Liz,<p>Hope ya'll made it through the night.

My heart goes out to all who are dealing with these fires. Hope everyone is ok this morning.<p>My second sister and her husband just moved into their brand new retirement dream home…. next to Missionary Ridge, Durango, Colorado. They can see that fire from their house, it’s less then a mile away. Apparently the smoke it terrible. She says that the fire has 100 ft feelers reaching out from its parameter. Since this fire is the fourth priority in Colorado and the Hayman fire is so huge, there is not much hope for containment on this one.<p>It looks like the fire is moving away from their land so they are probably going to be OK. Though they have already removed all important papers, photos, etc just in case. It’d be hard to do all that last minute if there is an evacuation.<p>Geez, just heard on the news that containment for the Hayman fire is 80 – 90 days out. The report said that containment means that they get a cleared parameter dug around the fire. OMG. There are nowhere near enough fire fighters for this. Maybe it’s time for civilians to pick up shovels and go help dig that perimeter.

I read that the winds are starting to change direction and that thsi meant the fire is slowing down? Is that what your father is saying?
How are they doing this morning?

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Knewjie, the kids and I live in Wisconsin, so we are not always close to you, we are there lots to visit Dad and SMom, and always spend Christmas there. But, if the ranch still stands next time we are out you should come over and play with our doggies and we can take a long hike and catch some fishies for dinner.<p>Love,
E <hr></blockquote><p>I thought I was missing something! I would love to meet you and the family. We could bring our puppies too. [img]images/icons/smile.gif" border="0[/img] <p>How is everyone today? Any updates?<p>Lots of hugs, love and prayers!!!<p>K

JTW,
Sem and I just came from traveling out east and seen lots of cloud cover, couldn't see the blue sky. Then we come home to Colorado and it's still cloud cover. AAAHHH!<p>WE live north of Denver and on Sunday the smoke was so bad that it smelled like a camp fire in our back yard, and was so thick that we couldn't see past a mile in front of us. Well now that the fire is so big we just get lots of cloud cover.<p>JTW I pray for you and everyone who lives, works up there. Good luck.

Z!!!!!!!!!!<p>Long time no see lady! [img]images/icons/grin.gif" border="0[/img] I'm sorry to hear of your sister and her hubby. I will keep them in my prayers.<p>Hugs to you and STL!!!<p>K

The fires are horrible! <p>We live in Douglas County, our home is not in any danger but my son has a medical condition. The smoke from the fire really affects his lungs, chest, and nose. Until the fires are gone he can't go outside and play, he even has difficulty going to school.

The winds have shifted, good for Denver, bad for us. Teller County is on the South side of the fire. I've been looking, and I can't find any news that tells me anything. Sis and I haven't heard from Dad yet today, but he did say he was going to be in an area his cell wouldn't work. Not worried, just want to know what he knows.<p>Endevor, I'm glad to hear the house is safe. Your son however, any way they can give him a quick run of steroids or something to help? How awful for him to be so uncomfortable. <p>70 to 90 days for containment. Right now it's still hanging at 5%. There is NO way I could do this for 3 months. You guys would be exhausted! <p>I can see it now, all the MBers waking up and instead of saying "time to make the donughts" it would be "another day of if the ranch still stands". <p>As soon as I know anything I'll post it here. The Teller Co site is now updating every 2 hours. Thanks again for hanging in with me.<p>E

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by justthewife:
<strong>Endevor, I'm glad to hear the house is safe. Your son however, any way they can give him a quick run of steroids or something to help? How awful for him to be so uncomfortable.
E</strong><hr></blockquote><p>They put him on zyrtec. He has surgery scheduled on July 1st and so they don't want to put him on something that's to wrong and causes complications. Don't really understand myself but right now we just wait. It's affecting so many people in the area that have allergies, asmatha, heart conditions, or other medical issues. <p>It's very sad, so many of our friends have been evacuated.

