Escaping a forest fire

[crofter]

You can actually see where the smoke is going 

Cough Cough   ~crofter

 

[Moxadox]

Thanks for the link. So east of Colorado is good, but the western half is sketchy. Some of the air quality downwind of those is pretty bad too.  ~crofter

Been having a lot of smoke in Eastern Colorado. Here's another useful fire map link:
https://www.airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=topics.smoke_wildfires

And the satellite map of smoke from NOAA

http://airquality.weather.gov/

Also the Front Range has been experiencing gigantic hail and tornadoes. Several animals at the zoo in Colorado Springs were killed by softball sized hail a few weeks ago and thousands of vehicles and RVs destroyed. I'm choosing to stick with those hazards rather than dry fire conditions though!

The Dire Wolfess

 

[QinReno]

Being under a highway overpass is good in a hailstorm. In CO, the area east of I-25 in the Front Range is called "tornado alley". It's where the moisture coming up from the Gulf of Mexico hits the winds coming over the Continental Divide. Daily thunderstorms in the afternoon in the CO mtns are the rule.

 

[Canine]

I got caught in one of those storms a few days ago. No giant hail, but regular hail. Trees were falling down. The trailer wasn't just moving in the wind, it was being jerked and slammed by the wind. I actually got a little scared, but it lasted less than 5 minutes.