High Park Fire Update

Forgive me for posting more images of the High Park Fire but I wan to share with you the size and damage this fire is causing. I’ve been following the status of the High Park fire from a couple of sources but the Incident Information System website has given some very good information. At the present time there 191 confirmed homes lost due to the fires. As of yesterday the fire got out of hands so they issued more evacuations. This was caused as the temperature reached into the high 90s and afternoon winds picked up. I find it strange that the each day the official updates show the fire increasing in size while they claim some percentage of containment. What’re they containing? We are talking about mans attempt to control nature.

Here are two images from yesterday. The first one is on a high ridge about one mile above my condo and taken around 6:00 pm while the temperature in my car said 96 degrees. The second one was taken this morning about ten miles from my condo while I waited for my cars 15k mile service. You can see the smoke as it settles along the foothills so that Fort Collins to the left and Loveland to the right can’t be seen. We need rain but nothing but hot, dry weather is forecasted.