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<br />shared in the dubious hOrlor. Some houses north at town were
<br />'without drinking water and telephone service Tuesday, and the
<br />highway between Windsor and (.ucerne, as well as 257 north, both
<br />had spots which were inundated for awhile."
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<br />Thursday, June 15, 1961, Windsor BEACON
<br />TORRENTIAL DOWNPOUR DAMAGES NEARBY FARMS
<br />
<br />"A heavy downpour occurred Tuesday afternoon southeast of
<br />town, with considerable damage at the foot of the bluffs from
<br />sa~d washing down onto the fields as well as low-lying areas
<br />being flooded. Beets, beans, and corn all were damaged.
<br />Some unofficial moisture readings were:
<br />Henry Schaeter farm 0.7 inches
<br />Otto Ehrlich 1.0 inChes
<br />Allen Lamb 1.5 inches
<br />Ruben Kerbs 3.0 inches
<br />The reading at the GW weather statinn r"""'is~'"d "7 h 'h
<br />1 i v ~., ~ . inc es, e
<br />on y mo sture during the past seven days.~
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<br />Thursday, June 8, 1961, windsor BEACON
<br />THE MONSOON SEASON CONTINUES ON AND ON
<br />
<br />"Farmers southeast of windsor, sever"'l of whom have been
<br />hampered by flooding in this abnormally wet spring, were visited
<br />by hail twice over the weekend.
<br />According to Allen Lamb, about an inch of hail accumulated
<br />on the ground Friday, <lnd half <In inch the next afternoon. Most
<br />of the corn <lnd pickles, and the beans that were up will
<br />.,rob..oly have to be replanted On some farms. It wasn' t c~rtain,
<br />at ttll:; .,rlting, how mallY acres of beets 10'111 h<lve to be
<br />abandoned and repl<lnted in <lnother crop, but it will probably be
<br />well over liHI acres."
<br />
<br />More Rain Falls
<br />
<br />. "Farmers in the rest of the area <lround Windsor have been
<br />waning impatiently for some sunshine and dry weather to let the
<br />soil dry out ~nou'lh to get on with beet thinning.
<br />For the past week lt's clouded up nearly every afternoon,
<br />a,,,, tdins l<lst Friday and Saturday totaled 1.61 inchesof
<br />mOisture on the gauge at the GW weather station for the weekend
<br />re(lding.
<br />Already this year we have had a total of 9.90 Inches of
<br />moisture re<;jistered at the GW weather station. The annual
<br />averagp for this area is only 12.5 inches.
<br />. Durinq thIs unusual season, even twisters hilV" been spotted
<br />In the area; though none have been reported as h<lving c<lused <In)'
<br />damage. Cyclones are very rare so near the mountains."
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<br />Thursd<lY, June 26, 1947, Windsor 8EACON
<br />POUDRE RIVER HIGHEST IN OVgR TWENTY YEARS
<br />
<br />"Beet fields and p<lstures in this community, along the
<br />poudre were flooded Sunday by the high waters of the river that
<br />is the highest in over twenty years. One family On the w"st road
<br />sO<Jth of Windsor was forced to spend two nights away from home
<br />when the flood waters reached the barn lot, and closed the road
<br />to traffic when the approach to the bridge was washed out. All
<br />tr<lffic was routed over the east road out of WIndsor.
<br />Neighbors of Arthur Adcock moved sixty head of cattle from a
<br />pasture threatened by the high water, The Adcocks were in
<br />California at the time of the storm.
<br />The fl<lsh storm Friday night flooded bdsements and swept
<br />over newly m<lde lawns. Almost three inches of rain fell durIng
<br />the two hour downpour. Streets were filled from curb to curb in
<br />many SElctions of town. Some h<ln tell ln thEl community but did
<br />little damage.
<br />It is still too early to determine the nature and extent of
<br />damage to beets, but the loss will not be serious, John D,
<br />Edmiston, manager of the Gre<lt Western Sugar Company stated
<br />tod<lY. ~
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<br />Thursday, July 13, 1944, THg POUDRE VALL:;Y (BEACON)
<br />CLOUDBURST HITS WI~DSOR COMMUNITY MONDAY AFTERNOON
<br />
<br />"A heavy rain of cloudburst proportions
<br />community .'londay afternoon. The storm,
<br />o'cloek, iasted for almost ,HI hour, bringing
<br />Ilccording to figures recorded at the Great
<br />factory here.
<br />Several residents in the community reportEld minor dam<lge to
<br />propc rty, anrj contlider,lhle inconven ience ,..~s causI'rj by the heavy
<br />downpour. Greatest d<lm<lge seemed to be to basements where the
<br />stre<lms of ..ater came thru open windows or seeped thru the walls.
<br />Several business fiems found it necessaey to hastily remove their
<br />stocks of merchandise when watee leaked through the roofs or
<br />(oIled in und.., door". Str....ts, ..sp..cially in the southern part
<br />of town, were transformed into muddy rivers for a time.
<br />Fr<lnk Moore, manager of the local telephone office, stated
<br />that many telephones were out of order as <I result of the storm,
<br />but were being repaired as quickly as possible,
<br />R.E. palmquist, manager of the Public Service Comp<lny office
<br />here, stated that no particular difficulties were encountered
<br />from the storm.
<br />R. I. P<lrtridge, manager of the local factory of the Great
<br />Western Sugar Company, after making a survey of the crop
<br />situation, stated that for the most p<lrt the storm did more <jood
<br />than harm, altho' some of the grains, ~<1ch as b,'rley, were
<br />flattened, and "'<'Iter stood in the low field~ for a while. He
<br />believes that nO appreciable damage was done to b..etl) <lnd other
<br />ceops. Some hilil struck a small strip of land near Severance and
<br />caused some damage, but was not st'rious, he statt!~.
<br />As a whole the abundant rain was beneficl<ll to the ceops in
<br />this area"
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<br />swert the Windsor
<br />which began <lbout 4
<br />2.8 inChes moisture,
<br />Western Sugar Co.
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