Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Our Disaster and Fires in the U.S. West

We're still recovering from this "Derecho" that spawned 90 mph winds and a 100 mile line of severe thunderstorms- There were millions of people who lost power from Illinois to Maryland. Fortunately, our power returned yesterday at 2pm. Here's a photo of tree damage on our street. There were countless trees taken down all over our town alone.



 On the other side of the country, fires are raging out of control in many states. Our friends Don and Cathleen narrowly escaped the Waldo Canyon Fire in Colorado Springs last week, and we're grateful that their house still stands. Today at work I put together this satellite image and caption about those fires.

credit: NASA

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I'm a simple guy who enjoys the simple things in life, especially our dogs. I volunteer for dog rescues, enjoy exercising, blogging, politics, helping friends and neighbors, participating in ghost investigations, coffee, weather, superheroes, comic books, mystery novels, traveling, 70s and 80s music, classic country music,writing books on ghosts and spirits, cooking simply and keeping in shape. You'll find tidbits of all of these things on this blog and more. EMAIL me at Rgutro@gmail.com - Rob

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