We're getting lots of inquiries about the status of fires in Colorado. Our own Jessica Sharp has an intimate view of the situation because her brother is a fire fighter with Black Forest Fire Department, actively fighting the fires in the Colorado Springs area and her parents have been evacuated from their house in Black Forest (just north of Colorado Springs). Jessica's brother is tired but fine and his inside news about the status of the family house blows good and bad as the winds change directions. Here's a picture of the smoke from Jessica's house in the Springs (where her parents now reside as refugees). We're all pulling for Jessica's family and the others affected by these terrible fires.