should die down by mid-tomorrow, and if we get the wet that’s promised, that should help, too.
Nothing much more to say about them. They’re not nearly the devasators of Southern California, though that’s small comfort to those who have already lost their homes. Though the southern fire is about 5-10 miles away, we’re in no danger here — though there’s more than a whiff of smoke in the air.