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<br />Ii, Ramtig"., 'Water rattles.' ". ,'.' ,.,.:'. ' " D~coIa;,vih~, "~nougha,y.yirom Bulf;i1~Creek:' home's basketball 00&\ and base- said. "The ~te, has ,been muddy
<br />:. i .o~:... ,- " -~ . INSIDE. hustled overtQ a thatheusuallyca:n'tsee.1t:'-,,'," : ballfie1dlaymnuns.::,. every day smce the fire. It used to
<br />nerveS;sweepsa'ivay ,II Tornadoes, neighbOrs' ,;, : "Suddenly ,!hiIigsgot a lot loud-' ,: Many of the,residentS of Bu1!alo be pretty here, But it's pretty ugly, '
<br />scenery,""un"uermm' " es" .storms,_ll~e.. house.-When,he ,_eI;"-Bawn;msa1li" ,_' ".' Creek; Spnng Creek Ranch and now."
<br />. ',_,", . bliffet'eastem. rehiril,ed, ~_.'h.e, .., ,: When. he 'ventured~' o~tJ .'he, . nearby -areas got :t:P_~ir. first postw 'We're not in chaq::e," said Parr.
<br />resIdents resolve' Colorado"" found that the 'steppedonsomedebris, " flood meal Saturday nlght at the "When Mother Nature comes
<br />" 'flood had jarred "."Irea11zed.Iwasstandingatthe', North ForkYolunteer Fire De- through,you wait and watclL"
<br />By Bnl Scanlon' , '- ' ,'.' , ,.)oos.e a jlOst~~P;1 high-WatefJparI<,",he sald. "If I had' partment fund,~sCf:';: , Scott Dollus; foIe;'tty technician
<br />R<<kyMmtidainNews StajfWriW . : porting one cornerof.bis, hOt,tS~~_i<,:'F'~~-been out there anhour' :earlier; it.., . . ~'We, were gomg ~ to' charge ,$7 . for, US.' ForestService, South ~t~
<br />" -The ,View from his~~ecl(1,iSed to' :,~. WotiIdn't have been p!easant"- :';, _. . -, apiece," chief' ~ne Caves said. .teDistrict ,.
<br />BUfFAlD ~ ~ The.{erbcious ;'~' tJe',Qf beaver ponds' 'and_ wa~/-~> . ''IfaPPer wain said his house: \he. .: ,"Now; w.e're going to giv.e itaway." " "Certainly, the fire ha{'an im.
<br />wall of water lliat etashed over itS .,: said :Deco1a, a property ,~~ ,::,Newi Horiions foster home for . _Jim, and Ann EJ!.ix spent t..lie day pact," he_:Sal~ ''But regardless of
<br />banks Friday, night Carried'.lre!'S" But the, May fire at Bu1!alo,C~k' ,teen:ageboys, escaped the worst of .,helping the 85-year-old owner .of the fire, with this kind ,of rain, we
<br />cars and nighttnares, iri 'its destiuc' ' campground burned 12,000 acres of . the flood, collectirig less than 'a half 'the Blue Jay Inn scrape'6 inches of were goiilgto have an impact."
<br />tivepath.,' - ." ",.,-. ': ' ;',,'_< ''''_: " .. vegetation that had helped hold soil ~;-~chofwaterinthebasement - , .mudpffherfrontyard:' DolIns said it was demoriilizing
<br />. Dave Decola' awoke from a in place. Since then: every rainhas,,"Buiafter,the,bOys stopped telling.' "!'She, told us'she's'beenhere to see' all,tl.e hay.bale'd3ms his
<br />, feverish sleep to the souna of fury.. hio~tll~h floods to his back~:,~jho~t Sian",!, ana v"!'?'ted.putside,. since the 1920s and !'as n,ve,seen c:ews.had .0000000Jo stop ,the ero-
<br />~ ~ck ~~ was $rtied',by.! F~~y'swas~eworst.sweeJ?,~_fi~th~~ ,~!,:,a ~rnucop13 .o(~ture's.. "a-~ood this ba~"..saId ~~.whose ~ ~lOn floating ~own _the,'r:ter' and
<br />the hiss, of a prppane,.~__noa~:_ 'away:, the. wate!fall~ and ,,~v~'j,,!~boup.ty_J.I1 ~~iTfro.9-t,~-~ wagon. . pun gauge tallied 2.7.m~~ fr?m i::reekor:sca~~near:theu:banks.
<br />pasthis.cab~ ),.-.~ _" ......:, ~. :...~,'..., :_'<'~;dams..:~carving sedimentan',";ter"/~,wheel..af~~or;,<c1Pltchfo.rk.:\ thestl?rm. <.;:<' .': ~ . . Some._ of the,.prev~tive .mea~
<br />. ii ThlpperWam',.l4, told' ghost".-'-,:'races .ofmud and tripling" the_,'width 'l_:{an .oven-;,~ a bucke~ ,a...~ :0!4, reUdVi, ::: ,- ,,'We won't stay", t.l-te _s1i.f!l.Inet;'.' SlLres did hold. ,and kepUhe 1100d
<br />storieS with his pais in the,a1rnost-:' ofthe,C1:eek. ' " :_":" ,,'" : '_:-"','.: 'c ',,: ?/olkswagen.'-..: ""':", . ",-,': "'i',,,;,:;,\,:AimEnixsaid., ':,:; '::, ,; from being worse, he:sai~ "They
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