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<br /> <br />, , <br /> <br />Yates praises'CSU's"handling{bf~fl00~.1 <br /> <br />,I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />THE DENVER PoST <br /> <br />By Robert Kowalski buitdioll. "Together we made the drives on the ground," the Z5'year- <br />Denv... POll S\8fl W'ile' flood our common enemy." old Pittsburgh native said. "We <br />FORT COLLINS _ As barely a Yates estimated !.hat the July 18 saved probably 20, to 30 comput- <br />sprinkle of rain fell from the over- downpour caused about $101) mil- ers," . <br />cast sky above campus', Colorado,' lion In damage to the univcl'lIity Abraham and two campus radia- <br />Slate University President Albert comples:., Among items,' soaked. lion safety officers then spent the <br />Yates looked out at hundreds of were abobt 500,000 books in the remaining hOll!:S of the oight <br />people beneath umbrellas Tuesday CSU library and numerous facili- searchiDg CSU buildings lor any <br />morning and praised the universi. ties in the Lory Student Center. ;'. hazardous waste that might be <br />ty's handling of a far wetter situa- Yates singled oul graduate 8tU' spread by the rising floodwaters, <br />tlon. '_ ....~_ _" -:.___ _,_,d"fl.\..Jjrn_Al.!ra~~'!1 ~c:lI:....~pe_~ii!I.... ~~S:i!j~.J~m9y~:~arrels .of as- <br />He recalled a time in late July praise,.. . , ' ,_ b;ci;~os ~t tlie_ water bad carried <br />when the now verdant parkway in Abraham, working on his mas. out onto College Avenue. <br />front - iJr CSU's administration ter's thesis in radio.eeology the Yates called Abraham's actiollS <br />building was covered by several night of the flooding, noticed water "instant heroism," <br />feet of coffee-colored floodwater coming under the door in the Gen- "We've learned a lot from this," <br />and'..rlumerous-campus.bulldings_.. eraLServices building_abouL10 ',,-lhe university president said._ ". <br />were deluged with rainwater, p.m. . .. . ',' Alter Yates delivered his ad- <br />"We took on one of the .toughest He and colleagues began moving dress, the students and others in <br />challenges this lllLiversity has ever computers from. the building's the crowd gathered ill the "Oval" <br />'faced,"Yatessaidinhisannualau- floor to thetllps ofdcsks to'prevent section of campus for a barbecue <br />tumn address to the campus from ' them .from getting wet. "Every. celebratioo, <br />the stairs of the admlnistraUoo body kind of keeps their hard Among the":! was Huma Babak, <br /> <br />Wednesday, September 24, 1991 ;:-"',' ; <br /> <br />8n;18-year-old freshman studying <br />computer science. <br />Babak said she could hardly tell ~1 <br />the damage the f100dwatcn bad <br />done just weeks earlier and said <br />the campus has opcrated smoothly <br />sioce classes resumed at the eodof <br />August <br />"We're oot missing aoything," <br />sbesaid. <br />Yatcs'said CSUslKiuld use its ex.4.. <br />perieoce dealing with the flood to <br />become a better university, <br />"Through it aU'we've kept our' <br />bumor and our perspective," he <br />said. "Nonetheless, I t.hinkI'lI for- <br />go calling this a watersbedyearor <br />referring to the tide of publicopin- <br />ion. <br />"Perhaps, like everyone else, I'm <br />ready for a break from the inlensi- TtleDenverPootl./.J1l"1WM <br />ty of recent weeks." . Jim Abraham " .' f <br /> <br />