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<br /><,"D's geltinll a little hairy, but we're still hilld-.
<br />, In!: our own.". Oak 1.'i'CeK police off~~r l!lCk :
<br />AbOut a dozen' deputies and VolUnteers :-ClMk said S ' " " '!" "''',
<br />searched al9ng,Buzzard Creek, Sunday for a He sai town's worst floodlno<;cul'red
<br />Mesa "County,.Rciad , De~e1\t'employee ',a 2 a.m; Sunday, when a dike e ollce
<br />. whose truck plunged Into the ,runoff-swollen . un r mann ea t. nd
<br />, creek Saturday evelllng when a bridge he Was k w from fl g e downtown area
<br />checklnggave way.,: ' ,', " ,'.' ,,'" the st 0 wn. e a
<br />The missing matiwaSldenillled aSMlcbilel:'struc a ' es 51 'r.'
<br />Larie,.38"ofCOllbran. Lane and a fellow road'.. Also floodwate
<br />worker, ,Carl, Click; 51, also, of Collb\'ali, were, c oudln the with 'Silt.
<br />cheeklng the ,bridge's soundness about 6 p.!t\. su was sh f an w
<br />Saturdaywhen.lt~ve wayaild the truck fell : be!?~truCkedlnfrom o,,'<lnp )NlbnQlie~.:;ak1,
<br />Intothecr~k. ',.,::', ," ".;;,' e'buslness and the downt 're
<br />. Click, manilged to'get to safety andsuffel'ed' h now" e said "bu' w;do
<br />only, minor cuts : and , bruises" Mesa : County .: lose a dike we cou lose th w toWn district
<br />spokesWomanOenlse Mlllersaid Sunday..:;:,...'! undt'''W.ter.'' " -
<br />",The,lncldent occurred on a,eounty road 9,.'. Clark saldUie twobrid~esbtt6\;;'ri.ihat ~anl
<br />miles eas~ of, COllbran, which IS about 35 miles. 0 . ater as
<br />nqrtheast of ,Grand, J~ction.. The search ~~....~ ", ~l3Ur?~" hringe. '., ,"
<br />expec!edtoresumethismornmg. ,,', , ""","'.. "',:., " ,:'; 'n'
<br />, '. Elsewhere ,In weStern Colorado,. there, was ",.." ,Elsewhere, the ,Colorado River rose to .l\I1l\r
<br />IIttle"rellef for the water-weary', i;ommunlties":flood stage ,at Kremmllng, causmg otrlclals
<br />. that Continued to battle the runoff from the rap.. there to keep a close watcb, , the weather sere
<br />, Idly melting high country snowpack., ',' ,,:,,', \.;L VIce SaJd. The weather semce .alsoreport4!d
<br />: Innorthe~lorado; theninoff roblems' ",that the YampaRiver was ~u~ of Its,bankf In
<br />:Ie an 'to mount un . as vo unteers';,ROUU COunty, buttbe, sbenff s office ,In tllat I'
<br />owntown an COWlty said the flooding was affecling only ~"s-
<br />t. riff warned residents "turelands.,.." " ' ; " ,,' ,,;.. ~~~
<br />Oak Creek and "In Steamboat' spiiDgs, vol.mieers 'coritinirud
<br />em ent h~!dIn ba , ':'laYjngthousands of sandbags ;uong But~l!er
<br />acre-fee water was see " t :; Knife Creek Sl!I1day, waiting for the ~ree~'!o
<br />, " " i...,.",':"\"',"(-i-:("':",,::,""';,':.'!,'}"reacbltsdallya(ternoonhighleveL.: ."
<br />,.SffTlinWalshsaldSundaynlghtthatf1o/,,' " ' ",on
<br />, evacuatiC)D was, ord.ered"yet; but~nts, in ,::': :,It usuanycrests,later In the afternoon~
<br />IOw'IyIng lin!as, were beJJig alerted thatthe situ' '/c: the day warms up, the snow starts to melt UP,1n
<br />ation ",as, ~tenuany dangeroui"'". :,' ; (:: ,,:the high mountalns,aiId It"takes a while for;tbe .
<br />, ,The Rio Grailde' RaIlroad DotUled" RouUme1ted snoW.tQ get here, said Tony RoreX',' a
<br />Ceunty' and, Steamboat Sprlitgs authorities , dispatcber for the Steamboat Springs PoUce,
<br />. about 9:30 p.m. that the embankment was seep. ,Department. " " ' ',. , ,~' ,', ,,', " U!',
<br />~ water and could fall at any, time, Walsh ,No one bad bee!! forced to leave homeslhere
<br />I SaJd_ ,',,' ". ,:' ',,', ", ',but some basements have water In them'5b~
<br />The embankment Is on Oak Creek. lust north " said " '. ' .,'
<br />of That town. and downstream from the town,' ' D ' , , .. . " " '
<br />whicbalreadylsbaUUngblghwa'""" h~..in '., I~ ella, four families In low-Iymg areas.re.
<br />" ,,' " , '" mamed out of thell' homes for a second !lay .
<br />)Valsh said bls d...puties and'rnllTootl wnrkPT5 ':because of water from the Uncompabgre ~lv-
<br />were out nOtif~~ downstream I'e!lldenls of tbe er. They were slaying with relatives, auth2ri-
<br />dan~. and tha e county fire and ambulance 'ties said. _:
<br />Gep ments bad been olaced on alert.,,' , , 'Volunteers fortifIed sandbag b~ers at tr~~-
<br />I County and railroad offictals would remain In ble 5pOts along the river, and the two,lane West'
<br />the .area U'~lIugnL, monnormK, U1e seepage, "FIfth Street Bridge In Della remained CI05C,d
<br />1~lshsala,_ , .' " ,'., for safety. ' i " , " ,,,.
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<br />Denver Post Staff and WW. Reports '.
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