We got some rain in Albuquerque late yesterday afternoon. We even got a double rainbow! Glory! In the meantime we continue to pray for Wyoming, Colorado and all other states that are fighting wildfires. Lord have mercy!
Cowboy State Daily
Historic Fort Laramie, Wyoming’s first settlement, nearly went up in flames when an out-of-control wildfire nearly burned through it the past couple of days.
Town Clerk Tristica Short got wind of something bad happening late Tuesday evening when she looked out her window across the street from the Haystack gas station along the Heartland Expressway.
The flames also got too close for comfort to the Historic military fort of the same name nearby, which reportedly came to within about a mile of the site that’s on the National Register of Historic Places. More Here
National Interagency Fire Center
August 1, 2024
Currently, 93 large active wildfires are being managed with full suppression strategies nationwide. These fires have burned 2,343,392 acres nationwide. About 29,130 wildland firefighters and support personnel are assigned to wildfires, including 25 complex and 5 Type 1 incident management teams, 654 crews, 1,794 engines, 174 helicopters, and four Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems, or MAFFS. More Here