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<br />THE WEILAND ENGINEERING CO. <br />DiHViR. PUULO . CANON CITY <br /> <br />SUBJECT <br /> <br />FLORENCE FLOOD PR01'EC1'ION <br /> <br />ItXHISIT <br /> <br />prevent a re-occurrence of t:he near calami ty of 1%:3 and a plan devised <br /> <br />to safegua,rd tl:eir lives s,nd property from the floods that will always <br /> <br />occur. <br /> <br />It is characteristic of the Americ&n people that when we suffer fror.i any <br /> <br />cause such as a flood, a contagious disease or war, we are wildly enthus- <br /> <br />iestic for steps to prevent a l'epetl tion of the disaster, but as soon as <br /> <br />the time 0:' stress has passed, we forget that trr.uble has occurred and <br /> <br />delay in taking the steps necessary to prevent its re-occurrence. ~e <br /> <br />feel cOl1ndent though, that the memory of the period of terror the <br /> <br />ci tizens of Florence were svb,jectec' to on the early evenine; of JUly lotl:, <br /> <br />1923 is still as fresh in mind that there will be little desire to delay <br /> <br />in taking immediete and adequate steps for putting in operation a plan <br /> <br />whereby their eft:! v;ill al\'.'2..1s be safeguarded from similar flood,s. <br /> <br />One peculiarity of tr.is mountainous region Is t.hali it is subject to per- <br /> <br />iods of abnormal r"in-fall, popularly known as "ClOUd-Bursts", which oc- <br /> <br />cur at uncertain int.ervals dl~ring the summer months, The area affected <br /> <br />by tllese ton'ential dowr.-pc\:rs is coe"'aretively' small ar.d, thoc;gh the <br /> <br />periOd of tj-,eir ouration is usually s,',ort, the run-off is excessive. <br /> <br />It is due to these circumstances that our stream-beds, draining such an <br /> <br />area affected, prove ined.eql;(:~tE' to tal\"e ca.re of tIle W8-ters genrl'L ted by <br /> <br />such a storn,. ';ne run-off ill the sprin[ fl'om :"eltine snow or from light <br /> <br />rains of long duration seldo:', is sufficient to tax 1;he carryinc capDcity <br /> <br />of our mountain strea'l1S princ:ipiJl1y due to t.he fact that their excessive <br /> <br />f[:.ll per mile COT:;'-'cnE.:"tes 1'02' Dny ~rr.[illnesr. of cross-sectioD:;;l area_ <br />