Fires destroy more than 600 homes near Boulder Colorado

It seems that "weather" related major events are occurring at an increasing pace. This year has been especially bad....beginning with the major Winter power outages in Texas, the West coast fires, the Midwest tornadoes, and now this major suburban fire. It seems that Earth is getting a bit fed up with the way humans are abusing the planet.

Every part of the country has the potential for major natural events, and the best anyone can do is to try to have an emergency plan for When, not If, disaster strikes. Sure, insurance can replace a house, but a lifetime of memories are quickly gone.
 

It takes time and government money to rebuild a town. Not only do the people displaced have to argue with insurance companies they have to care for their families, either pets or livestock while they themselves are more than likely suffering PTSD. Some people are more resilient than others, some will rebuild others will move away, the fabric of the community gone. For many 2022 will not be a Happy New Year. These events will not stop until we wake up and listen.
 
I always wonder why the authorities in areas where wild fires
are frequent visitors, they don't do what "Red Adare" did after
the first Gulf War, when the Iraqis, set fire to all the oil wells
they came across on their retreat back to Baghdad.

He used jet engines, to blow the fires out, using them to blow
water into the fire in some cases, I know that a wild fire is a
lot different from a single oil well, but the application might
be able to be adapted, I also realise that you would need a
handy road to get one near a fire, but thinking out of the box
is needed, and every year is the same.

The situation is dire and needs some serious moves away from
the normal procedure.

Mike.
 
This is a heartbreaking, frightening and tragic event. Seeing how quickly those fires erupted and spread was mind blowing. I have been praying for those affected. Yet more people suddenly homeless. :cry:

@Bonnie I imagine it was frightening to see from your son's vantage point. Decades ago, there was a big fire in my town. My neighbor-friend and I went to the top of a parking structure to watch. We were very frightened even though we had no reason to think it would reach our complex (and it didn't). It seemed like the entire city was on fire though. Fortunately, unlike small towns completely burned out, that was not the case.
@fmdog44 According to the latest news report I saw, they've ruled out the power lines theory.
 

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