New Mexico, Arizona, parts of Utah, Colorado (Fort Collins and getting closer to Boulder) and now Montana. A wildfire started in the Tobacco Roots Range west of Bozeman and spread to 2,500 acres in a day. Bear Trap Canyon area has a fire going. Areas near Helena as well.
Low snowpack this year and terrible, strong winds of the last couple of days are making things worse.
I drove into Bozeman yesterday afternoon and could see the smoke from the Tobacco Roots and today everything is in a haze and getting worse. We're definitely at a far enough distance, but it is still unsettling.
I hope that no one gets hurt in all of these fires. I know they've already evacuated some people around the town of Pony. I can't get the image of all of those burned down house at Bastrop out of my head. The houses that disappeared into ash in minutes from a wildfire.
Scary.
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