The sky was dark and rumbling at my house for a couple of hours yesterday, the kind of brewing storm that seemed like a downpour was imminent. But nope. It was a lot of bluster and only a few drops.

Meanwhile, in western Colorado, there was an actual fire tornado as wind fueled the now 113,000-acre blaze near Meeker. It’s August in the West, and every year, it brings me back to 1988 when Montana was on fire and our cabin in the woods burned to a pile of ash.

The rains will come, the air will turn crisp and it will snow in the mountains in another month or so. For now, we’ve got updates on that Meeker fire, the federal budget’s effects on Colorado and an interesting e-bike survey.

Jennifer Brown

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