<br />-Weather
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<br />Fort Collins Coloradoan 5
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<br />August. 1976
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<br />cloud ....'h.lch stretched from Virginia
<br />Dale to as far south as the eye could
<br />see. The cloud caused a "premature
<br />sunset" by 7 p.m. as an ominous
<br />thick anvU spread out the thun-
<br />derstorm's top over the mountains
<br />and plains. Continuous lightning and
<br />deep peals of thunder rolling In the
<br />foothills made It appear as if a ute
<br />and death battle were taking place
<br />to the west. The Blg Thompson
<br />Canyon!lood \\'nS Imminent, but now
<br />the meteorological focus of attention
<br />began to shirt northward.
<br />"We urge people in the Poudre
<br />Canyon. Rlsl Canyon, Soldier
<br />OuJyon and the Poudre F700d plain
<br />including Laporte, Bel1vue and new
<br />subdivisIons nelll" river to expect
<br />hea vy rain and llkeJy flooding
<br />between IIOW and mid.
<br />night . . . Please Wee precautions
<br />lor at JeJiSt next 4 hours . . . Please
<br />be vel)' carelul next 4 hours this is a
<br />danproos situation." 10: 10 p.m. 31
<br />July, 1976 John Henz
<br />
<br />'Ham'
<br />
<br />operators had disciplined
<br />
<br />'net'
<br />
<br />d1saster It's practically Impossible
<br />to track anyone down.
<br />"There's always the concern of
<br />verified information being wrong."
<br />Gla.sasa.id. "It can happen."
<br />Although telephone calls were
<br />vtrtually Impossible because
<br />circuits were jammed with
<br />outgoing and Incoming caUs
<br />relate<! to the flood, speclallzed
<br />equipment allowing direct
<br />touchtone diallng to the Denver
<br />telephone exchange was set up by a
<br />group of hams from Denver.
<br />There were ~200 ~Io~
<br />Ham radio volunteers and in-
<br />numerable out-of.state operators
<br />who assisted in communications,
<br />said Glass.
<br />
<br />Three separate stations were set
<br />up at Love4U1d High School by the
<br />Harnoperators. One to relay health
<br />and weUare messages to Estes
<br />Park and back, one to handle
<br />inquiries from out-of-state
<br />operators about the safety 01
<br />possible flood victims and another
<br />station for coordinating services
<br />between the command post,
<br />helicopter pads and indlvtduals in
<br />the field.
<br />
<br />~~e~es~d~~"="o~
<br />
<br />said Glass, Is the inquJt1es from the
<br />concerned people "all over" who
<br />want to know If their friends and
<br />relatives are safe.
<br />"This Is because in a full scale
<br />
<br />(July 31) that back-up com-
<br />munications might be needed,
<br />Ham radio operators prepared for
<br />the long tough job before them.
<br />"No one was tully prepared
<br />(operators) and no one wants to
<br />praCtice for something lJke thl..!I,"
<br />Glass said.
<br />
<br />"For Hams that live in a dtsaster
<br />area such as a tornado or
<br />hurricane area, It Is a very tra.b1ed
<br />thlng because it happens so often, "
<br />he went on. "None of us ever
<br />worked as a team before but It was
<br />a very dtscipUned, professional,
<br />teamllke net. "
<br />
<br />~Iorado State Patrol Captain
<br />B1U Thomas expressed earlJer that
<br />
<br />"they're (the Hams) some of the
<br />most professional and dJsclplined
<br />people I've ever worked with."
<br />
<br />Four functions the radio
<br />operators provided in the flood
<br />disaster were setting up a com-
<br />mand post, emergency medical
<br />commW1lcations, communications
<br />for the Red Cross and Interstate
<br />and International communication.
<br />
<br />One of many networks, con-
<br />sIsting 01 stations located at the
<br />Fort Collins Sheriff's Offlce, the
<br />command post, the McKee Medical
<br />Center, two heliports west of town
<br />and the I..oveland High School,
<br />allowed intercommunication
<br />without Interference.
<br />
<br />By IoIARYTUMOSA
<br />Of the 00I0rad00n
<br />
<br />Although there Is mUe physical
<br />labor involved, a Ham radio
<br />operator's job in disaster situations
<br />Is exhausting.
