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Where in the West are people moving?

Also: Fire season arrives in Colorado, flood season in New Mexico. More.

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Jonathan P. Thompson
Jul 11, 2025
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⛈️ Wacky Weather Watch⚡️

Earlier this week I was gazing with some amount of wonder at the Watch Duty fire map. Wildfires were cropping up in nearly every corner of the West, from the slopes of Navajo Mountain to the forests southwest of Window Rock; from the Gila Wilderness to two large blazes in southwestern Utah; from the Madre Fire north of Santa Barb…

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