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<br />Storm danlage es',1::ilrnat~~s rise
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<br />l'ain<l!1Jh.ail.
<br />H;:.iJ t:2U:;I~d eXknsi,'p d;;m~:!f' to barley
<br />and whu.~ cru~s, ::aid !;!':;old G~[rn;mn,
<br />director of Weld CotJ..l;-'s .~ ~"iC',"!'l!llr~,1
<br />Stabi!iz;;titm rmd C(J~.s':ri'2tiol: "Sl;fvlce.
<br />Gr.rmann s~id tnat cm~.I'~:: o:~tim;,t('s
<br />are .d~rficu]t to ma!(,' h"c:}~-"c far;ncr~
<br />must w,~it O!lC wccl{ after crops ar.~
<br />dam"gcd to aflply for nflilllcl~l .1id llnd'_'l'
<br />the service's Dil;:Jst~!r As:;:<;bn.:e I're-
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<br />G~nnalln ~:,id whc.rol .!r;~ b<lrlcy :it;!-
<br />fcred HlC h~:avics! i!:;fnngc b~c:w:,(~ tr,d;-
<br />d,~\"~lopmcat ~'as more advar,(:erl t;lan
<br />corncr"ps,
<br />Miilikpn Fir" Chid J~rr}' Ki!ge,n: sait! ~w
<br />is stkki:;~; by bij orit:i.'1'11 f'stLn,lk tr.al:
<br />fJ.)Oljing cal1~ed ~.OllO in darnng'" to
<br />h'JnJr:s.
<br />And Paul Thoma., of 1110mBs Heal
<br />Estate' ami Insurance ^ecncy in
<br />Johnstown sild tbe to\Vr. tl~J mostly Olin?!
<br />d::!1l,11;e, FJ,JO(l victims live in a part I)f
<br />to\\11 tl1:1t ha:; pr(>\.jr,usly t'xpc;;encl~d 1J;!~lJ
<br />. fl<)od:ng, he sdd.
<br />Thnffi,.s said that _ many Mi1!ikcn
<br />_[~sidellts did i!otcarry floOd i:1surane~: -
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<br />Farmers assess StOfl'll dam~~~e
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<br />Estimates _ of WedncsdDY's sto::'rn-
<br />r.":;Jt~rl fl{'l),jmg in Milliken rem:iin at
<br />$~.09{l, wnile d~mily'e c<!l\.';ed by a tornado
<br />--lhat tore through F'crt Lupton have sonred
<br />to $5&),000. officials said Thursdt,y.
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<br />Sixteen h01to;('s arid several businesses in
<br />Fort Lupton were damaged by a twister
<br />[rom a :;tonn system tflat hit Northern Col-
<br />,)rado WE'rlnesday Jlft~rnoon..off :cials said
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<br />some structures were drmolishe-l .R1~{)fs
<br />were ,il'p'"!d orr oth~rs.
<br />J\fu::;tofthe d<Hnagec~cur.~d in ~l -esi(!t:n.
<br />tial s('-c~ion ;:It 11th and Fu)tc-11 st!" <:,f$ awl
<br />in an industl'i<.lt area northta.st of F J!C!: [,up,
<br />ton. Only one minor injury wa5 r",~ - Jl'(€d.
<br />The tornnuo.lodtn storm c:ltlsed
<br />rnmion~ uf dolbrs in dan>l!ge in t 'II.'LU h.::m
<br />Denver. It moved nortb throl.. ':h wcsl em
<br />Weld County with funnel douds ,'to{1 r.e:l'.)'
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<br />By BECKY ORR
<br />When you're a farmer, you quickly
<br />n::alJZe that job securit~. depends on the un.
<br />eontroHabie whims of thi! weather.
<br />A few minutes of heavy hail or rain at
<br />the ;\Tong time can destro)' months of
<br />work.
<br />~ prime example is Wedllcsday's stonn,
<br />?t'n1ch dtunpcd up to 2 _inches of rain and 60, bas fanned all his life, having learned
<br />sC\eralinchcsofhailonWeldCountrlnan the craft from his p<:lrents. He and his
<br />ho:.:r. family moved to Windsor flbout 10 years
<br />Fer most farmers, the storm merely ago.
<br />prevented them from retumin;:r to their Hojio and his son-in4law Bill Sayles grow
<br />r a in. s 0 a ked _f i e Ids. sugarbeets,corn.andpintobesus.