<br />
<br />Comparing It to an overloaded
<br />pollee dispatcher, Clyde Glass,
<br />command net manager for the Btg
<br />Thompson flood's Ham radio
<br />operators, saJd, "It's a full.time
<br />job,-you have to pay attention."
<br />
<br />"It's such an occupying thing,
<br />you don't get much c.hance to let
<br />emotions get to you," he saJd.
<br />Alerted by the Loveland Police
<br />DeplU"tment late Saturday night
<br />
<br />-Flood destroyed all
<br />
<br />its path
<br />
<br />.
<br />In
<br />
<br />NEAR 10 p.m. the huge kUler
<br />thunderstonn system over Hague's
<br />Peak began to move northwestward
<br />with the upper air disturbance
<br />toward the Cache la Poudri! River's
<br />canyon. Pt10r to 10 p.m. ~ to 1~
<br />inches of rain had fallen In the
<br />foothills and been welcomed by local
<br />residents. However, between 10 p.m.
<br />and mJdnlght, H Inches. of rain fell
<br />Into small streams feeding the
<br />Poudre. By midnight the Poudn!
<br />Canyon. RIst Canyon and Soldier's
<br />Canyon had been transfonned into
<br />raging torrents. The rainfall over
<br />the Poudre was just as Intense as
<br />over the Big Thompson. The thun-
<br />denrtonn S)'1Item sWI towered to
<br />over60,oo:I feet. Between 11 p.m. and
<br />midnight % to 11Jt inches of rain had
<br />lallen over Fort Collins and nor-
<br />theastern Larimer County as the
<br />heavy thunderstonn system headed
<br />oorth.
<br />By midnight the thunderstorm
<br />s)'1ltem had lost Its source of moist
<br />l.IJ\!rtable plalns alt as night-time
<br />cooled the alt. Tremendous amounts
<br />of rain-rooled air filled the lower
<br />atmosphere choking the thun.
<br />derstorm from below. Ughtenlng
<br />that was almost continuous prior to
<br />rmdnlght became occasional by 2
<br />a.m.
<br />"Radar indicates the heavy
<br />thunderstorm actJvity over northern
<br />Larimer County Is rapidly
<br />dlsslpating. The heavy rains are
<br />over, though flood1ng problems will
<br />continue in dmmstream areas of Big
<br />1llompson and Poudre into the
<br />moming hours..... 3:35 a.m. 1
<br />August,1916John Henz
<br />'IHE FLOODS of the BIg Thomp-
<br />son and Cache la Poudre Mvers wt're
<br />history by ~ a.m. Aug. 1.
<br />RAtnbucket surveys cQ1lducted by
<br />v8.r\0'U'S teoeral agenc\es'md1ca\ed a
<br />peak point ralnfall of 14 inches
<br />northwest 01 the Glen Haven area.
<br />The peak ra1nlall area for Big
<br />1bompson flood was located In an
<br />area bounded by Storm Peak on
<br />north, Glen Haven on east, Krut'ger
<br />Peak on south and Mummy
<br />Mountain on the west. The Cache La.
<br />Poudre flood was fed by peak ra1n
<br />fall bounded by Storm Peak on
<br />9OUth, Chambers Lake on west, Bald
<br />Mountain on the north and Rist
<br />Canyon on the south.
<br />Rainfall estimates continue to be
<br />made. and accurate peak ralnlall
<br />rates may never be dt'termlne4.
<br />Some local rainfall totals for the
<br />storm Included 7.40 inches In Rist
<br />Canyon; 1.10 inches in Bighorn
<br />Qu1yon (Sat. only); em Foothills
<br />Campus, lA{) inches: Poudte Park
<br />3.. inches and .33-U inches In Fort
<br />Collins: I..oveland .12 inches; and
<br />Horsetooth Heights, 2.1 In~hes.
<br />Clearly a distinct east-ta-west
<br />gradient In the rainfall existed. ThIs
<br />fact emphasizes the importance of
<br />the local terrain 10 "locking" the
<br />thunderst9nt'1S into the foolhllJs.
<br />
<br />SOOLARITIES between these
<br />weekend floods and the Rapid City
<br />Flooded June 9, 1912, are striking. In
<br />both cases a statIQnary frontal
<br />system helped to tunnel tropical
<br />moisture into a mountainous area, a
<br />large, almost stationary thun-
<br />derstonn system produced the flood
<br />waters, and wtnd speeds were very
<br />high below mountain top levels and
<br />very light above mountain level.
