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<br />1.[ <br />!~ <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />Gazette.com Top stories <br /> <br />Page 2 of2 <br /> <br />"It was raining so hard everybody was in the tents and the buildings," fair manager Jim Abendschan <br />said, "We're trying to dry out." <br /> <br />. Abendschan said the fair will reopen today and should be ready for all events, <br /> <br />But the forecast doesn't call for dry weather. A weather service forecaster said more storms will hit <br />the area today, bringing in heavy, fast-moving rain and heightening fears of more flooding. <br /> <br />"As saturated as the area is, it's going to take a long time for that water to move off," said weather <br />service spokesman Jim Hall. <br /> <br />A steady stream of rainy days this week and earlier in the month has produced one of the wetter <br />Julys on record. This July, 5,16 inches of rain has fallen in the Springs, almost double the normal <br />totaL But that's still short of the record for July, 6.59 inches that fell in 1930. <br /> <br />Elsewhere in the state, heavy rains pushed a river of mud, trees and boulders through Main Street <br />and a casino in the gambling town of Black Hawk. About 100 people were evacuated from the <br />Golden Gate Casino, where damage was estimated at $500,000. <br /> <br />In Denver, 2 inches of rain fell within an hour, overwhelming drainage systems, <br /> <br />Water was nearly 5 feet deep on Interstate 25 at Logan Street in central Denver, closing the highway <br />in both directions for several hours. <br /> <br />Copyright <<J 1997-1998, The Gazette <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />http://www.gazette.comldaily/topl.html <br /> <br />7/31/98 <br />