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<br />Appendix B <br />Newsletter INewspaper Articles <br />GREELEY, COLORADO <br />ARTICLE NO.2 <br /> <br />Deluge swamps streets,shops <br />Story By Perry Swanson and Lisa Martinez <br />Posted on Saturday, July 14 @ 03:33:39 EDT (611 reads) <br /> <br />A downpour of rain pounded Weld County on Friday night, flooding basements and turning <br />streets into swamps dotted with dozens of stranded motorists. <br /> <br />Those caught in the middle of the storm, which dumped as much as 5 inches of rain in less than <br />two hours, couldn't do much but wait it out, as they were on a long list to get help from the city. <br /> <br />Businesses along 8th Avenue and other parts of town were flooded. Among businesses that <br />received flood damage: India's Taj Mahal, 901 9th St., and Greeley-Evans School District 6 <br />administration offices, 811 15th St. The water was more than 3 feet deep in places. <br /> <br />About 2,300 Xcel customers were without power for an hour in Greeley, according to spokesman <br />Mark Stutz. A few other outages were reported later throughout the night, he said. <br /> <br />Flooding may have been the culprit of a collapsed roof and storefront at Larry's Barber Shop, <br />909~ 8th Ave. Larry and Kathy Parker, who have owned the store for 31 years, sadly picked a <br />few mementos from the remains. <br /> <br />Larry pulled out his framed barber's license and carefully carried away the stained-glass sign <br />reading "Larry's Barbershop," the few remains of the storefront. <br /> <br />"Our grandsons survived," Kathy said, displaying a folding frame holding photos of two young <br />boys. <br /> <br />No one was in the store when it collapsed. Someone called the Parkers to alert them something <br />was wrong at the store, and they drove through Greeley's deluge to get there. <br /> <br />"My heart was just pounding on the way down here," Kathy said. <br /> <br />The same day, Larry had signed up for Social Security benefits and was looking forward to a <br />quiet retirement. Now the couple isn't sure what will happen. <br /> <br />Larry said he had hoped to sell the barbershop someday. <br /> <br />"I don't think I'll be able to do that now," he said. <br /> <br />Firefighters helped the couple retrieve other items and closed southbound traffic on 8th Avenue <br />shortly after the collapse about 7:30 p.m. Inside, antiques were destroyed, including a 100-year <br />old mirror, Kathy said. <br /> <br />The slow-moving storm brought heavy rains to Greeley, Evans and Kersey. Between 4 and 5 <br />inches fell in a 1 1/2-hour period starting about 6:30 p.m. Friday, according to National Weather <br />Service meteorologist Scott Entrekin. <br /> <br />The weather service issued a flash flood warning for the Greeley area until 9:15 p.m. Friday. <br /> <br />T: \Projects\6844888 _ CWCS _Flood _ Doc_ Rpts\Su b _ 00\6.0 _Proj_ Deliv\Report\Append ix <br />S.doc T: \Projects\6844888 _ CWCS _Flood _ Doc_ Rpts\Su b _ 00\6.0 _Proj_ Deliv\Report\Append ix S.doc <br />