FLOOD05639

• County: Larimer
• Community: Estes Park, Loveland
• Stream Name: Big Thompson
• Basin: South Platte
• Title: What People Did During the Big Thompson Flood
• Date: 8/1/1977
• Prepared For: UDFCD
• Prepared By: Eve Gruntfest
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Educational/Technical/Reference Information

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fellow graduate students at the Institute of Behavioral Science.
Tom Downing, John Sorensen, Don Rosenthal and Marvin Waters tone
offered much needed constructive criticism and confidence.
The study would not have been possible without the grant from
the Urban Drainage and Flood Control District in Denver, under the
direction of L. Scott Tucker. Bill DeGlooot of UDFCO and Les Botham
of Leonard Rice Consulting Water Engineers were very helpful.
This final report incorporates insightful comments resulting from
a two-day workshop. Thomas Drabek, Dennis Mileti and Janice Hutton gave
special assistance. Though I have tried to include all suggestions, the
viewpoint expressed and any errors are my own.
~1asterful editing by Saran Nathj! ,enhanced the report which was
typed by Holly Hollingsworth and Judith Hill.
Finally,I want to thank n~ advisor and the director of this
project Gilbert F. White, for providing the research opportunity
and offering his wisdom and encouragement throughout.