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lovuian

(19,362 posts) Fri Sep 13, 2013, 11:27 PM Sep 2013

Colorado Flood: Dams Break, Thousands Evacuate

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Colorado Flood: Dams Break, Thousands Evacuate (Original Post) lovuian Sep 2013 OP

as bad as the last three floods have been down here, nothing like what boulder and surrounding niyad Sep 2013 #1

Quick, send in W mindwalker_i Sep 2013 #2

Devestating. Bjorn Against Sep 2013 #3

I suspect so. The Big Thompson flood in 1976, as bad as it was, kestrel91316 Sep 2013 #4

Good grief! Thanks for posting this. classof56 Sep 2013 #5

niyad

(113,259 posts)

1. as bad as the last three floods have been down here, nothing like what boulder and surrounding

Reply to lovuian (Original post)

Fri Sep 13, 2013, 11:42 PM

Sep 2013

areas got.

mindwalker_i

(4,407 posts)

2. Quick, send in W

Reply to lovuian (Original post)

Fri Sep 13, 2013, 11:47 PM

Sep 2013

so he can paint it. Then he can exorcise his Katrina ghost...

Bjorn Against

(12,041 posts)

3. Devestating.

Reply to lovuian (Original post)

Fri Sep 13, 2013, 11:49 PM

Sep 2013

It seems likely that climate change played a role in this.

kestrel91316

(51,666 posts)

4. I suspect so. The Big Thompson flood in 1976, as bad as it was,

Reply to Bjorn Against (Reply #3)

Sat Sep 14, 2013, 02:04 AM

Sep 2013

didn't hold a candle to this, and I think they called that one a 100-yr or even a 500-yr flood.

classof56

(5,376 posts)

5. Good grief! Thanks for posting this.

Reply to lovuian (Original post)

Sat Sep 14, 2013, 11:00 AM

Sep 2013

I recall the Big Thompson flood in '76, a horrible event of course. But the announcement that thousands were being evacuated in Commerce City is stunning. That's where I grew up! Wow! No longer have family there, but lots of former classmates. Hope all is well for them and everyone else caught up in this raging flood.

My heart aches!

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