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My fishing buddy's house survived but houses a block away didn't. I think he's still somewhat screwed -unless they get utilities restored soon his pipes will probably freeze this weekend. He's not complaining about that. We'll try get in with some portable space heaters. You can see the extents of the burn area at the link below. Zoom in around Superior CO.

https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/

With all the fires burning in Canada and the smoke that you on the east coast are dealing with the report from the investigation into this historic fire a year and a half ago was finally released yesterday.

“BOULDER, Colo. — The most destructive wildfire in Colorado history started with a dormant blaze burning on a religious group’s property and was fed by a second fire believed to have been sparked by Xcel Energy equipment, according to a report released Thursday by the Boulder County Sheriff's Office and District Attorney's Office.” NBC 9News

I can't imagine losing my home to something like that. It must be horrible. All the rest of us can do is pray that people are all right. We, down here in SW Ohio are getting a smell of the Canadian fires. I was just up in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut last week. The pictures I have been watching on TV of that are awful. Some of us don't know how lucky we are, I guess.

The side effect for those of us in Colorado who weren't directly affected by this fire is our homeowner's insurance rates have skyrocketed. My homeowner's insurance has gone up 100% over a two-year period, some of this is due to the increase in home values but the majority is driven by the fires & hail storms.

It flew under the radar a bit, but a few weeks ago, there were some Alberta fires blew some dirty yellow smoke, down into the plains. Up in the potholes, the water seems much better than last season, looks like lots of ducks with elbow room to spread out. Pheasant looks like they are doing well too.

We retired here to Colorado 8 years ago to be near kids/grandkids. I am currently waist deep in another major hail insurance claim and will soon have my third new roof put on in this brief stay plus three successive summers of choking, poisonous smoke from wildfires (‘19,‘20,’21). Most everyone is hurting economically to some degree but especially fixed income folks. And all of that doesn’t even take into account the incredible self inflicted cultural damage being done to the state. (By way of balance, I should say that the majority of Coloradans view what I see as damage as actually progress and improvement.)

But…we still have a home unlike so many who lost everything and in many cases can’t afford to rebuild.