On Sun, 15 Sep 2013 11:21:48 +0100, "Ophelia"
> wrote:

>I hope no one here lives there and if they do they are safe
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>Absolutely terrifying
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>http://www.dailycamera.com/boulder-county-news
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>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HShXhJMQdA
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Yep! That'as a LOTTA rain really fast. Best to stay away from that
fast moving water if you don't know what you are doing. I saw a video
of some crazy kayayers acrtually kayakiing a flooded Boulder Creek:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dD817QzDW8

The spectator commebnts at about 3:00 about how to get OUT of the
creek would be my crucial consideration. The kayaker does surf the
standing wave pretty well, but then WHEN blown off the wave gets
washed down VERY fast!

When you know what you are doing in a kayak (like this guy evidently
does) it's awfully tempting to get out and boat the flood. Hope this
kayaker was OK. He probably was.

John Kuthe...