<br />fn.....ug. 1. 1991
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<br />RockyMounta,n News
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<br />e Hope floats.
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<br />as water. rises
<br />in ~Iiving room
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<br />Nnw Larry lI:eYl's IImlerslalllls
<br />why ;I's ralll'd;l hUIW,' rlll'st.
<br />lI:t'Yt'S, :Ili, ,Ill arrllllllt lIlanaJ.wr
<br />fur COI:a,Cnla, was at wurk in SIt'r-
<br />!inJ.: Wt'(bll'stby wlwl\ II\' 1"I.'I..t'ivt'(l
<br />;m ul'J.:t'nl 1);Il-W - "I)ollhl(, !lit.
<br />I )rup j'\'I'lythinJ.:" - fl1llll his wife,
<br />Within minUlt'S 11(' was standin)(
<br />in his livillJ.: room ill Alwtlnd.
<br />FluudwatN all"l.'a<l\' h,1I1 n';lrhl'(l a
<br />dl'plh IIf9 illdll'st;n lilt' first l1uur,
<br />,mtlilwils!is;nJ.:.
<br />"We J.,'r,lhlw''(1 SOl1lt' dntht,s, our
<br />dUJ.:;ln(\t'ill;mdkitls,"Ill'Silitl.
<br />(;i\'inj,llht'SI,'t'nt'nllt' fin;lllllok,
<br />ht, SiIW ;1 handmatlt' Wotlllt-Il hopt'
<br />rht'sl hohh;nJ.: in Ihl,tlirty WiI\('r. It
<br />hdtl VI(kUlillW,'S and pit.tun's IIf
<br />the rhiltlrt'n, <lmtlnJ.:' ()tht'r
<br />mellwnlos, hut ht, tlittn'l haVl'
<br />t;me IIIIi1kl' il with him.
<br />"It wasJikt'abmt,"lI:l'Yt'SS.1id.
<br />"ltl1natl'tt."
<br />lI:t'Yt'S and his wift', "elli, :12,
<br />evaru.at(,t1their ('hildrt'Il, Whitnt'y,
<br />7, and Aal"llll, !), tn till' hnme IIf
<br />Kt'lli lI:t'Yt'S' 1);lrtjnts in Stt'r];IIJ.:.
<br />lit- ami S('vcr.ll rl'1atiVl's rt'-
<br />IUflll'd Th1lrstlay In the huuse just
<br />(Iff U.S, Ii In survey the damaj,lI',lt
<br />was 1);ld, hut rruhab]y no worse
<br />thilutllilltlfmtlstllfhislll'iJ.:hhnrs,
<br />"Like t'vt'ryhlldy, I didn't think
<br />il wnu]d haJlIw"ntu liS." ht, s:tid. "It
<br />was Iikt, a tln'illlI,"
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<br />, Outside, Rt'Yt's disl'Ovt'rctl the
<br />water had 10m sidil1J.: uff till' hntlse
<br />and SIlII\'I-d the dt'rk intolhe yanl.
<br />1~lrt IIf the privacy ft'lIfe aOlund
<br />I tht, li'l.-,ane Int WilS ~onc, as was
<br />tht, J.:;ltl', Pudcllt'S Wl'n' t'Vt'ry-
<br />where, as was mud anti Wt't hay,
<br />~ lI:t'yt'S' dumpsh'r W;lS washed'
<br />;Ilto ,I lleiJ.:hh4llinJ.: fi('1d, ami iI
<br />small r;dinj,ltul'lur that hd.lIIJ.:l'(l
<br />10 his SOil was fuund a half.milt~
<br />t'ast.
<br />"I have a Ollled'lIp ft'lIre frum '"
<br />dun't knllw wlll'n' ill my fnlllt
<br />yard,"J(cYt'SS:I;t1.
<br />Ins;llc, tilt, sitllatinn was equally
<br />"'1im.
<br />All thl' furnitun' was wet. He
<br />~Illllk some ufit hack III his in-laws'
<br />11Ilus~ on a flalbed tmck to dry
<br />out, bUI it's prohably a total toss.
<br />New r.arpc!;ng was mined,
<br />RcYt's salvaJ.:ed some dothes
<br />only Iwcausc he had the foresight
<br />to stark thn'c hureaus atop other
<br />~fumitllre before the family evacu-
<br />all-d. ,
<br />I h' videotaped the wrcc~aJ.:l,~ for
<br />thcinsllfanreatljuster. .
<br />"It's like throwinJ.: all (If ymtr
<br />dothes and furniture inlo a swim-
<br />.im;nJ.: puol:' he ~!Iid.
<br />Theil he saW-the hope chest. It
<br />had rt'mained sllut during the
<br />flood, and none of its precious con-
<br />tl'nls wNe damaf:ed.
<br />"Wt' wcn' rt'Otlly happy over
<br />thilt," he said.
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<br />Coloradans give money,
<br />food to flood victims
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<br />&, nil" ronc
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<br />Colorad:ms havt' upl'llI'd Ihl'lr
<br />Ill'mts lu thl' nu~I""'irl;lIls ;11 Furt
<br />CHlhns,
<br />"It's 1I1,'n wUldt'lful," saill M;11t
<br />Ikllr;nll, i'ipnkl'SI1l,1Il lot' Ihl' AlIII''';'
<br />. ran I{I,I (Hr.-S, "It's b'l'll tlllly :1
<br />i'iI,t!I'wicll'I'IlUlI." ,
<br />'nllu~LIY, t~"~I,icllls IItl.ul, hy.
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<br />Ilt'lIIsinNI(ICullms,
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<br />"If WI' t~1ll pmlllllt t1~11 PI'I"'SOIl In
<br />j::iVt' $2~"1 ;111011,,,,1 of $..'",(1, thilt woultl
<br />hdll till' ^"ll'llt':m l(t,1 ems!> Iht,
<br />hl'st," said Kt'lvin Mt'Nt'ill,
<br />spllkl'i'iII1:LllfllrllwC;;I1FIHlIltLttil'I1,
<br />Both ,:lIlIlpS wI'n' sl;nlt,1 by sdl.
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<br />"'M) :tull TIU.IlI~~ C1(TIW liM),
<br />whirh l:ui'iI,1 $lK,OOIl' fill 1]11' 1~1~1
<br />CI1I!'oi'iWI'lhlt'i'iILIY,
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<br />t,,"I:III'I1 $1,IUI III CO!clliMkl Sl,llt'
<br />I 'nivt'li'illy.
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<br />t,l hy Iht, 11m". It's :llsu 11Illviclil1~
<br />"1"1I1J.:t'" hllllllu 1100t! VirUIII!> until
<br />UII:Y t'OllI KI'IIIlIl'k ollllw"il /1'1'1.
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<br />COLORADO FLOODING
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<br />Troy DeCoopman and Sherry Amrine of Sterling wade through floodwater in AtwoOO as he ~
<br />items from his father'S home, The t~ was evacuated after a canal burst Wednesday, causinga-,: flOOt1.
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<br />How to help
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<br />. The AmclIcan Rcd Cross Will tako
<br />motlOlarydollilllons.Mallcheckslo
<br />444 She,mall 51" Ocnver80203, or
<br />120 Salurn 51., fort CollinS R0525.
<br />CrCitl1 cilnt ltOllilllons eim he n1a(\U ill
<br />722.1474. [)ollallons mom IMn
<br />$2f1OWlII 1111 IlMlchel1 by IhOGi1y ill1\1
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<br />Hilnnony Road, Fort Coli illS, Will
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<br />'to Intlooded areas t~
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<br />was thc'dt'<ltll)' floud, In aWl't'k;
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