Evacuating my workplace due to a fire a couple miles north and 60 mph winds.
https://tinyurl.com/BOCOAlert
@rthstew well f*** didn't we do this a year ago? off to find prevailing wind direction. family south of there.
be safe.
@annamousse
It feels like a year ago! but the Marshall fire was 2, and a smaller fire a few months later required evacuation from my house.
I expect a fire from every windstorm. Each potential ignition is unlikely, so people don't fix them, but there are a bazillion of them, so it happens frequently.
I hope that your relatives are prepared to evacuate, but I think they won't need to. The winds are blowing consistently East, and are forecasted to turn Northeast.
#CoSoEnvironment #CoSoFam
@rthstew @annamousse The Marshall Fire was one year ago. Dec 30, 2021
@Laura_Deal @annamousse
I'm happy to report that the Sanitas fire is 100% contained and 6" of fluffy snow fell on it overnight. It's also -12 F and calm this morning, so the fire has dropped out of my top 100 worries.
@rthstew what was it, a 71º drop in 24 hrs?
it's due here overnight. currently 46º and raining. tomorrow, high of +3º.
@annamousse
Yes, the drop was shocking.
Check out the cold snap in Boulder at
https://archive.eol.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/weather.cgi
@rthstew for someone with no education in the subject, those graphs are amazing. thank you.
@Laura_Deal @annamousse
Doh! you're right. For once the years crept by while the days were fast.