Marshall Fire in Superior CO

[BushMasterBoy]

Homeless set a fire today in Pueblo City limits. I got there before the Fire Department. I was shocked at the little huts made of tarps and pallets. People living in drainage ditches and culverts. The winds have been gusting to 35MPH. Humidity at 15%. Recipe for disaster.

https://www.koaa.com/news/covering-c...ions-in-pueblo

[def90]

Yes, home firss have a distinctive fire. Melted electrical, plastic, paint, metal from duct work and appliances, pvc from piping. No where near a foreset fire smell, closer to a car fire smell.

[.455_Hunter]

I had an atypical raging sinus headache starting on Friday evening.

I wonder if I got some nasty smoke in Lafayette on Thursday afternoon?

[00tec]

I had an atypical raging sinus headache starting on Friday evening.

I wonder if I got some nasty smoke in Lafayette on Thursday afternoon?

I'm sure you did. I had to duct tape my dog door because we had so much smoke in the house out here. It was unbearable to walk outside.

[Osmosis]

You guys are spot on about the air quality and health risks. They just issued a PSA regarding air quality in Louisville and are setting up monitoring stations. Of course once the snow is gone the next windy day will spread that bad stuff all over town.

[Sawin]

Yep. The moment we realized what was happening, we turned off our furnaces for 36 hours for this very reason. House got cold, but we didn't pull much of the smoke into our house thankfully.

[BPTactical]

It's difficult to prevent grass fires, because it doesn't take much to start it burning in a low RH situation. Here is a resource to check out. https://www.nps.gov/articles/underst...22%20diameter.

Dead fuels in NFDRS have four time lag classes:

1 hour—Fine flashy fuels, dried herbaceous plants or round wood less than 1/4" diameter. Also includes the uppermost layer of litter on the forest floor. Responds quickly to weather changes. Moisture in these fuels varies greatly throughout the calendar day and is principally responsible for diurnal changes in fire danger. It is computed from observation, time, temperature, humidity and cloudiness.
10 hour—Round wood 3/4" to 1" diameterand the layer of litter that extends to 3" to 4" below the surface. Moisture in these fuels is computed from observation, time, temperature, humidity, and cloudiness, or may be a standard set of "10-Hr Fuel Sticks" that are weighed as part of the fire weather observation.
100 hour—1" to 3" diameter.Moisture in these fuels is computed from 24 hour average boundary condition composed of day length, hours of rain, and daily temperature and humidity ranges.
1000 hour—3" to 6" diameter.Moisture in these fuels is computed from a 7-day average boundary condition composed of day length, hours of rain, and daily temperature and humidity ranges.
Live Fuel Moisture

Thanks for posting that HBAR. It is a tremendous tool for gauging fire risk.