moisture, and so you add that with incredibly strong winds, like what we're seeing out there right now, and itjust makes an already bad situation worse in terms of fire crews trying to get a handle on the fire. those fire crews will welcome the news that snow is forecast in denver and eastern colorado in the coming hours, which it's hoped will help to control the fires. louise pilbeam, bbc news. i've been speaking to chris coker from the ymca in northern colorado, which has been offering shelter to families who have had to flee their homes. it is so bad, so much of it as platitudes come about. you say things to them like oh, it is just material stuff, you are all here and it is ok, but think of all the family history which has been lost on those houses, their childhood memories and wedding photos and christenings and all that is gone. and so it is not easy to offer any