Prayers to all affected. Learning this morning that family members of a friend had to flee and got out safely, but lost everything. Devastating situation for those impacted
Take care everyone. We are thinking of you!
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God-Speed PaulâŚmay power restoration be a simple matterâŚ
Blessings Paul!!
Yes, thanks, Beef. Darren spent the night at our house. He was up and out this morning at 5 am and said his house was spared. Yikes!
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Duncanâs as well. Just a few blocks down - streets gone.
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Thank you for the reports. It is good to hear people are OK.
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I saw this on last nightâs news and was hoping it wouldnât affect PSA and the crew. Sounds like it may have, at least tangentially. Our continued good thoughts out to all, that whatever damage accrues may be incidental.
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Boulder/Louisville/etc fire are on the news in Sweden. 80-100 mph wind gusts are a lot 
extremeâŚ
I thought you guys had a lot of snow this time a year, at 1 600 meters above the sea.
Most important, great to hear that you help each other 
Take care, stay safe and happy new year!
My cousin and his family were evacuated from Superior last night; they are safe. . . havenât heard any word since but it does not look good that their home would be untouched by the fires.
My best to all who are facing this and wishes for your continued safety.
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Wildfires are an unfortunate fact of life on the Front Range. When I was working at the Ball Aerospace Boulder campus, I vividly recall our entire team standing at the windows at the plant mesmerized by a fire line just to the West of the city in the foothills. As dusk approached the flames were easily visible. Then it dawned on everyone to clear out and head home. Didnât cross the city boundary line, but I could have been in the crosshairs as my house was in Table Mesa. As close as I ever want to get to a wildfire. Everyone stay safe.
Sounds like there were some close calls but the PSA community mostly got through it OK. Very glad to hear it. These things are getting out of hand. Here in NYC weâre mostly dealing with the Covid surge (my wife and I both got breakthrough infections but it just feels like a mild cold, so far). Best wishes for a better New Year to all!
Watching aerial video of the devastation this AM. The pattern of damage looks almost exactly like a wildfire in a wilderness area.
After the huge wilderness wildfires, we drove through the burn scars of the Cameron Peak fire. First observation is that they were surprisingly hard to find. When we did get into the area, what was surprising is how hit and miss the burned areas were. One side of a canyon might be totally wiped out, but the other side across the road was 100% intact. In some cases, the fire burned halfway down a hill and just stopped. Embers from the fire get airborne, travel a bit, then land on dry tinder and start another conflagration. The same thing happened here, but with houses instead of trees.
The videos show entire streets in ashes, but one street over is fine. One shot showed the area where the Marshall fire originated. It burned through a grassy area and into the first subdivision, but went through in an almost straight line driven by the wind, leaving houses to the left and right of the line unscathed.
If anyone out there is feeling generous, a local news outlet is managing donations as part of their ongoing program to help Denver and Front Range folks in need:
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Typically, down here on the plains/Front Range, we would have had 20 inches by now, but it has been exceedingly dry. Weâre about to get our first real snow of the year. It has been snowing a fair amount âup the hillâ though.
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All good where Iâm at. Luckily North Boulder was untouched. I had some Louisville friends over and they didnât appear to sleep a wink. Their house was spared as well.
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Yeah, what Beef just said ! This year Denver tied the record set in 1882 for the longest stretch (235 days) without measurable snowfall.
The Front Range has been in âextremeâ drought conditions, which is why natural areas/grasslands where the fire was sparked was such dry tinder. Add high winds and disaster ensues. Fire crews reported that the fire advanced 100 yards across grasslands within seconds yesterday.
Meanwhile, âup the hillâ at Steamboat this morning
Great news about Darrenâs house! Prayers for all affected by this disaster.
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As of this morning, the âburn areaâ is reported to be contained and estimated at 6,000 acres.
If there is any good news, so far NO casualties reported.
Our son lives just outside of Boulder about 3 mi north of the evac zone. He sent me this news photo of a subdivision near Superior, CO which shows how capricious the destruction can be in wildfire events.
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Hey Paul you and the team been able to re-establish power for hvac
yet?
Best wishes
I heard a report on the radio this morning, and the reporter was asking a local fire official how this managed to be so catastrophic without it being in the news before now, and he said the day it started, there were no reports of anything going on as late as 9:30 or 10:00 AM, but by 4:00 PM more than 400 homes had already been destroyed. It moved that fast. Witnesses described the conditions as like watching a time lapse film sped up.
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Thinking about you guys. Good luck.