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<br />fri"Aug, 1,1997
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<br />RoCky Mountain News
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<br />COLORADO FLOODING
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<br />, "HOlY cow, I've lived here all my life and I've never seen anylhing like it. "
<br />~ Bob Squier, surveying the flood damage to his borne in Sterling
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<br />Plains towns begin big cl'eanup
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<br />Sterling and Atwood
<br />residents tackle flood
<br />debris, I,~ve thanks that
<br />no one died from flood
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<br />By Suo Undsoy
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<br />1'1'\ filkd thl' Inull ~';lnl.
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<br />mrJifl';ll1d I'Vl'lH'\"l'rSl'I'nany.
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<br />Nancy Broughton talks on the phone on her front porch near downtown Sterling Thursday morning. Floodwaters came within inches of
<br />entering her home before cresting, Her garage received some damage-, Sterling residents began cleaning up Thursday.,
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<br />SI'rVlcl'S fur the hospit<11. "Wl'
<br />wi'n' Ilwking prt'p.I1i1lions fOf
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