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<br /> <br />~ "",'"'-"- ,'~- ' .'-, ""-^":'.-,-~~~-'" <br />Despite)iuns;t100dingkept to minimuM" <br /> <br />basements-and yards. <br />. ,"There was a lot of sill," <br />said Town Administrator <br />Jim Yale of the event. ' <br />'-Garfieit!- COll~fya'iid "~'I <br />Colorado.. Department of <br />TrariSponation atsO saw -mi- .' <br />nor flooding and mud slides <br />north of Rifle'by'Rifle Ga"p. . <br />Pl.aces"alcing':West. Rifle ;;. <br />Creek 'ROad '(CR 252) si(" .. <br />some damage', and are~s,j., <br />aJcin'g Highway 325 also ., <br />flooded, with Several areas'.'. <br />seeinglargearoountS'of.mud <- <br />dUll was quickly bJaded away . <br />by state vehicles. __' . . <br />However,just because of~ <br />ficials are. not enCOUraging.;. <br />ark: building does not mean ' <br />that the rough weather is not " <br />taking. i[S.o{oli-other pJaces-~ ~.. . <br />Hawker explained that the ': <br />rain is taking a fmanciaI toll <br />on the city in other areas. <br />. "It continues to dmnage' ,.. <br />oursfreets our trails and some <br />houses. In any croct in the <br />street. the water seeps in and <br />soflens and erodes the base,- <br />said Hawker,tbut.major <br />projects' like the Deerfield <br />Parle' expansion and 16th <br />streetexrension havenot been <br />significantly impacted., <br />"11', (the rain fall) prob- <br />ably of epic proportion, <br />based on. anything that, I <br />have been able to talk to any. <br />body about" .-:... <br />National Weather Service <br />is p(edicting more rain for <br />the Wednesday and TIlUrs- <br />day of this week. <br /> <br />'f/l-f (q:r <br /> <br />By Theresa Hami'li~n Hawker attributes this to a <br /> <br />RIFLE-Gray skies and higher awareness and some' <br />wet streets ha..v~ '~n,:.lhe~ ~ help from,MotheT NalUte. <br />, norn; as fall OUI from'Hu~- ' "We got some things <br />,c~ne: -liQta_ c.ontinues,.:.lQ.--cleanCd .up--which"-"helped a ,- <br />wreat havoc on Ga.rfield little bit NatLire helped quite <br />County. DesPite the wi'*ed: :abitbyc.leaning things out." <br />weather arid the 'inofdinaie -~ explainOJ Hawker. ' <br />amQunts ofmnrall -.:.... rain"-...."Th-i-~City :did ~peffu'rm <br />gauges in the area are, re- "mandatory evacuations" <br />porting between..two-and-a- along Rifle Creek Saturday <br />half inches to over five night when the threat of <br />inches ofrair,a:fonhe week. flash floodfng became $C- <br />- overall Rifle and western vere. however, the creek <br />Garfield County are a little -stayed within its banks in <br />soggy..butminimaJ flooding places where in the past, <br />has occW'Ied. L:,. flooding has occurred. This <br />. . Along' West Second too;is in large pan due ro <br />Street. an area which flash the work the' City has done <br />flooded ontY'8 month ago,~' along Rifle Creek: and the <br />harmless puddles now sit . trail system. <br />where bef<>re' -large amounts .;,'~...In addjuon..silt saw,some <br />of-iiinning~ water poured flooding. Sunday evening. <br />tProughi>eoples' yanls'and Twice, mud and large <br />/',.' ;'ouses. .. . amouruS of water slid across <br />1 Cily'~Manager David 7th street and filled resident's <br />__...____""'-_ _... 'JI'h-.._._ ___ _ ,__ -.._:'" <br /> <br /> <br />TkCfl't~ -cJUjr4-' <br />