This weather pattern has been continuing for weeks, and there's no real relief in sight.
What people need to realize is that fire season is a year-round problem. If you don't have snow on the ground or it's not raining, you're in fire season.
Right now, it's moving so fast and so far that it puts everything in that park at a greater threat.
The problems with these high winds is not only is it sucking the moisture out of the fuel or the vegetation that's going to burn, but it also fanned the fire for a half a mile long and also got it into the trees causing safety problems for firefighters.
It's the exact situation they're dealing with in Oklahoma and Texas, it's the same type of situation for an aggressive fire. The only difference is out here it gets cooler in the evening.
This happened so fast that firefighters just had to stop the fire without having time to evacuate.
With the winds we have today (30-35 mph in Boulder County), you could have fires that could outrace fire trucks trying to chase it. You could have fires that move so fast, you can't get out of the way on time. You could start not just losing a home, but home after home after home.
We have to think tsunami, not Katrina.
That smoke plume that you see there is not just a plume going up into the sky. It is extreme energy. This is awesome power that we're looking at.
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