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<br />""a,etengulfed fields a~~ homes, officers, Ihe f.ire department, ~MS
<br />10 mention roads. All hIghways workers, the cIty and county, neigh-
<br />and Holyoke were closed on Sun- boring counties and cities, Colorado
<br />, with numerous county roads also Department of Transportation, State
<br />.assable. Patrol, churches, businesses and hun-
<br />In.ke resident relayed, "We dreds of individuals.
<br />1e g ready-and then it was "I'll bet there were 200 peo Ie out
<br />e. It surrounded us and came there sandbagging at the end. f asked '
<br />hrough Ihefoundation. Water was for help over the scanner and some
<br />, high in our basement." people came out just because of that.
<br />hillips County Sheriff Scott We called for four-wheel drive trucks
<br />Bee described helping out al a and before we knew it, they were all
<br />oe thaI was dry. Twenty minutes over the place. In some places people
<br />,rhe was in waler up to his waist. weren't home so the If neighbors
<br />another scene, McBee watched a pitched in for them."
<br />age door swept away by the fast. Holyoke Police Chief Barry
<br />nmg water. Winckler told of the dramatic rescue
<br />1fI0ther .flood victim in th~ county of three 'youn~ wor,nen who were
<br />I of balltng and vacuummg 265 stranded m thelf car m a "river" run-
<br />Ions out of his base!"ent. ning across Highway 385. Officers
<br />.s sr,nall town !esldents always and others who got the girls out said
<br />,e W!1l happen m an emergency, the water was rushing so fast, it felt
<br />pie m Holyoke and the surround- like the car and aseini involved in the
<br />rescue were being swept off the road.
<br />District road foreman Kevin Scott
<br />said all the road crews helped each
<br />other out. "If it hadn't been for their
<br />help, we would have been out flag-
<br />ging roads til midnight."
<br />Damage extensive--linal toll
<br />unknown
<br />Later Sunday morning the rain
<br />stoPl'ed and waters started to recede.
<br />Victims put their prized possessions
<br />I-oot on their lawns to dryas they tried
<br />to delermine what was salvageable.
<br />According to a report on Tuesday,
<br />31 homes were damaged as a result of
<br />the weekend's flash flooding. The
<br />count includes homes in Holyoke as
<br />well as in surrounding areas of the
<br />county.
<br />Those involved in damage assess-
<br />ment say it may be w~eks, or even
<br />months, before they will really know
<br />how much damage was done. While
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<br />ers can determine "which plants are
<br />dead and which ones are faking,"
<br />"My biggest concern is 6" of rain
<br />will cause some ponding. If that
<br />doesn't soak in in three to five days,
<br />we'll lose some crofs to flooding,"
<br />said Zizzo Additiona rroblems from
<br />the flooding and hai may include
<br />crusting, stand loss and stem damage.
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<br />Road damage in the county was
<br />severe. Road foreman Scott said, "On
<br />almost every road, there isn't a two-
<br />mile stretch that didn't have water on
<br />it. This is the fastest flowing water
<br />I've seen since the Thompson Flood
<br />in '76."
<br />In addition to road damage, a few
<br />bridges and parts of the railroad are
<br />washed out. uBear with us," Scott
<br />said. "We'll get the roads fixed as fast
<br />as we can."
<br />Vince Kropp of the Phillips County
<br />Telephone Company described the
<br />weekend as "probably Ihe worst one
<br />we've ever had." Virtually all of
<br />Amherst lost phone service as well as
<br />a third of other areas north of town
<br />and a few other isolated areas.
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<br />As of Monday, most phone service
<br />was restored but Kropp said there was
<br />"still some stuff under water. Welre
<br />trying to dry it out but we're having
<br />trouble gettmg to some of it."
<br />Electncity supplicrs reported a.ehi-
<br />tively quiet weeKend with only a few
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<br />problems. City Superintendent Mark
<br />Brown noted that the airport was
<br />closed for a short lime when flooding
<br />on the runway took out the lights.
<br />Keep the sand bags around
<br />Ci~ing Ihe possibility of more rain,
<br />Shenff McBee suggested that resi-
<br />dents keep the sand bags handy, "If
<br />you've got 'em, you might as well
<br />keep 'em. You can always dump the
<br />sand out after the summer is over."
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<br />Stan Travis cruises on $2.5 bilt
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<br />By Brei Kramer
<br />A significant number of people in
<br />the area have experienced time
<br />aboard a U.S. Navy vessel at some
<br />point in their lives, but very few of
<br />them ever get to relive that experi-
<br />ence. Stan Travis is one of the few
<br />who have.
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<br />SIan and Shirley Travis' son, Tom,
<br />is a captain in the Navy. He is Chiefof
<br />Staff of the battlegroup led by USS
<br />Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), a
<br />nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. For
<br />the days May 19-22, in the week
<br />befor~ M~m?ri~1 D~. Sta~ ha~ !~e
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<br />deal of his time being shown around and there are about 900 mile
<br />the state-of-the.art ship. The,Roosev- trical cable snaking through
<br />elt at the lime of Operation Tiger less to say, it is impressive. '
<br />Cruise was carrying 78 aircraft and The thing that Stan singl'
<br />more than 5,500 Sailors and Marines. bemg most impressive to hir
<br />It is propelled by two nuclear reactors procedure followed for ain
<br />that are supplied with enough fuel for mg off and landing. The cn
<br />15 more years of normal operations. R?osevelt put on an air sho'
<br />The aircraft carrier has a fully op- TIger Cruisers that featured
<br />erational printing press on-board, as ~mbing runs, jets flyinll i
<br />well as its own television studio. The tlon ana some very excitmg
<br />output of its electrical equipment is ~tan described the last of
<br />equal to that of aboul 50 broadcast qUIte ,amazing, with the ro'
<br />stations operating simultaneously" breakIng the sound barrier 0
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