<br />Both floods affected areas of high
<br />tourist density and occurred be-
<br />tween 9 p.m. and midnight after
<br />earlier heavy mountain rains of
<br />peak rainlall near 14 Inches. Most of
<br />the rain fell In a 4 hoorpeModorless.
<br />The Rapid City Flood kUled 237
<br />persons with 5 presumed missing
<br />and dead. A total of 2,932 persons
<br />were Injured and flood damage
<br />exceeded $100 m1lllon. The Big
<br />Thompson Flood has killed over 100
<br />persons to this date though it may
<br />approach 200 ....1th many persons still
<br />recorded as missing. Damage
<br />t'sUmates currently exceed $28
<br />mlllton. A similar but less
<br />devastating flash flood oceurred
<br />near Red Feather Campground on
<br />July 19, 1973. Peak raJnlalJ reached
<br />6.t2 Inches in 4 hours at Red
<br />l'bi~I"6. Flx't"C$J}J."JS ~J\'ed only
<br />0.48 of an inch do....-ntown and 2.20
<br />1nchf's at CSU Foothills campus.
<br />OteyeMe, Wyo. recorded 3.t2inches
<br />in 24 hours, the second highest on
<br />record, with 2.12lnches falling In a3-
<br />hour morning IX'riod on the 19th.
<br />Clearly the occurn:nce of thun-
<br />derstorm flash flooding Isn't a rare
<br />event along the Front Range of
<br />RockJe-s from Canada to New
<br />Mexico. However, the location is
<br />\L<roally very Isolated In nature. As a
<br />result the chances of anyone canyon
<br />flooding are remote, but certalnly
<br />notimFlbJe.
<br />
<br />Within the short time before dark,
<br />they brought 80 to 100 people into
<br />I.iJveland
<br />The number of confinned dead
<br />rose to 69.
<br />
<br />nJESDAY, AUG. 3
<br />Today the sun rose into a crystal
<br />clear sky over LartmerCounty.
<br />In Loveland the first of many
<br />meetings was held to brief l<<?Cat
<br />officials on state and federal ald
<br />available to Individuals to help them
<br />reeover from the flood.
<br />ChaIred by Lamm, the meeting
<br />moved quickly. OffIcials said
<br />representatives of several agencies
<br />already were busy in the canyon
<br />surveying damage.
<br />Dwight Bower of the state high-
<br />way department, said road crews
<br />were starting on a pioneer road that
<br />would be completed between the
<br />Narrows and Estes Park. by the
<br />weekend. HIs bolli, State ft1ghway
<br />DIrector Jack K1nsUinger, said the
<br />permanent road would be rebuilt
<br />"pretty much along the same path..
<br />and be opehed in about one year.
<br />Hal York of the EnviroMlental
<br />Protection Agency said a broken
<br />sewer line in Estes Park had been
<br />temporarily repaired 80 raw sewage
<br />was not pourtng Into the river.
<br />Another official said I..oveland
<br />water was sale.
<br />Watson was able to report that
<br />rescue crews apparentiy had done a
<br />better job on Sunday than realized at
<br />the time. As 01 th1a moming, he said,
<br />"Just about everyone Is out that
<br />wants to come out."
<br />Bt'twee.n a 100 and 125 people, he
<br />estimated, were staying in the
<br />canyon of thelrown volItion.
<br />Yeargan announced at the com-
<br />mand post that he was pulling his
<br />las1. .contingent of troops out of the
<br />canyon and from now on would
<br />only provide helicopter support for
<br />the sheriff.
<br />Body recovery and security
<br />became the main focus of the
<br />shertff'seftort.
<br />At the morgue, officials received
<br />retrlgerated truck trailers In which
<br />to store bodies too battered to retain
<br />embalming fluid.
<br />The number of bodies retrieved
<br />was 72 by the end of the day.
<br />
<br />WEDNESDAY,AUG..
<br />At 10 a.m. disaster relief centers
<br />opened in Lovt'land, Estes Park and
<br />Fort Collins. Representatives of all
<br />federal and state agencies which
<br />could provide short- and long-term
<br />aid for individuals were located in
<br />each center.
