Category: Photos

Early this morning, I took this photo looking south toward the site of the Waldo Canyon Fire.  There was a moderate smell of smoke, which is actually not bad, since it meant it was cool enough for the fire to lay down overnight.  Yesterday the Incident Command Team announced 45% containment.  Last night, the El Paso County Sheriff lifted the pre-evacuation notice for our area.

Although yesterday was full of good news as far as lifting evacuations and fire fighting progress, I don’t think many of us in this region will feel particularly safe until the snow flies.  However, the start of daily afternoon rains would be helpful.

I was watching the briefing at a friend’s house Tuesday afternoon when the immediate evacuation of the northwest quadrant was announced.  I stepped out a little while later and took this photo.  The day turned to night under the black plume.

My friend and I finished evacuating our horses to her place late last night. I moved some photos and other stuff at the same time.  My mother and her cat is with us now.  Her place is far too close to the toxic smoke: just across the freeway.  We are preparing to be evacuated, but as of right now, we are not under any pre-evacuation, voluntary evacuation, or mandatory evacuation orders. We are in the next neighborhood north of the Air Force Academy, which evacuated most of their personnel yesterday evening.