Photo: Helen H. Richardson
However, the conditions in Colorado this summer have brought record breaking wildfires. There are currently three major fires burning at once. The High Park, Waldo Canyon and Flagstaff fires have consumed, by some estimates, over 100,000 acres and close to 600 homes. Devastating.
The photography coming out of Colorado is powerful. From the captured emotions of people watching their homes burn, to tired firefighters, to apocalyptic-like skies – it is reminiscent of a war zone. The photography is honest and eery. Click through some of the tabs above to view some of the photos curated from the hundreds floating around on the internet.
Our thoughts go out to the people of Colorado, especially the Colorado Springs and Fort Collins area who have lost homes in these fires. For more information on how to help those effected click HERE
I really feel for those people. What devastation! How terrible.
I don’t have much hope for it any more, but maybe someday we’ll start to do something about global warming instead of letting disaster after disaster hit us. What will it take? (No, global warming doesn’t immediately cause fires. But high temperatures help, and the huge swathes of forests that have been killed by beetles—that now survive through the winters—burn easily.)
Arizona has these too. We had a terrible one last year. Still I see people flinging cigarettes out of their windows. Another thing I don’t understand is why fireworks are even legal here. Talk about a stupid idea!
They certainly provoke emotion – my uncle and his family live in Colorado Springs and have yet to be evacuated. It worries me.
Wow. I cannot begin to imagine what those residents are going through. With the fires all around where would they have to go?
Those are powerful images! I can’t imagine seeing those fires approaching my home (pic #7)!? Thanks for sharing.