June 26 2011 Las Conchas Fire near Los Alamos

[TygrBright]

Run time: 02:30 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mju9oYwI36c   Posted on YouTube: June 27, 2011 By YouTube Member: MichaelZeiler Views on YouTube: 1006   Posted on DU: June 27, 2011 By DU Member: TygrBright Views on DU: 540

 
They have ordered mandatory evacuation from Los Alamos, saying that since noon today, "conditions have changed to resemble the conditions that created the Cerro Grande fire" which caused major damage eleven years ago.

LANL safety people are practically herniating themselves to reassure everyone that Nothing Nasty From the Lab can possibly happen.

For what it's worth.

At the moment, the firelines are still several miles outside town, the evacuation is "purely precautionary."

It's raining ash here in Santa Fe, smells terribly, and the sky periodically darkens as the changing wind blows the smoke plume around.

wearily,
Bright

[zeemike]

1. Excellent camera work.

Got to see the whole thing in a short clip.
Same here in the Espanola Vally lots of smokey choke.

[AsahinaKimi]

2. Some of those flames look to be hundreds of feet high

Reminds me of the LA fires..