"notbob" > wrote in message
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> On 2013-09-15, Ophelia > wrote:
>> I hope no one here lives there and if they do they are safe
>>
>> Absolutely terrifying
>
>
> I posted this yesterday in another group:
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> Yet, the south-eastern corner of CO is still suffering "extreme" (D3)
> level drought conditions, as did most of the state one year ago. I'm
> in the headwaters of the Arkansas R valley, dead center in the CO
> Rockies, and the river has risen a little over seven inches in the
> last 24hrs. Far from crisis levels. Not even Spring runoff levels.
> Fifty percent chance (almost certain) of more rain today and tomorrow.
> We need it, badly.
>
> http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/monitor.htm
> http://waterdata.usgs.gov/usa/nwis/uv?site_no=07091200
>
> I live about 50 ft from river, but am about 50 above it, so no
> problem, here. Unfortunate for N CO, but flash floods after a drought
> are pretty common.
>
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>
> Today:
>
> I'm about 225 mi southwest of Longmont and Lyons, among the hardest
> hit areas in CO. Also, the predicted heavy rains for this weekend
> have yet to materialize, so worse flooding has been avoided and water
> levels are dropping, but damage to roads and houses are severe in some
> areas, like around Boulder.
>
> Most of that effected area are on the so called Front Range, where the
> Rockies literally drop down from 10K+ ft on the board flat CO Plains.
> It's like a gigantic water slide dumping tons of water onto a flat
> parking lot. Lotta water emptying out on a flat surface with no more
> incline and no place to go, so the water slows down and backs up.
>
> The people shown crossing that bridge in Longmont are jes plain
> stupid, including that idiot policeman in his patrol car. I'd say
> that bridge is about a gnat's ass away from being washed away and ppl
> should not be anywhere near it!
>
> nb

Yeah, that bridge could have gone at any second.


W. Pooh (AKA Winnie P.)