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<br />- 8 - <br /> <br />the Blue River for this event at the gage above Dillon <br />Reservoir. The storm and subsequent flooding is described <br />in the following newspaper account by the Summit County <br />Journal: <br /> <br />, <br />. <br />~ <br /> <br />Summit County Journal <br />Breckenridge, Colorado <br />Friday, June 25, 1965 <br /> <br />'. <br />, <br /> <br />ANGRY FLOOD WATERS TORE AT SUMMIT DURING STORM <br /> <br />1 <br />, <br />I <br />! <br /> <br />Low-lying, tumbling, rolling, black clouds crowded <br />out the mountains on the east, while from over- <br />head came ominous, threatening rolls of thunder. <br />Suddenly the pent-up fury of the angry gods in the <br />sky was unleased, and nature went on a mad rampage., <br />demonstrating her relentless power. Water dis- <br />gorged from the skies in torrents, while the sun <br />in the west, peeping through an opening in the <br />clouds, threw a magnificent rainbow across the sky <br />and sheets of rain turned into silver streaks, <br />earthward bound. Rivulets were born on the hill- <br />sides, little streams grew to be miniature, muddy <br />torrents, and the rivers receiving them soon <br />became crashing, rolling, overflowing instruments <br />of destruction. <br /> <br />r <br /> <br />From June 1 until June 16, Summit County had only <br />one day without heavy rain. On the 16th the <br />threatening skies literally split wide open. The <br />rain fell in sheets which windshield wipers <br />couldn't handle, water couldn't run down hillsides <br />as fast as it poured from the skies, rivers raged <br />and overran their banks and deep puddles of muddy <br />water appeared in every depression and low spot. <br />Late in the afternoon, the rain settled down to a <br />steady, pounding downpour. <br /> <br />The first indication that there was real trouble <br />came with a call for help from Quandary Lodge, <br />approximately eight miles south of Breckenridge, <br />about 9 p.m. Culverts at Quandary (normally carry- <br />ing only a small trickle of water) couldn't handle <br />the accumulated runoff from the rain, and the roads <br />were washing out. A large stream of water ran <br />beside Highway 9 toward Breckenridge, undermining <br />the side of the road until it reached the Joe <br />Schneider stables, where it ran through the stables, <br />and back into the Blue River. <br /> <br />~ Leonard Rice Consulting Water Engineers, Inc. <br />