Agh! My state is burning down. (again)

How did I not know this was happening today? O_o Okay, so Ordway isn't very close, nor Carbondale, but Fort Carson is quite close. As in, just south of town close. As in, what do you mean the smoke plume was visible from downtown Colorado Springs? I didn't notice it. How did I not notice it? My apartment faces south. Okay, the other half of my apartment building blocks my view, but still...smoke plume. And it isn't as though I spent the whole day inside. Did my exploding shower throw me off that much?

And this does not bode at all well for fire season. If we're burning down in April, what is summer going to be like. Great. So much for seeing much of my parents this year.

Good gad, though. All three of these wildfires sound bad. The entire town of Ordway evacuated? Okay, it's not a big town, but still - yikes. Two dead. Town evacuated. 7,100 acres burning. Not good. The Carbondale fire is a lot smaller, but it doesn't sound like they're having a lot of luck getting it out. And there are a lot of little communities and such in the area, so that's not good either. And the Fort Carson fire is unpleasantly close to home. One person dead and the news is really unclear about whether they're making progress with it. Great.

At times like this, and only at times like this, I miss Iowa. Iowa does not burn down every few years. It just has the occasional tornado. Then again, it doesn't have mountains and isn't Colorado. *sigh*