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[Rockskipper]

I remember years ago when I moved from Colorado to Moab thinking good, no real fire danger here. Now I'm back in Colorado, and where I live now there's a small campground just down the street and every time I smell smoke, I wonder if it's from a campfire or a real fire, since I'm on the edge of town. I lived here when the Storm King Fire took 19 lives. The first I heard of it was when I went out on my deck and heard my neighbor on his deck talking about setting up a temporary morgue at the hospital (he was the administrator). I could see the smoke plume over the hill. Since the town sits in a deep canyon, there's no way they could evacuate it in a timely manner. I actually know people who have rafts so they can take off down the river if need be.

 

[scatman]

So sorry you have to deal with this. My son is somewhat nearby (2nd & R) and hurt himself mountain biking yesterday afternoon so he's not as mobile as I'd like. Mom's hoping everything will be ok... for him and all of you... Meanwhile it's raining right now in Michigan...

I hope he recovers from his injury quickly. If he should need anything just let me know. I'm on 9th between L & M.

Send some of that rain out our way!

 

[scatman]

I remember years ago when I moved from Colorado to Moab thinking good, no real fire danger here. Now I'm back in Colorado, and where I live now there's a small campground just down the street and every time I smell smoke, I wonder if it's from a campfire or a real fire, since I'm on the edge of town. I lived here when the Storm King Fire took 19 lives. The first I heard of it was when I went out on my deck and heard my neighbor on his deck talking about setting up a temporary morgue at the hospital (he was the administrator). I could see the smoke plume over the hill. Since the town sits in a deep canyon, there's no way they could evacuate it in a timely manner. I actually know people who have rafts so they can take off down the river if need be.

Stay safe Skipper!

Here are some shots from the air of the Bonneville Fire on Van Cott from yesterday afternoon.




This morning they are saying that it is 5% contained. It is supposed to start heating up again temp wise here in Salt Lake this week so conditions won't be optimal, though this morning from my house it seemed to be in better shape than yesterday.

 

[Janice]

I hope he recovers from his injury quickly. If he should need anything just let me know. I'm on 9th between L & M.

Send some of that rain out our way!

Thank you!

 

[Rockskipper]

And now I wonder about the rattlers (and other critters) on that mountain. So sad.

 

[scatman]

And now I wonder about the rattlers (and other critters) on that mountain. So sad.

I was wondering the same thing.

 

[Rockskipper]

And all those beautiful ladybugs.

 

[scatman]

On my walk home from the office this afternoon, I can tell that conditions on Van Cott have improved. I do not see any smoke on the Dry Canyon side of the mountain, and I can't see any smoke above the Van Cott ridgeline from the Red Butte side either. On an update at 3:00 pm fire officials have lifted the "Ready" order for people in the eastern upper Avenues which is a good sign. They also said that it is still only 5% contained, but they expect that number will go up when firefighters report in this evening. They have also established a perimeter and fuel break around the fire.