From the Teller County Website<p>High winds kicking up fire along southeast edge of South Hayman Fire this afternoon. This is the last update for the day.<p>That's us folks.<p>If you look at a map, where the Pike National Forest ends, at the South end, there is Lake George on the West, Florissant on the East, and Highway 24 running kind of under across the bottom of it all. The ranch is between Lake George and Florissant above Hwy 24. <p>On a Teller County map it is in the upper left hand corner (North West). The area that has been evacuated. <p>Just for fun, in case people want to look, this is the main forestry service page for the Hayman Fire.<p>And this is the link for Teller County, where the ranch is. It updates every 2 hours during the day with the latest news and evacuation and meeting info. Dad and SMom are very involved in the Saddle Club, and do tons of community service stuff, so if their names happen to come up there sometime later I will be sure to point them out.<p>Well folks, that's all I know for now. Sis and I are taking the kids out to dinner at Steak and Shake for a little distraction. She's had a really hard day. <p>GREAT NEWS !!!!<p>Angel (the horse the kids ride) had her little baby! All is well, mama and baby are resting comfortably in their little vacation stable.<p>Love & Thanks to all,
E<p>Endevor,
The zyrtec helped my Chris when he was having some trouble with amatha and the puffer thingy wasn't doing the trick. Hopefully it will just give your boy a little edge.
E

Liz, I am glad you posted the links, I had found the fire one but still had no idea where anything was.<p>all toew & fingers crossed here for you.

For someone who has loved Colorado for years, hence my screen name, Estes (Park), these fires are heartbreaking. And they are horrifying because they are such a mighty force.<p>A wild fire came within 40 feet of my sister's house once, and her home has been threatened two other times by prairie grass fires. The fear the fire generates is overwhelming.<p>My H is driving to northern Colorado tomorrow. Fortunately, our cabin is NW of Denver and not in the path of these fires. We are so sad for the people and environment of this lovely state.<p>I'll definitely continue to keep tabs on your parents' area.<p>Estes

Dear Elizabeth, <p>Sorry to hear about your parents being displaced by that fire. News of containment is still far from over. <p>Will keep you and your family as well as all other MBers out your way in our hearts and prayers. <p>take care,
L.

Full of hope and going to bed, here is the picture of the new baby horsie Annie.<p>Baby Annie<p>E

dear liz-my prayers are with you and your family. i know how you feel. where we use to live there was just a huge pine barren fire. it reached town this time. i was so scared for all the friends i left behind.<p>the baby is gorgeous. good luck.

any news?

I'll just post what I tossed up on EN a minute ago... Thanks for checking in.<p>It's all bad. Talked to Dad a few minutes ago. Last time I talked to him he almost seemed upbeat, musta took a pill, and now it's all bad. Friends losing their houses right by them. Planes overhead dropping slurry & slime, he says it's like a war. The saddle club has become a refugee camp. All the animals, goats, livestock, horses, llamas, doggies....<p>There is word that they are going to dismantle the Divide powerline. I guess that will make it less costly to get electricity back to the area. He's asked me to do a search on a few things and get back to him, so I gotta run...<p>E

Waiting for another update.....

The ranch still stands, the fire still is growing - but at a slower pace. Weather for the next few days is expected to help, but nobody seems to know for sure what will happen when.<p>A few more houses were lost today though. Today and yesterday it has said 30% contained, but they say it will not be out until Sept. <p>The thing that is concerning to our family is that the fire keeps heading in our direction, and there isn't much more room until it hits the house. They have taken phone and power service to the immediate area down.<p>I wish I could say they were at home and all was fine...<p>E

Elizabeth so sorry it is still heading your direction. <img src="graemlins/teary.gif" border="0" alt="[Teary]" /> <p>Hoping the wind blows the other way but then it will be someone else, [img]images/icons/frown.gif" border="0[/img] do you ever feel like you are wishing bad luck on someone else, that is what I feel when hurricanes come in the gulf.<p>Hoping that when it is over that the ranch is still standing. [img]images/icons/wink.gif" border="0[/img]