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I I 'I I I I ! I I I I I I I I I I I I I He recalled the storm and had written down brief notes indicating that it had rained the evening of the 28th (I failed to record the amount). He then read and emptied his gauge on the evening of the 29th before with a total of2.5 inches. The next morning an additional 4.5 inches was in his gauge for a total of 7 inches with "B" confidence. He did not know how the survey team had come up with 9.5 inches for his site unless it included rain from the previous day or from some source other than his measurements. Dennis Bringleson (name misspelled in CWCB report) T 9N R 58 W Sec 33 48904 WCR 127, New Raymer Original Report: 3.7 inches (gauge) They recall that they were not hard hit by the storm and only remember a little over 2 inches. However, they did not write it down, so assume 3,7 inches is correct. They do remember that the storm was mostly at night and just east of them. However, they do recall that their road was washed both north and especially south of them so there might have been heavier rains to the south. Confidence of report: B Elk Echo Ranch (Craig and Noreen McConnell) T 8N R 56 W Sec. 12 Original report: 5.5" Visited site but only talked to the children. Called back later and talked to Noreen, They had been in Fort Collins that day and drove back on highway 14, arriving home in heavy rain about 11 PM. Around 3 AM they heard a roar like a strong wind, but it was actually the sound of Pawnee Creek about 1/2 mile away roaring through the valley. They sustained nearly $90,000 in damages. A barn on their ranch close to the river that survived the 1965 flood was destroyed in 1997. She recalled about five inches of rain but referred me to their ranch manager, Mark Anderson, for more information. Terry and Nancy Kugler (and son Steve) 45000 WCR 141, New Raymer T 8N R 57W Sec. 10 Original Report: 4.5" I first visited with son, Steve, who had good memories of the storm since he drove home from Sterling 9:30-10:30 PM MDT with rain the whole way, The rain was not really bad, but got increasingly heavy as he got close to home. The creek was rising as he got home, By 11:30 PM it was way out of its banks and reached its peak 12:30-12:45 AM. He recalls that they read and emptied their gauge twice and that the total was much greater than 4.5 inches, but he preferred that I speak to his mother. I later spoke with Nancy who had written down a lot about the storm, In fact, as an English teacher at the local high school, she had organized a literature project that included stories written by several individuals in the area that had been affected by the flood. She was delighted to learn that we considered that storm to be among the set of most extreme rain storms in Colorado's recorded history. That made her feel that her community literature project may have had more significance than she first realized. 16