Flood of 2013

What a week it has been for Northern Colorado... By the numbers: - Flood conditions across 17 counties - 8 deaths (including 2 presumed) - 11,750 people evacuated (OEM estimate) - 17,994 homes damaged (OEM estimate) - 1,502 homes destroyed (OEM estimate) - 1,120 Sq. Mi. affected in Larimer Co. - 875 Sq. Mi. affected in Boulder Co. - 385 Sq. Mi. affected in Jefferson Co. - Over 50 bridges destroyed or seriously damaged The town I live in escaped relatively unscathed, (and yes, I'm perfectly fine, I live up on a ridge and if the water levels ever got high enough to flood my house... well, in the words of my Business Management professor "I'd either be looking for an Ark or the Four Horses of the Apocalypse because it would be the end of the world.") However they did shut down all the bridges...

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Rain, rain, rain....

Oh my word, I have not seen this kind of rain ever before... Some parts of Colorado have seen over 10" of rain in the past 48 hours.  Folks, that is over HALF of our Annual Total Yearly moisture total (rain + snow).  Estes Park, Boulder, Lyons, and Aurora are all reporting extremely damaging and deadly flash flooding. About 12:30 last night my phone suddenly starting going off like crazy due to a Severe Flash Flood Warning that was listed as "life threatening".... yikes!  So glad I live on a ridge. What the weather map looked like last night....Yep, that's me in the middle! All the canyon roads leading up into the mountains...

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