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<br />Appendix B <br />Newsletter INewspaper Articles <br /> <br />"The good rains up there a couple nights ago left things fairly saturated. The forecast calls for a <br />gradual drying out," said Entrekin, who added that Sunday should remain free of thunderstorms. <br /> <br />But Sunday wasn't soon enough. <br /> <br />As happened with various basements across town, City Hall on 10th Street flooded. <br /> <br />About 36 city employees were busy packing sandbags to help residents fend off flooding to their <br />homes. Many stopped by the street division offices at 1203 3rd St. to pick up sandbags. <br /> <br />"We've been doing the backstroke here," joked Jerry Pickett, Greeley superintendent of streets. <br /> <br />Joking aside, Pickett said the city designed the No.3 Ditch to overflow into city streets when <br />heavy rains hit. The ditch, which runs through the center of Greeley, was over its banks Friday <br />night. <br /> <br />"They're designed for doing that. They flood the street instead of flooding homes," Pickett said. <br /> <br />Flood waters completely covered the front yard of Loretta Llamas' home in east Greeley. Three <br />feet of water reached the porch of her one-story home before workers came to assess the <br />problem. <br /> <br />"It sure came close," Llamas said. "I've lived here 14 years, and it's been like this each and <br />every year. I always call the city and complain, but nothing is done about it. It gets so bad that <br />sometimes I have to go out there and clean the drains myself. That's ridiculous." <br /> <br />Llamas said she called the city three times before crews arrived. <br /> <br />"There's only so much we can do at one time," said Clarence Sandoval with the city of Greeley's <br />street maintenance division. "We've had calls left and right." <br /> <br />Sandoval dug out shrubs and limbs that were clogging the drain pipes at Llamas' home. <br /> <br />But that would be only a temporary fix, Llamas said. <br /> <br />Scores of cars stalled when motorists, including Carl England of Greeley, tried to drive through <br />water that was too deep. <br /> <br />England attempted to cross the intersection of 16th Avenue and 13th Street when his car died. He <br />had to call a tow truck. <br /> <br />"There were cars in front of me and to the side," England said. "I didn't even see it coming. I <br />knew I should have stopped at the bar instead of coming straight home." <br /> <br />· Related story: Crews work to save papers at City Hall <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 />