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<br />rain for Sahlrday night and today in
<br />the area, and residents and officials
<br />feared that the deadly waters col,l!d .
<br />once again roil through the region.
<br />"If we get another downpour
<br />that's 3S bad or wone as Friday's,
<br />we could be in trouble:' Parr said.
<br />John TmkeJ; 43. of Pine died
<br />when his pickup truck was washed.
<br />off the road and into a building.
<br />Alex Sa1azaI; 73. of Lakewood
<br />was found near a washed-out road
<br />Saturday morning, said lliena
<br />Harpel; spokeswofI13I1 for the Jef-
<br />ferson County coroner's office.
<br />No injuries were reported. offi-
<br />cia1ssaid. .
<br />The flash flood roared through
<br />the area just after 9 p.m. Friday;
<br />uprooting trees and utility poles and
<br />carrying boulders, cars; propane
<br />ta.nks and othd items.
<br />"These big trees We.ic flipping in
<br />the ak" Dave "Decola said, oointimz
<br />to pieces of 4Q-foot~high ponoerosi
<br />pines bobbing in the creek behind his
<br />home, which has a deck that hangs
<br />over the banks of Buffalo Creek. "If
<br />one of them hits your house: , ,"
<br />Access to the 'area Was limited
<br />since the waters washed out the
<br />main bridge and two roads into
<br />town. County Road 126 was washed
<br />out between Deckers and Woodland
<br />Fm-k, and County Road 96, known
<br />3S River Road, was washed out into
<br />Douglas CAJunt)'.
<br />Jefferson County crews built
<br />temporary bridges to replace the
<br />main bridge and washed-out sec-
<br />tions of the roads, Trucks carried fill
<br />for shoring up weakened parts of
<br />coe roads,
<br />The Buffalo Creek firehouse was
<br />ripped off its foundation and spun
<br />180 degrees, Colorado State Patiol
<br />Sgt. Anthony Padilla said. The
<br />department's $85,()()Q ambulance
<br />was destroyed and a fire truck was
<br />damaged,
<br />A community center also was
<br />knocked off its fowulation,
<br />Decola's cabin suffered struCturai
<br />d2..r::2ge, 2...:d c!oze~s c! cthe~ r::.'..:d
<br />and water damage.
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<br />The flood destroyed the cisterns The flood cut electricity to about
<br />that supply~".....".,era\-hun.--l5(l homes, said Dellnis-Wllliams,
<br />dred residents, andjeffcrson Coun- district manager of the In-
<br />ty officials arranged for a 35,()()()..gai- termountain ,Rural Eiectric AsS0--
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<br />by Saturday rught, although as many
<br />as 3() s.till might not have electricity
<br />this morning,
<br />Phone service also W;lS dismpt-
<br />/i'd, although US West spokesman
<br />Jeff Garrett was not sure how many
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<br />~ residents were 'atrected or when
<br />"serViCe wOllld bO restored.
<br />'-,:; ~,' For~St. Sern.c.e-"'crews spread
<br />.. ,bales of hay. dropped trees and built
<br />'small dams to stop- further flash
<br />. floods, the Forest :5erYie:e.'s DeVore
<br />"said. "There's not a lot' elSe you 'can
<br />do "she said.' " ," -'" '.
<br />,: forest~ce officials have ~n
<br />~..~Qrking to prevcii.r erosion in: the
<br />. area ,since the',Miy' 18' fire," but
<br />, 's,tornis have ~Qsed minor i1~g
<br />.-jrfthe a.."'ea and v..ashed awa~ t9llS, of
<br />. topsoil since,' the.i... Officl3Js; spread
<br />89,000 ,pounds of oat-...seep~ . "two
<br />weeks ago. .'
<br />"Many of these things obviously I
<br />didn't help," Forest Service
<br />spokesman Steve Priest said.
<br />"It's nature, It's humbling," for- i
<br />estry technician Scott. Dottus s:nid,
<br />"When it wants to do what it want~
<br />to do, there's not much you C<\n do,"
<br />Associated Press contributed to IhL~
<br />report
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