Wup, there’s so much low level local news to round up today, I couldn’t pick just one story. So, lucky you, here’s a couple – or three or four.
On the weather front, yesterday’s high of 98 degrees set a record for the date in Denver. And Sunday’s 130 degrees in Death Valley was the hottest ever there in nearly a century of record-keeping. When we drove across the Mojave Desert back in July it was a relatively balmy 108, though with sustained 30 mph winds, it still felt like a blow torch when you opened up the car door.
Fires burning all over Colorado have made air quality along the Front Range very poor lately. Best wishes to those enduring the smoke and flames closer-at-hand in Grand Lake, Grand Junction, and elsewhere across the grand landscape of The Rocky Mountain West.
Local sports teams (baseball’s Rockies and basketball’s Nuggets) are back in action under unusual circumstances in this wacky pandemic year. The former team is playing before cardboard cutouts in the stands at an empty Coors Field, while the latter ply their trade inside the NBA’s “bubble” in Florida.
After a super hot start, the Rockies have cooled off somewhat currently to occupy 2nd place in the NL West, while the Nuggets just won their first playoff game – an overtime thriller – against Salt Lake. Good luck to both teams, and please stay healthy. In a normal year that might refer to a pitcher’s rotator-cuff or a point-guard’s ankle ligaments; but this year, of course… well, you know.
<Editor’s note: I am told by those who consider ice hockey a real sport that the Avalanche are doing pretty well too. But this fact hasn’t been independently verified yet. Stay tuned for details on your late local news at 11.>
Last but not least, my better half starts off in-person on-site elementary education in the DougCo School District this week. Story from the DP is here. Welcome back kiddos, thank you teachers, and stay safe everybody!
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Sorry, folks – just couldn’t resist.