<br />Lamm signed two executive or-
<br />ders authorizing road and cleanup
<br />crews to enter private property
<br />without followtng normal legal
<br />procedure In order to accomplish
<br />work_
<br />Watson announced that specially
<br />trained dogs and mechan1ca1, hand-
<br />held "sniffers" were being used in
<br />the search for bodies.
<br />He said Infrared cameras, once
<br />
<br />used In Vietnam, .....ere being UBed to
<br />locate anybody who might sUIl be
<br />allve under the rubble.
<br />Officers stationed in the canyon to
<br />provide secur1ty for undamaged
<br />homes were beg1nn1ng to have
<br />problems because so many people
<br />were returning to the area from all
<br />direc:tions. But Watson said there
<br />was no serious looting problem.
<br />In Denver the first funeral for a
<br />flood victim, Highway Patrol
<br />veteran Purdy, was held.
<br />The body count was 7..
<br />
<br />service lor victims of the flood at the
<br />FIrst United Presbyterian Chruch in
<br />Fort ColUns.
<br />A team of federal and state of.
<br />t1clals also flew into Cedar Cove and
<br />Drake Sunday to meet with in-
<br />dividuals elJglble for assistance who
<br />had not visited the relief centers.
<br />On Monday two out-of-state firms
<br />began the job of clearing debris
<br />under contract8 with the U.S. Corpa
<br />of Engineers. Work began In the
<br />vtcin1ty of the Big Thompson schooL
<br />That evening the Estes Park
<br />individual relief center closed
<br />pennanently. Phone service to
<br />Allenspark also was restored on this
<br />day.
<br />1be job 01 dismantling emergency
<br />operations continued on Thesday
<br />with the shutdown 01 the command
<br />p:JStatthe NCWCO.
<br />Larimer County Commissioners
<br />adopted temporary flood-way
<br />zonlng ,
<br />Watson also announced that
<br />becaUBe of the lack of manpower he
<br />would IlmJt the search for bodies in
<br />the future to spotters accompanying
<br />the cleanup crews.
<br />
<br />7:30 p.m. Sunday nlght over FDAA
<br />conununJcation equipment.
<br />In I.iJveland, residents and of-
<br />t1clals alike were plagued by
<br />mt.s1nfonnation. Residents were
<br />~elv1ng conflicting reports on
<br />whether they should boll thetr water
<br />because of damage to the city's
<br />water supply system.
<br />OffIcials were contending with
<br />, periodic false reports that the river
<br />WlUl rising again and various
<br />reservoirs were collapsing. ThJs
<br />caused repeated, unnecessary
<br />evacuation of homes along the river.
<br />But the re9Cue operation ran
<br />smoothly as helicopters ferrted
<br />rescuenl into the canyon and sur-
<br />vivors out. Leaflets were dropped
<br />telling people to organize self-help
<br />teamsandto state their condition by
<br />use of a code of large letters laid out
<br />on the ground.
<br />All trapped survivors with serious
<br />problems were evacuated by the end
<br />of the day. In total, between 000 and
<br />IlOO people were brought In on
<br />Sunday. '
<br />About 80 of these went to the
<br />McKee Medical Center for treat.
<br />ment but only ftve were admitted.
<br />Another three were admitted to
<br />Poudre Valley Memorial Hospital.
<br />As the evening approached,
<br />rescuers were dropped Into the
<br />canyon to organize survivors, who
<br />coold not be brought out before
<br />sundown, so they could make It
<br />through the nlght.
<br />Body recovery was a low priority.
<br />It proceeded almost exclusively on
<br />the pla1ns below the canyvn. 'sUI, by
<br />the end of the day 40 bodies had been
<br />recovered.
<br />The first body was Identified. Sgt.
<br />Purdy of the state patrol.
<br />
<br />MONDAY, AUG. 2
<br />1be sun rose Into a haze of mist
<br />and rain that hugged I.iJveland and
<br />the mountains.
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<br />Street in I.iJveland with a spotlight
<br />for about one and one.half hours.
<br />Then he stopped until daylight.
<br />About mid-morning Watson talked
<br />to Gov. Richard Lamm to expla1n
<br />the situation and ask for assistance.
<br />Very early the sheriff's office
<br />contacted the Kibbey-Fishburn
<br />FUneral Home and told them to get
<br />ready.
<br />, By " a.m. Ralph Morgan, the
<br />laboratory technician In the sheriff's
<br />offlce, was on his way to Kibbey to
<br />prepare for ldentitlcation work.
