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<br />ACKNOWLEDGMENTS <br /> <br />For 20 years I have been fortunate to have worked with an extraordi- <br />narily dedicated group of people devoted to lessening the impacts of flash <br />floods. The 1996 Symposium re-emphasized that the Big Thompson flood had <br />shaped the work of a generation of flood hazard mitigation experts. In this <br />respect, the work of Bob Kistner, John Swanson, Larry Mooney, Robert <br />Jarrett, Larry Stern, Wayne Graham, John Henz, Larry Larson, Kevin <br />Stewart, Jack Truby, Len Boulas, and Patricia Hagan deserves special <br /> <br />mention. <br />Many people at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) <br />worked to develop the symposium. They w~re particularly supportive on <br />program ideas. John Swanson provided encouragement from the moment I <br />mentioned the idea to him two years before the actual meeting. Mike <br />Armstrong, Steve Olsen, Tony Mendes, Mary Ahlstrom, Karen Morman, <br />Floyd Shoemaker, Norm Lizotte, and Jay Wilson worked tirelessly. Dick <br />Krimm from headquarters provided fine remarks at the opening session. Jim <br />Knoy from EPA, and Erik Nilsson served on the steering committee and were <br />very supportive. <br />Fred Sibley and Bill Rakocy at the Colorado Office of Emergency <br />Management helped throughout the planning process and particularly with the <br />smooth operation of the audio visual equipment at the symposium. Tommy <br />Greer, Ron Cattany, Jerry Smith, and Polly White also from OEM <br />contributed significantly to the success of the Symposium. Marc Weber, <br />Carol Foster, and Diana Buchanan from the University of Colo- <br />rado-Colorado Springs and Doug Leas of the University of Nebraska-Omaha <br />were essential to the smooth mechanics of the meeting in Fort Collins. <br />The 1986 Symposium had a wide variety of sponsors and significant <br />funding. The 1996 Symposium, on the contrary, was funded by enthusiasm <br />more than by dollars, meaning a great deal more work for volunteers. There <br />was little money available for the brochure and for promoting the Sympo- <br />sium. The World Wide Web site for the Symposium was linked with the <br />FEMA homesite, and many important participants learned of the meeting <br />through the Web, bringing interest from all over the world in a w.ay that <br />traditional means might not. We even had two young newlyweds, the Raflo's, <br />fit the Symposium into their planned Rocky Mountain honeymoon after they <br />found our site on the Web. <br />When some people asked why we needed another Symposium, Jerry <br />Peterson of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers encouraged planning for the <br />