<br />Other!; say the rain washed away "It's stiit a little early to tell the extent of
<br />valuable topsoil, which decreases the the damag~," Hojio said, looking out over
<br />land's abUity to absorb moisture. a ..C1Vly planted bean field. "Maybe it
<br />f?thcr crops were pelted by marble-sized won't be as bad as we think. "
<br />hailstones. Farmers are assessing the Sayles SUtvcYI~d the fields Thursday and
<br />d3rr.age. said h~ fears that the 80 to 100 acres of corn
<br />noWeld Co~,ty Extension,Agent Elmer they planted is lost. Sayles cstimat_cd the
<br />tb~ said that f~rms near Johnstown__l.oss at about $100 an acre. - . . -- -
<br />~.wmdsor were hit tile hal'dest_by__th~ But he doesn't think the fields will be a
<br />-- - ..rrn. total loss r.nd s,.'lid that they may replant
<br />The area south of Kodak Colorado was the land in brans. "If you canplantitagain
<br />really P01Uldcd by hail," he said. thi! loss is mlllicwl." he said.
<br />One of ~he Canners wbose crops were But Sayles said that the hail did not
<br />da.nmet'd lS }\1~r:e H?jio G! Winds(Jr~_~ojjo, cause the bu.~ of the damage. Instead, it
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<br />damage. Maybe it won't be as biidas we think. I
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<br />_,.._::1., Windsor farmer
<br />was th,; inl.en~e amount of r.ain in such R
<br />shortpc'rio":oftime.
<br />S1yk,;,,1 ::lid _.thnt.._a!though ..he.'.s__~~~~n
<br />~ar~cr lwii, hI' doc:>:,:;'t know jf I;c's evcr
<br />wjtnes~,. '1 ::'J('h n heavv amount of rainfall
<br />.-lnlessth::t-l<lnllOur'stbne.
<br />But tll~ st,l;. luoks on lhe bright side. "If it
<br />had be eo J 1..:ml, it would have betll
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<br />Rick Hc[;;:kl) of W!nusor:s also tltoS%r
<br />ing the da.nage. Hcri:'ke ha.'l about 2GO
<br />acres 0; cO~J\ and a dair)' Carm ab(lut five
<br />miles west d Gr~eley on V.S 34.
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<br />"It's han' ~o say what it did to the corn,"
<br />he said_ "tho, the hail pelted it duWl: pretty
<br />good."
<br />Howcl'er. I~'~r(.zke is optimistic that the
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<br />corn can co:ne hack. To1e stor:n, hI! SOlid.
<br />\\';]S "bad er.ol1gh," bi;l it 'liJ nQt wipe 01:,
<br />hi5~rop.
<br />.Ted Untl, who r;:~Ill~, :;Oiltl\W('st (.f Wind
<br />sor said that altl~o:J'_dl the r[.Jill WW, 110<l\'},
<br />hid damage was li/;hL
<br />Mllrvin !\1'(!J!on, a f;mncr ,.,.hi JiVe!; :hn~,:
<br />miles north of .J(Jllr..~l.u\\ln. e"'.:nl.11es th,l:
<br />Iii>; arC<J recci\'1'll 1.2 il;ch~~ d r;!i::. And.
<br />like Lira:. he d02S not co;]:;ider the (i<IUI2;:'l
<br />hea\)'. "We were> 11J~ky,," he ~aiJ.
<br />TI;c heavy fair,.;. nil :;aid, d:m",.-:.:(: !;o;n.
<br />rowtrvp.s b}' l','a..:ll;W:: away t:l,' soil.
<br />TIle same grlCS few r;liff HuH. Hut~. wl~'
<br />cawe home rrvm his furmir.g chun!:, nC_l1
<br />Eerthoud to find his wife s('p.kin;~ s/lcltpr II'
<br />the cellar, says th<!t watcl'ldl a bkr: in on,'
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<br />,lncot Altcrgof~ still lin's on his far,,) ir. i
<br />_Windsor. nut he is .retired ..rid h~n's .o~J: I
<br />mo:;t of the farra:m;. Alt.::rgott:> l.lT,U
<br />brlc}' cse,1ped the wrath (If lhe:,tor.rn., I
<br />But althowh he was fortunate thIS tline, :
<br />Alte:g(ltt h<,; been fAined out and 111liJc:j I
<br />out more liml)S th::c\ he'd I:ke to rem,em.bC\ I
<br />during his 39-.:;eI1r fanning carer:r.
<br />"Yea just grit you I teeth," he :;;][11, "Mid I
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