Not that close to me right now.
Thanks for your concern. At present it's close to where Son2 and Wife1 live. They have prepared to evacuate, per the instructions Son2 picked up on his police scanner They have found friends who will take them in if necessary.
Wife2 has got the dog and the cat ready to go, with pet necessities. Son1 has loaded his vehicle with the "important" firearms, some of which are mine in his custody, but I don't care that much if any have been left behind.
He is to keep me posted. I first became aware of the situation late this afternoon.
The fire is south of him, but some west. Wind has sort of died down, we are all hoping for lots of snow real soon (hope, hope).
That wind makes it overwhelming, as you can see by the news. As I mentioned before, Boulder used to be known as the Windy City on the CB. I have not turned on the 2M rig to copy the mail on the Mount Thorodin repeater.
I learned the fire started at the mouth of Eldorado Canyon, where I used to prowl around before it became a Park. There is a small community right at the mouth of the canyon where it opens to Highway 93, which is factually the most dangerous road in Colorado, and runs N-S parallel to the foothills LARGELY because of the wind.
About a mile+ south east of there is where the Rocky Flats Nuke trigger plant was, the north corner of which now has a wind power experimental station. I bet they furled all the turbines a day or two ago.
As I understand it, as I mentioned elsewhere in talking about garage doors being blown open and the pressure destroying the new houses in Table Mesa, the jet stream happens to swing by Boulder and its near environs occasionally, which accounts for the three-digit winds.
230RN's smartassedness: Probably some dumb drooling City Slicker, who is used to flicking cigarette butts onto concrete and asphalt flicked one into the dry growth --just a supposition, but not impossible. Fire is real dangerous hereabouts and I am reminded of the Hayman fire which started on a breezy day when a forest service employee burned a letter.
1:02 AM 31 Dec 2021, still no further word from Son2.
Terry
REFs:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayman_Firehttps://www.armedpolitesociety.com/index.php?topic=65793.msg1334095#msg1334095.
