Parleys

 

Fire up Parleys Canyon started yesterday afternoon. This is the view from the end of my block. Several small communities up there evacuated, the highway through closed for miles. Still going this morning, 1500 acres, and smoke laying across the valley again. 

 "The blaze started Saturday afternoon when a vehicle with a bad catalytic converter spread hot particles along I-80 in the canyon and started the fire."

Fire and flood.  The flooding will come later this week, on top of the burn scar, which will mean landslides.  These are serious mountains, part of the Rockies. Storms are already lining up.