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New Mexico Fires

On May 15, 2022

At 7:41 pm

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The whole eastern side of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains is burning. It’s been burning for a month. Here’s the pyrocumulus from the fire that is getting close to Taos. The photo is from Santa Fe, looking north-northeast.

Here it is from Los Alamos, looking east.

#CalfCanyonFire / #HermitsPeakFire from Barranca Mesa, Los Alamos 4:40pm 05/15/22 pic.twitter.com/uSN3bcQEI4— Cyler Norman Conrad (@cylerconrad) May 15, 2022

The Congressional Representative for our district was in the air yesterday and got a picture of the whole mountain range.

Returning home to my beloved New Mexico is the most joyful part of my service. It is what gives me center and purpose.

Today, I can only cry as I watch the smoke that is devastating our beloved home from the sky. Nuestro precioso Nuevo Mexico. #NMFire pic.twitter.com/Cd6hPKUp7t— Teresa Leger Fernandez (@TeresaForNM) May 15, 2022

The Cerro Pelado fire in the south Jemez Mountains has gotten fairly close to Los Alamos. They are starting to get it under control – 40% contained. It was taking a similar path to the Cerro Grande fire, which burned, I think, 400 houses in Los Alamos. I guess this time they had a better idea of how to deal with it.

The relative humidity has been at 1-2% in New Mexico. This is the windy season, but the winds have been calm the past few days.