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<br /> <br />Land Use <br /> <br /> <br />The only potential land use Iilhlch Is 'sate' Is open space. <br /> <br />Case History <br /> <br />On the late evening and night of July 314August I, 1~76. one <br />of the .orst nllturl!ll disasters In Colorado history roared <br />savagely do_n the oafro. canyon at the Big Thompson River <br />east of ~ocky .'t4ounhln National Park. Spawned by 10 to 12 <br />Inches at rlllntllll tram !l violent cloudburst, the mountain <br />torrent rapidly demolished nearly everything In Its path <br />Including the canyon hlgh..av, bridges, homes, cabins, and <br />commercial Dul Idlngs. At least 135 men, Iilcmen, and chi Idren <br />perished. The velocity of the foaming, surging "'11115 of <br />muddy, debris-laden wlIter c01lt>lned Iillth the fading light and <br />then darkness to thwart effective warnings. DOlens of people <br />barely escaped wIth their lives. Property da<TIllge and <br />reconstructIon costs .ere estimated to be In e~cess of S50 <br />million over the score of <TIlles most Impacted by the torrent. <br /> <br /> <br />, <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />~ . <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />The Big Thompson River Canyon trom Just ~est at Loveland Is <br />pIctured attor the flood of July 31-August I, 1976. The <br />flood ~ater ~as 20 feet deep through this section and had <br />SufficIent torce to completely remove any evidence of Mhat <br />Mas ~ major road to Estes Park. <br /> <br />11 <br />