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<br />The Pueblo Chieftain Online - Pueblo, Colorado U.S.A <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />Page 1 of3 <br /> <br /> <br />Sections: <br />Home <br />Metro/Region <br />National <br />Sports <br />Business <br />Ufe <br />Editorial <br />Classifieds <br />Obituaries <br />Newspaper Ads <br />Vital Statistics <br /> <br />138th Year... and still on the .ob! <br /> <br />590 Mostly Cloudy more >> <br /> <br />ADVERTISEMENT <br />I CLASSIFIEDS: Click here to place your ad Online <br /> <br />Fountain Creek breaks levee, floods <br />over Dillon Drive <br /> <br />Online Forums <br />Crossword <br />_m_mmm___m _ From staff reports <br />Comics <br />Games <br />I A levee along Fountain Creek broke early Monday morning, <br />Y~m~m~m~leE_m_mmmmmmmmm_ sending floodwaters into low-lying areas just south of the <br />The Paper Cup <br />A h. Wal-Mart Superstore and forcing the evacuation of <br />rc Ives <br />Real Estate Locator businesses and homes just west of Dillon Drive. <br /> <br />Special Sections <br />Daily Photos <br />Headlines <br />RSS Feed <br />My Chieftain <br />Search: ? <br /> <br />I~ <br /> <br />Recent Issues: <br />Monday <br />Tuesday <br />'_'__m_._.__.__~__......... ........_._......~_.... <br />Wednesday <br /> <br />Thursday <br /> <br /> <br />Saturday <br />Sunday <br />View Date: ? <br />12007-05-07 I~ <br />Classifieds: <br />Announcements <br />Automotive <br />Employment <br /> <br />The levee, approximately 250 yards east from the North Side <br />Wal-Mart, was inundated by water, opening a breach about <br />four carlanes wide. <br /> <br />The levy was said to be about 87 years old. <br /> <br />The flooding forced Pueblo police to close Dillon Drive north <br />of Colorado 47 as the floodwaters spilled over the road at <br />that low point. No injuries were reported as of mid-day. City <br />transportation officials were on the scene trying to determine <br />how to stop the flooding. <br /> <br />Standing on a the hillside behind the Tinseltown movie <br />theaters, Clyde Quimby watched as the brown floodwatE~rs <br />slowly filled the low area west of Dillon Drive where his <br />business, Colorado Tire, was being flooded. It's the second <br />time Quimby has seen rains drown his livelihood, but this <br />disaster looked like it was worsening. <br /> <br />"We had to evacuate about (10 a.m.)," he acknowledged. "At <br /> <br />Physic< <br />wantec <br />positio <br />LOOKII <br />DEPEN <br />RISER! <br />OUR! <br />SOUTH <br />FOR EJ <br />Money <br /> <br /> <br />,. <br /> <br />Pl <br />V <br /> <br /> <br />mhtml:file:/ /P:\P\07020CWB\0702000 1 \News\ The%20Pueblo%20Chieftain%200nline%2", 8/27/2007 <br />