So tired...

I hate my hormones. Let's just get that out of the way right now.

OK /rant. I think.

We've had two calls in the last two days, so the evenings have been rather hectic. Tonight Larry has class and tomorrow night we have to go to the town council meeting. Some of our town council people don't understand why we won't issue burn permits. They don't understand that we won't issue burn permits right now because fire conditions right now mirror fire conditions in 2002, the year of the Hayman fire, the largest wildfire in Colorado history. So we have to make them understand that. We will be presenting some facts regarding current fire weather and fuel conditions, historical observations from both Hayman and Ordway. Ordway is important because that fire was started by an intentional burn of trash-something that is common out here in rural Colorado, and something that is seen as harmless. We have to change that perception.

Of course, we are forecast to get between 12 and 24 inches of snow on Thursday and Friday, so everyone will expect that, that will end the fire weather danger. And while the moisture will mitigate the danger in the short term, meaning we may begin issuing permits for a few days following the snow, only a rain of biblical proportions will truly reduce the fire danger. The plant life in our area has less than 10% of the moisture content that it should have right now. While topical moisture will help that in the short term, it won't take many warm days to suck that moisture right back out, turning those plants into tinder. Forecasters are saying that there may not even be a "green up" on the plains.

So the bulk of what I will be working on today will be preparing for that. I also have to do some research on a minor workman's comp claim, but that probably won't take too long. Although now that I've typed it, it will take all day, LOL.

Then when I come home I will probably cook tonight's dinner and tomorrow's. If we are going to be getting a lot of snow, we will probably be getting a lot of calls.

OK, off to go get dressed and read for work!