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t".l X ::r b= ..... rt' '" I I-' i\.... '\. .: ~ 1-~ ...ERALI 1.:-t~ ~ Thursday, August ~ Heavy rains cause flooding from Frenchman Creek: Paoli gets slight rain but is under water; dr~nking water possibly contam By DEB KUGLER Mng. ediIOf/."" '.porter Paoli residents were pumping basements and assessing damage Monday after heavy rains in o!her dlt;~5 (at!std st;vcrc noeding throughout !he entire to Nn. Al- though Paoli rcceived just Iwo- tenths of an inch of rain in Sunday's storm, they had 10 dc.,' wi\h lhe runoff from other areas Ihat reccivcd DctWeen two and six inches of rain. The storm moved slowly across norlheastern Colorado Sunday morning, dumping heavy rnins and some haiL Whiie most oC the area near Haxtun and Reming reported 3-3.5 inches of rain, reports from !he '-_ , + N" ~;~~:2'~i!~:."" - .~ ~. "=--- ,._, I live 30 miles from a river. Who'd have thought I'd need lIood insurance? -Don Johnson. Paoli resident Paul (Kathleen's husband) said Ihal in alllhe years he's lived here, he's never seen water like thaI. Kathleen Sornhoft, F;eming fe'Std~nt. slranded al Sf. Peler's during storm DaiJcy area _cslim31e as much as six inches fel! in a short time. Damage in !he towns of Haxtun and Fleming was minimal, wilh jusl a few instances of localizcd flooding or water in basements. Frenchman Creek became a four- foot wall of water in some places. as it fOared through Sl. Peter's. and backed up at a bridge west of Paoli. -' ,....~"y.'<,,,.:. ..~~\.::,\. , - ~ -- diverting water throughout the town. Don Johnson of Paoh says he. was warned just a few minutes before !he waler hit. "Clair Pillard and Jim McBee Wan1t..'.d us the water was com- ing: he said. "I shUllhe elcctricity off al my trailer at5:10 p.m. Ten minutes later the water was here. h was four foot high and a half, mile wide." Johnson says \he waler lacked juS! six l inches from foming jmo lhl' win- dows of his trailer on !he south edge oflown. His furniture and rarpcljng is ruined. he says, and his insurf.ul(:I..' willnotcovenhedamages. "11,,'dO miles from a river. Who'd h~l\,(' thoughl I'd need 1l00d insuranc,")" Accordlllg to Paoli Mayor V lfg.1 Hanns. other Paoli residents arc III the same situation. "I don't know of anyone !hal had 1l00d insurance." he says. "You've gm 10 have (hill spe" cifically listed on the poJicy for illn be covered." Residents said they watched lI;K. tor lires and a refrigerator lIoating by on Highway 6_ Johnson noted an an- tique car was also moved about half a block for its original parking place. "After th'is dries QUI, I'll have 10 gei if back," he says. Leo Fisbcck, manager oftlie Paoli Coop Elevator, says water did nOlgel into grain storagc"bins, but [here i.s damage in !he office basement and Ihe c1e;ming plalll. und~r 1ht' scak, alh an insl)\;ction dool the wal(.'r 10 cntl'! "We were walchin on'r the scale ," he (P!l;}ase see Pao!