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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: mkm on September 13, 2013, 08:44:34 PM
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I tent camped in Rocky Mountain National Park Wednesday night and woke up to discover our planned route out was closed due to floods and landslides. We had to make a 6.5 hour trip just to get about 2 down the road. Is everyone ok up there?
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MB is fine.
He's also in Namibia . ;D
Also, since the "secret hidden bunker" is around 8 - 10,000 feet, he isn't overly worried .
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MB is fine.
He's also in Namibia . ;D
Also, since the "secret hidden bunker" is around 8 - 10,000 feet, he isn't overly worried .
I heard he is secretly building an ark!
Going to put two of every firearm on board and try a breeding program when the waters recede!
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I have a longtime friend from school that lives in Colorado and she posted on FB that the area they live in is totally water-locked....no way in or out. She's posting some photos of some really devastating flooding and washouts.
Prayers and best wishes to all in the affected areas.
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Damn Peg looks nasty reminds me of the Queensland floods we had here a couple years back.
Not sure how big your floods are but in comparison the area flooded was the size of the whole of the United Kingdom.
They even had sharks and crocodiles swimming through flooded towns.
Mother nature sure is a bitch hope all DRTV members are safe and dry
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I had a friend write that if the rain had been snow there would have been 150" of snow.
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I live in Big Thompson Canyon along Hwy 34, fortunately on the opposite side from the river. Last pictures we have seen and reports from neighbors tell us that our house is OK but a couple folks across the road lost their houses. At any rate it will be weeks or even months before we can get back in to see. I have friends on the Fire Dept that will be air lifted out tomorrow and hope to get accurate info from them. Luckily, my better half, myself, and the dog were out for a couple days R&R in the motorhome and did not make it back in before the first sections of road collapsed. Will keep you posted as we learn more. ???
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Glad to hear everyone so far is ok. Locnload, sorry to hear about your town, but at least it sounds like you made it through.
We had planned to leave the park east on 34 or 36. Both were closed by the time we were ready to leave (8am). There was serious concern that we might be stuck there for a few days. It's a good thing we over packed. Almost didn't make it out Denver either, 2 of 3 east bound lanes on I 70 were covered with water. That was a bigger concern than being stuck in the park.
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My friend's sister just noted that they are having to evacuate their area.
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Never mind the powder.
Keep yourselves and loved ones dry.
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Got demobed from ops in Lyons on Friday after 9 days of S&R. A lot of massive devastation, many homes lost, lives destroyed. Glad to hear that those on this site that were in the area are safe. It's gonna be a long time before things get back to normal.
One thing I want to stress to everyone here is HAVE A PLAN! We ran across those that had a plan for an emergency and they were doing ok & could get by, but there were more that didn't and they were the ones that were suffering ie: very little to no supplies (food, water, medicine etc.) to see them thru a week or more. Ran across some that just couldn't handle the situation mentally. Have a plan and prep yourself and family mentally.
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I would also advise not building right on the bank of that scenic brook or stream as I saw in some of the news video.
As with the homes lost in the wild fires and hurricanes, a little common sense and foresight would have saved many.
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I would also advise not building right on the bank of that scenic brook or stream as I saw in some of the news video.
As with the homes lost in the wild fires and hurricanes, a little common sense and foresight would have saved many.
Tom - You don't know how right you are. After the Thompson River flood in "76" many of those that lost their homes built right back where they were! Now call me stupid but why in Gods name would you rebuild on the very spot that damn near killed you and your family knowing that it WILL happen again? It may not be tomorrow or next yr. or 15 yrs. from now but it WILL happen AGAIN! ??? Don't screw with mother nature, like the old TV ad said "Don't mess with mother nature".
I find it rather interesting that some years ago the town voted to change the route of the river for what ever reason, guess mom showed them after it went back to it's original path.
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Tom - You don't know how right you are. After the Thompson River flood in "76" many of those that lost their homes built right back where they were! Now call me stupid but why in Gods name would you rebuild on the very spot that damn near killed you and your family knowing that it WILL happen again? It may not be tomorrow or next yr. or 15 yrs. from now but it WILL happen AGAIN! ??? Don't screw with mother nature, like the old TV ad said "Don't mess with mother nature".
I find it rather interesting that some years ago the town voted to change the route of the river for what ever reason, guess mom showed them after it went back to it's original path.
Simple- to sell to some poor sap so that you can move to a safer location. This is were local government may actually have a purpose-deny any building permit for these areas. But they don't because they want the $$$ for these high value properties. ::)