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Are already transferring patients. inmates in one jail had to be moved as well. and residents throughout the state are now experiencing rolling blackouts to try and preserve the gas supply because of those fires. dry conditions and hurricane-force winds are fueling the flames. we want to get the latest now from cnn meteorologist gene norman. i appreciate you being here to try and update us on this. i mean the pictures i ve seen are terrifying. why were people so caught off guard by all this? well, paula, these winds whipped up very quickly. now, the area has been dry as you mentioned. in fact, all of the state of colorado has been under drought conditions. that s the entire state, and the areas where these fires broke out, near boulder, as you see highlighted in the red here, these are in the extreme category of drought. so you had dry conditions. denver hadn t had measurable snowfall since december 10th. that s the latest ever that they ve had any kind of ....
Finally tonight, america strong. the country rallying around the people of boulder. tonight, the outpouring of support from across this country and the world for the victims in boulder, colorado. overnight, a vigil there honoring the lives lost, as today across the town, the tributes grow. outside the king soopers grocery store where the shooting happened and outside the police department, police officer eric talley s patrol car covered in flowers. the 11-year veteran was first on the scene and had seven children. tonight, more than $1 million in for the family of the victims. so many wanting to help however they can. 11-year-old j.j. whitmer lives near boulder. like others he was thinking of the victims, their families, and the workers at king soopers across colorado who went back to work. ....
59 if it were to come to the president s desk. doesn t look like there s much chance of that at in this point, but they have made their feelings clear on the house budget bill that would defund the president s largest legislation to date. bill: could get a vote tomorrow on this, right? now comes the massive cleanup in colorado, this is a long and difficult task for many. lucky for me, my job was allowing me to stay at home, so i could be with the kids. i know that others didn t have that opportunity. we kind of need to talk about things like this before we can get on with our day and focus on what we need to focus on, and it s important because we re a community here and, you know, we care about each other, we want to know what we ve all been up to. bill: a lot of them have been up to their knees in water. alicia acuna s live in boulder, near boulder. the work s just getting under way, where does that stand? reporter: take a look, this is what we ve seen in a lot of different n ....
Same area, jumping up of this rain. but finally, we will see a pattern change. so the worst is over for the areas, but still in the next two days we will see more scattered rain showers. when the ground like this is so saturated even when you ve got an inch of rain or half an inch of rain, you ll automatically see an inch of flooding. in boulder, colorado, just the last couple of days, 11 1/2 inches on average for the month of september, 1.6 inches. so they certainly don t see this rain. 6 inches, fast-moving water will knock a person off their feet. 6 inches also reaches the bottom of your car, can move your car and food your car. 18 inches can lift an suv, two feet of rushing water can push an suv downstream. water is so incredibly powerful. and that s what we re seeing. big pictures around the country, more scattered storms. ....