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<br />Flood v.latch remam:;
<br />111 effect on \\.est Slope;
<br />warm weather expected
<br />t() keep the snow melting
<br />By Deborah Frazier
<br />I,'"~ I, \1,n"'~'"J .\ru's Sw.r 1\'1:.,
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<br />eOL-LBRAN - !'Jall'flu Creek
<br />-ulJ.:,.d high,'f f'nd,!\, Ih,,:,lle:1I11g
<br />tl~\ ,t:a~"n'~ ilfst Il()"d~ n, "~'<:k-
<br />"'1(~ ic'11pnJliJrt'..; .l~(' ('-:I,,',-[r<1 :',
<br />'T.I\hlgh
<br />.\ ~ln()d \\"~Ich wilt rer'l,1l11 III
<br />elk(: I(}O,H iur 1-'IJteau Cree!'
<br />ii-oil! (ullbrJn "'e~l 2u !l1I1\,,, 10 llit"
<br />l olorano flln.'r ~nd fo) ~lr,'~m~ III
<br />("n~JO~ lounl}" II] south-(('THral
<br />Coloradr). Jl-(ordmg to th(' \J:]()f)
<br />,jf\\(,dlherSer\'lCt'In DCI\\([
<br />T Ill' r1"t.~ are expt:C!ed tu be
<br />i<TadlJ<l1. drld nu na~h tlOi>dJr.!< IS
<br />npn"led
<br />In.lddIlIOt1 thf;'weathcr,('l"YKC
<br />ill"\I",Ul'\\'alcheswrJ;ntol!hrn'
<br />illLJrl' n\'er~, the Y~mp" ill',!!
<br />"1t'~ml1"~t ~pnng~. the :\Olnl<l~
<br />Ill',I~ IJlIr;H1~o dnd lhe :;dl1 JII'-In
<br />'WM J',Ig<'~~ :;pnng~
<br />rllt'\lol.lkllketl)('b",[,';H\dl
<br />d,H'" I" exp,llld tllt' ~rl'~ {if \h<:,
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<br />v.',I[,hl' n~ht 0"" ~,ml I,,))r\
<br />11;:,IlC;: '\e',lthel"ernu'hrdruj"
<br /><:1,1 II ~ ,;ulng to bt h"l ,Ind \I;..
<br />"Ii ",,:~ 11)(' ,tdte for lht' 1<'!:'!:'kcJ)(j
<br />~"I dOli I ~n: all)' reduction In lhe
<br />~'1n\\"r.lt'lr Inr the n~'A! kl<' d,l\'~ "
<br />, krl1j)\"I~\ur~~ dt lo....n ele\"l
<br />ll(>[15""111 fa!lgeashlgha~lhL"ml(l
<br />'~"" )w ,;t1G Re<ldlng~ In th~ Idr~(
<br />:o-no\\-"twldsab;we9,U<XJfet:It:/t""
<br />;I"r; v.-illch lield as much d~ I'(l'-,
<br />of lh~ runoff. 1<'111 be In lht' till,
<br />In C"Ill'IO~ Counl\', lht, :JJ:,
<br />--\I:llllll" J[ld Los f'lIi()~ nn'rs .lrH:
<br />LJMd Creek ran full Fnd:l\, bu'
<br />dldn'l jump theIr banks, 5<lldSht'r
<br />,::GerdldRI\'<:,ra,
<br />\\'Ilh ~nowpa(k mehUr~men[~
<br />~t~lewlde cl1mbmg 10149'/, abm'\'
<br />,'l\'('f;lge\!d..1.dlsaster.prepdrl;'d
<br />[le~, otiKIJb have wdfncd oi hWh
<br />"f m~dlllm llood danger on dlmrh[
<br />alltht' \\'est< Tn Slope,
<br />EmefRcnqofficlal, fO:ilrcondl-
<br />twnsare npe fora repeat of 19K<I,
<br />the ]J51 lime C{,lorado ,OU[lll(:~
<br />Wt'n: d,'dJlC'd a federa,' drsi/s(t'r
<br />arl',! be<:ause o/flooding
<br />C,I]bran, populalloo~SI), Slt~ 15
<br />rlllle~ ea~( of Gr,l!]d Juncll'ln n~ar
<br />rhe cl1:ltlu,'f)cC oi BU2lJrd and
<br />I'IJte,I~([ct:b
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<br />Job Corps students Gerar(l George and Jeremy Vasquez pile sand bags along Plateau Creek. RISing
<br />temperCltures have melted snow and fueled fears of flOOding In Colorado,
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<br />I.J<'tlaMcCor\neVRoc:"yMou"t;'",Ne~<
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<br />"The .....eatherl:;gomg 10 'tJe the
<br />manager Ollhls entire SituatIOn.
<br />butwe'vegolOurplanmplaceto
<br />makearunatcol1trol!ingn,"said
<br />GeneCJlck,chaJrmanofthedlsas_
<br />ter-preparedne~s commIttee In
<br />Plateau Valin "We dldn'( el"en
<br />ha\'eaplaniorlh,'!luodln,l;ln'l'!:l
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<br />Students at the Collbran Job
<br />Corps Sill' filled ~ndbags Fnday,
<br />and hean! equipment m(wedeanh
<br />and rocks to strengthen stream
<br />b<lnks,
<br />Clid. said he wa~ punled wh}
<br />the weJther ~t'nlt-\' had Issued
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<br />the t100d watch Thursdaybt:cdusl'
<br />waler levels are not yet near peak
<br />"People are s;t}'mg thiS is hIgh
<br />Waler, but we don't have high
<br />wateryet,"Clicksaid,"There'ssp
<br />much snowlhatsomeoflt haSn'j
<br />even thought of meltmg yet."
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