<br />As dawn approached, officials
<br />prepared to assess the lull1mpact of
<br />the disaster. Untll then, even those
<br />most intimately Involved ~ only a
<br />partlaI picture of the destruction.
<br />The search and rescue operation
<br />also began to click as the sun rose.
<br />Early in the morning, the com-'
<br />mand post moved to the NCWCD
<br />oftIces at the corner 01 U.S. 340 and
<br />'Wilson Avenue. Military hel1copters
<br />started arriving along with the first
<br />contingent of what would eventually
<br />be 150 National Guard troops. A total
<br />01 about liOO off1clals and volunteers
<br />would be Involved in the. operation
<br />at Its peak along wtth almost 20
<br />helicopters.
<br />About 7 a.m. Gary Mowrey, the
<br />d.1rector of the ambulance service at
<br />Poudre Valley Memortal H08pital1n
<br />Fort CoIUns, was contacted by the
<br />sheriffs office and asked to bring a
<br />couple of ambulances to I..oveland.
<br />Once there, Watson asked for
<br />more medical support, and a trtage
<br />team of docton Md nurses were
<br />called. They joined medical per.
<br />sonnel and ambulances from other
<br />places at the helicopter landing sites
<br />to evaluate the condition of
<br />evacuees.
<br />At Kibbey, Fred Fishburn called
<br />Dr_ Robert Schmidt, the Larimer
<br />O:lunty coroner, about 7 a.m. By late
<br />morning the old I.iJveland Memorial
<br />Hospital was being opened as
<br />temporary morgue.
<br />
<br />THURSDAY, AUG. G
<br />The first ffit'eting just to review
<br />the procedure lor public facility aid
<br />was held In I..oveland.
<br />Lamm signed an executive order
<br />authorUlng cleanup and road-
<br />building crews to remove pt1vate
<br />property that was damaged and;or
<br />posed a publJc hazard.
<br />The refugee center at I.iJveland
<br />HIgh School closed after the flow of
<br />flood vicUms slowed to a trickle.
<br />'fhe number of bodies retrieved
<br />was 76.
<br />
<br />FRIDAY, AUG. 8
<br />Lamm c.ha..Ired another meeting
<br />with federal, state and local of-
<br />ficials. TIlts one was smaller than
<br />the ftrst and concluded with the
<br />LarImer County commissioners
<br />Indicating that they were research-
<br />tng their authority to estabUsh a six-
<br />month moratorium on most
<br />rebuilding In the canyon.
<br />Don Barnett, the mayor of Rapid
<br />City, S.D. durtng the 1972 flood in
<br />which 239 people were kUled, also
<br />attended the meeting. He assured
<br />the offidals that the community
<br />could recover from the flood with a
<br />united effort.
<br />Watson announced the establish-
<br />ment of substations in the canyon at
<br />Cedar Cove, Drake and Glen Haven
<br />to provide secuMty and assistance
<br />for the residents and crews working
<br />there.
<br />The sheriff also announced the
<br />use 01 divers to enter submerged
<br />vehlcles and houses.
<br />The day ended with the crash of
<br />an Ag helicopter in the canyon.
<br />There were no injuries and only
<br />minor damages. The crash oc.
<br />curred as the craIt was lifting off
<br />aner taking on a body.
<br />By the end of the day the total
<br />number of bodJes recovered had
<br />rlsento19.
<br />
<br />BY WEDNESDAY the first of 36
<br />mobUe homes, that would be used by
<br />the U.S. Department of Housing and
<br />Urban Development to house some
<br />of the survivors of the flood an1ved
<br />in Loveland. They were located at
<br />the Columbine Trailer Park.
<br />The last remaining indivtdual
<br />relief center, the one located In
<br />I..oveland, was closed at the end of
<br />its operation on Thursday.
<br />The ftrst meeting of residents and
<br />property owners of the BIg
<br />Thompson Canyon was held
<br />Saturday In I.iJveland. About 300
<br />people attended the meeting called
<br />by Raymon Hayden, a resident of
<br />Johnstown and owner of the Flying
<br />YRanch at Drake.
<br />Public officials answered
<br />questions about the county's in-
<br />tentions on future zoning of the
<br />canyon and sald officers would
<br />continue to provide security in the
<br />canyon.
