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<br /> <br />997 <br /> <br />. <br />. <br /> <br />, <br />, <br /> <br />l <br />J <br /> <br />lll'S <br />\he <br /> <br />wd <br />cdsl <br /> <br />",\h <br />""'" <br /> <br />1!Jon <br /> <br />....-a)' <br />'f.' to <br />)1i~'C <br />:nidI <br /> <br />, of <br />""" <br />....ith <br />. \he <br /> <br />""" <br />f\o.-k <br />"",", <br />wcl <br /> <br />reek <br />""" <br />ov"'" <br /> <br />ootlt <br />ite<- <br />in- <br /> <br />:vice <br />tthe <br /> <br />Rocl<} Mount;:ull Nev.:s <br /> <br />Water, water everywhere <br /> <br />Fort Collins picks up <br /> <br />the pieces, but flooding <br /> <br />spreads to plains towns <br /> <br />.._ B. V...- <br /> <br />H,d:)' .\1,...Ol14.n .\""'l' swff"'rUn <br /> <br />FORT COUJNS - Survivors of <br />the SprinR: Creck flood shifted <br />from rcscuin~ to n:building <br />Wednesday, but a new phalanx of <br />menacing summer thundcrstonns <br />swept across the plains. swarnpinR <br />farminK communities and ruinin,l': <br />(fOpS. <br />While Fort Collins dUR out from <br />the flood thdl killed five w,'mcn <br />Monday night, the drama shiftl"<l <br />hO miles east. <br />Flash flood ....'3rninj{S blart.'d in <br />IJ counties. indudins;:: metro Deo- <br />\'t"f. !l1orc storms were {orecJ,s! <br />throughout the nis:::ht and into the <br />V,eckl'nd. <br />Sc\'cral towns in the brimming <br />South Plallc River basin \\:cre <br />l'aught by surprise..' as flood.....aters <br />kd by torrential rain sc('pcd _ <br />r<llner than sur~ed - toward <br />them. Wddona. Sterlin~. Atwood, <br />Ra\'mt'r, Stoneham and other <br />10"':1'1S were inundated~ <br />Dozens of families were ('vaeu- <br />all-d. Entire hanests of corn and <br />sU~ar beels may be lost, but no <br />deaths and few injwies .....ere re- <br />ported. <br />Go\" Ro\'. Romer flew over the <br />tabletop re-won - a day after a <br />helicopter tour of ravaged Fort <br />Collins, Shortgrass rangeland and <br />cht.'Ckerboarrl fit'lds \\;th hardly a <br />water source in sight had suddenly <br />become a foamy, bro\\1'11a~oon, <br />"There's a lot of damage OUI <br />ht're. more than J imagined," <br />Romer said. "Tht.'fe's,. a" lot of <br />"mches, a lot of homes that ha\'e <br />some real damage. HlOCk, there's a <br />ri\'er flO\..ing through AN.'ood." <br />No damage estimates were im. <br />mediately 3\'ailable for the plains <br />towns, The governor said he <br />would add the area to the federal <br />disaster relid request he already <br />has submitted for Fon Collins. <br />where damOlge is believed to ex- <br />ceed $50 million. , <br />The plains flanking the South <br />PIaUe River in northeast Colorado <br />might not be as flat as a billiards <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />In Fort Collins. Scott Ruff, canying daUghter Sierra, 4, and their neighbor Mike Loetz were worried atx>ut their dam- <br />aged trailers and salvaging their belongings. <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />~ <br />Q\'er the past two days, up" <br />~5edthe~ <br /> <br />dreds of square e1 into <br />bathtub-narrow Pa\lr-nee Creek. <br />The ....-ater then \\"3S trapped <br />behind 3 trestle of the Union Pacif- <br />ic Railroad. <br />Much like conditions at Spring <br />Creek 36 hours earlier. flood ...."3- <br />ters rose steadily behind the <br />earthen berm and finally surged <br />ovec the top. A 7-nule wide flood <br />spread through Sterling and At- <br /> <br />wood. <br />B)' 7 p.m., Sterling officials be- <br />gan evacuating patients from the <br />local hospital's emergency room <br />[0 a nearby~, <br />After his helicopter tour, Romer. <br />a plains native, farmer and equip- <br />ment dealer, worried openly about <br />these nonnally dry. windblown <br />towns and their precious crops. <br />Julesburg, a farming center <br />along the South Plane near the <br /> <br />table, but they're among the emp- <br />tiest places in Colorado and the <br />last where floods.of this magni- <br />tude would be expected. <br />Rain had been expected, but its <br />intensity was fearsome even in 3 <br />region frequently battered by hail. <br />to and blizzards. <br /> <br />hardly were <br />Spring Creek, <br />irrigation ditches no y <br />small to find on 3 road map. <br />This week. they have spread <br /> <br />....;der than the Mississippi in <br />spots.. <br />In the farming hamlet of Wel- <br />dona 80 miles northeast of Den- <br />\'ec. National Guard helicopters <br />plucked 40 stranded citizens from <br />homes and businesses lying under <br />up [05 feetofwater. <br />"Nobody was in any great dan- <br />gC(" National Guard Maj. Gen. <br />William Westerdabl said. "People <br />were just patiently waiting until <br />someone could get them off their <br />rooftops,' <br /> <br />.f'~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />MORE FlOOD <br />COVDlAGE <br /> <br />. ~m Franke: People <br />wholosl: It all react to <br />tnelrlOssmpo$llM;! <br />fastllont6A <br />.9tib1lngres.oents <br />watched the dIsaster <br />headif\g their way/l4A <br />. 120 Weldona re51- <br />aentsevacuatedafter <br />"ODds hrt to'wn/l5A <br />.l Wet weather rnay <br />continue to dampen <br />area ftx awhilel15A <br />. MLKbeatlnglllCtJm <br />hrt by tragedy again In <br />tIOodonslauq.V17A <br />.Famtymoumslost <br />grandmotl">er/l&A <br />. P3I'II re510ents may <br />get to see homes as <br />early as today/1M <br />. Damage to CSU li- <br />brary, books reacheS <br />mtotherT'ltl1ions12OA <br />. 'Angels' come to <br />rescueoffarTUtyJ2OA <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />RnUllon UI~I'I+\t! C!'nftft;~1 U.... ..._II....~ _.. ~........I;........ ~_" <br /> <br />See Fl.OOOING on U. <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br />f <br /> <br />...J <br />