September 17, 2013

Flooding in Colorado 2013

This was written on the 14th, but for some reason was never posted. Well, it's all over the news, you can't miss it. It is worse then the press can cover. I'm dry and safe at the moment. The water is never ending. Businesses are lost, roads are washed out, homes are damaged, the water is dangerous to be around or to handle. The local papers have more information about that area. 14 counties have been affected and more to come. SE Wyoming is also dealing with this as well. I would add the few pictures I have, but they wouldn't really mean much unless you're familiar to the area. Your best bet is to check the towns fb pages and local papers for local information. The national news are great for a snippet of information, but only a fraction of what is really going on. On a personal note; I did get my storage unit 95% empty of all things that matter and can't be cleaned. The Big Thompson is what I was running from. I'm hoping to get off the front range today. The normal drive takes me about 90 minutes, I'm expecting this exit to take about 4 hours. Many of the routes are closed due to flood waters. Picking my route and rechecking my information against the plan. Doing a small load of laundry at my friends house (all clothes are dirty) so I can get out of here in clean clothes. I will try to get pictures during my exit if I see anything, there are lots of rivers, but not sure conditions of them. Dry drainage ditches are flowing rivers. We'll see!

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