i knew it was bad news when i saw the red glowing behind the mountains tonight

i went to my dad's for dinner tonight and when i got out to the main road i saw that light. there was some smoke earlier and i knew the fire grew today, but i didn't know to what extent.

fire hopped the river again and it's likely taken hold in a couple wooded neighborhoods. 1000 evacuation notices sent out. my best friend's parents are renting a place in one of those neighborhoods. they evacuated a week ago, but i worry about what they could lose. yes, stuff is stuff, but it will be a blow. one of my favorite elementary school teachers had spent two weeks camping at a gas station before being allowed to go home on thursday. they were evacuated again today and he refused to go. i worry a bit about him, but i trust that he knows what he's doing.

although containment isn't expected until the middle of next month, they were able to make some good progress the last couple days thanks to some cooler weather.

but today it was back up in the 90s, i don't even know how hot it actually got, but it was miserable. and we're looking at upper 90s to low 100s for the for next week.

it's late june in northern colorado. we haven't seen rain in town in i don't know how long. it's been unbearably hot. it didn't get this hot when i was a kid and we'd get a 10 or 15 minute shower every afternoon. we used to get thunderstorms a lot more frequently. this isn't right.