Smoke Gets in Your Eyes. . .

[catscradle]

Well, smoke conditions are the worst they've been since the fire started. The city of Denver is completely covered in smoke and there is an advisory to keep all children, age 7 and under, and the elderly in doors with the AC running. I have a headache the size of Montana, trying to breathe has been easier in my recollection, and my eyes are burning. It smells like the city's been hanging in a whole-in-the-wall bar the entire night. I'm half wondering if my hair and clothes smell like a used ash tray.

Controversy surrounds Terry Barton (no relation to Trowa) and her part in starting the fire. Some say she's an idiot that needs pitied. Some say she started the fire on purpose so she could be a hero when she put it out. Me? Don't know, don't care. I can't fucking breathe today and it's not something that NyQuil seems to take care of. No matter with Terry, we're being asphyxiated and my sense of humor is wearing very thin.

The fire is once again out of control. Yesterday temperatures hit 98 and today it's expected to hit 95 - no rain till the weekend.

Wind is blowing north again, so that's why Denver is getting all the smoke. Good news for us is that the flare ups are in the south. 1000 more people were evacuated there, however =/

Things are not good =(

Comments

My sympathies

[babaca.livejournal.com]

Yep. Watched on the news yesterday as the mayor of Denver told folks not to be afraid to visit their fine city. I kind of feel for the guy. Jon Stewart still gripes about being in Austin the year the fires in Mexico were bad enough to keep the skies cloudy and the air nearly unbreathable. (At the time I think he was making a movie here or something).

My thoughts on Terry Barton? She's an idiot. I don't know if pity is called for, but she should have known better.

[thebratqueen.livejournal.com]

Just read the Denver Post article on Terry. Gotta say if she set it deliberately I'm not too keen on the "oopsie" method of defense that her family and friends seem to be pushing for. She set a deliberate fire when campfires were illegal and now there's untold damage because of it. Yeah, it sucks, Ter, but be an adult and take your lumps.