<br />People attending the meeting also
<br />elected representatives based on
<br />geographical areas of the canyon to
<br />keep up with recovery work.
<br />At the end of the week the otflclal
<br />death toll reached HH.
<br />
<br />m WASHINGTON the letters
<br />from Lamm and Eddy were hand.
<br />carried to the Whfte House. Before
<br />the morning was gone, LarImer
<br />County would be an official disaster
<br />""",,
<br />Forworkers In the command po8\:
<br />at the NCWCD as well as famJlies
<br />and Irlends of the hundreds of
<br />missing people, this was possibly
<br />the toughest day of all alter the
<br />lnitlalflood.
<br />No one kilew for sure how many
<br />people were still stranded in the
<br />canyon, yet because of the weather,
<br />the workhorses of the rescue
<br />operation, the helicopters, couldn't
<br />fly.
<br />The sheriff and other offlc1all
<br />busied themselves organ1z1n(
<br />ground rescue efforts. A four-.....heel.
<br />drive rescue drive into Drake over
<br />Pole Hill Mount&Jn and a pack horse
<br />trip into the main branch of the
<br />canyon were arranged.
<br />Itwasnotuntlllate In the day that
<br />the weather broke, giving the
<br />helicopters a chance to go to work.
<br />
<br />1HE WHEELS that would bring
<br />state and federal diBaster aid to the
<br />canyon area also were set Into
<br />motion that mornIng.
<br />About 8 a.m, FDAA officials In
<br />Denver alerted their Washington,
<br />D.C. headquarters to a possible
<br />disaster, even though regional 01-
<br />flclals st1ll were pretty much in the
<br />dark at that time. An FOAA
<br />representative was sent to the scene
<br />to evaluate the situation.
<br />Early in the morning Lamm
<br />arrived at the command' post with
<br />the head of the state patrol and the
<br />National Guard commander. They
<br />took a helicopter flight over the
<br />canyon and met with local off1c1als.
<br />By afternoon the governor and
<br />Eddy were meeting to prepare a
<br />request asking the President to
<br />declare Larimer County a disaster
<br />""",,
<br />Lamm's letter, along with a
<br />supportIng letter from Eddy, were
<br />transmitted to Washington about
<br />
<br />WEEK OF AUG.1~21
<br />In the third week following the
<br />flood, recovery work continued at an
<br />Increasing pace.
<br />By the end of the week the U.S.
<br />Corps of Engineers had Issued Its
<br />Itnal contract for debris clearance.
<br />TIle cleanup contracts totaled
<br />$406,IS70 for removal of an estimated
<br />121,00:1 cubic yards of debris in the
<br />c.anyoo and on the plains below.
<br />By midweek, with more than hall
<br />a dozen crews worldng In the
<br />canyon, the hlghway department
<br />had managed to establlsh a pioneer
<br />road between Estes Park and Drake
<br />through the north fork of the Big
<br />'nlompson canyon.
<br />Work was still proceeding to
<br />COl'l11ect Drake wtth Estes Park
<br />through the main canyon and with
<br />the end of the. paved road at the
<br />entrance to the Narrows.
<br />Meetings also continued this week
<br />with federal, state and county of-
<br />ficials reviewing in more detail aid
<br />available to the county.
<br />Late in the week the d(~th
<br />toll stood at 117.
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<br />SA'nJRDAY, AUG. 7
<br />Long distance telephone service
<br />was reestablLshed to Estes Park th1s
<br />morning. Most of the servtce to
<br />Estes PrIor to the July 31 flood was
<br />provided by lines running up the Big
<br />Thompson Canyon.
<br />At the close of its operation today,
<br />the dJ.saster relief center In Fort
<br />CoIUns closed.
<br />The death count stood at 84.
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<br />WEEK OF AUG. 8-14.
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<br />11le color photograph was
<br />taken Thesday, Aug. 3, by Rick
<br />Browne of the Denver Bureau of
<br />the Associated Press. The lower
<br />photo Is by Joe Novotny of the
<br />Coloradoan staff and shows
<br />damage to Highway 34 near the
<br />mouth of Big Thompson Canyon.
<br />Other photos In this edition are
<br />by Novotny, Matt Jacobs and
<br />Katherine Keniston - all of the
<br />Coloradoan statl - Browne and
<br />by outside contributors as noted.
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