These fires defy description. Areas are burning where Stan and I visited just a few weeks go. The Air Force Academy has been evacuated. The historic Flying W Ranch has burned to the ground. Many homes in Mountain Shadows subdivision are destroyed. News anchor, Lisa Lyden of KOAA while on air, saw her neighborhood ablaze. Tears choked her voice as she didn’t know if her own home had burned. National treasures like Garden of the Gods are also at risk.
Perspectives
Colorado in Crisis: Wildfires in “Catastrophic Fury” Devastate City
Last night was a night like no other and today much of northwest Colorado Springs wakes up to charred remains. On local news, Stan and I saw a vision of hell descend on the city. No still image, no weak words can convey the destruction that tore at our eyes. “Historic”, unprecedented”, “never before seen”, “catastrophic fury” rolled off stunned news broadcasters lips. House after house exploded into flames. Rooftops wore pointy “fire hats” twisting this way and that in the wind and then tremendous booms sounded as roofs collapsed.
Torrents of flame marched down mountainsides devouring everything in their path. Against the backdrop of dark evergreens, hellish orange-red backdrops of solid fire stretched into the night sky. Apocalyptic plumes of smoke – some rising as high as 30,000 feet – choked the skies darkening visibility to 0 in some areas.
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