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<br />. Nikki Baessler stands' In her flOOded basement Just'west Of Weldon a, this momlng Ilfte( s.:
<br />", . :'nlghl of furious sandbagging sncj pumping.' Many peop"le InWeldqna"were fOfCeo toevacu-
<br />ate theIr homes with more. tha,n.20 to go to_8 Red Cross center sei up in Wiggins School. :
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<br />Conl1nued from ~age 1
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<br />f '~eried._ ':'he;a~ded. : He ':w~s' . 'or'Ston~han\ andfi'o~lIjuth 0"
<br />hopeful,. however, '_,that.,the.re. ,~ew :,'Raym.er,' neatly ,to:'. the'
<br />. qne into'"' ths'::Fcirt ; Morgan' 'would not be seriou8 dalill~ie.. Ne~ra.ka lin, e are ~~. ";, '.
<br />. COl,lnb'y Club.,'" :;, ," ":'-.:,' 1...:, '. ,"We've". (Ot .' crewe ",rOlJing" '. The' fi~t'platt:' Pflager lI;dd,
<br />, 'But the day; he added;le not el'erywheill,buhomepl.e:ellwe,:. would.:be'to replace damaged
<br />. over yet. ,',., - :~. h.ven.tbee,nabletog'ltthemilJ..-......, 'd tthin b ck
<br />;,:~"Acceas wu a" .niljor problem. yet,- Woodwjlrd lIidd. ,. '> '.' _,,:, eqw~....en :an pu, , ga a
<br />t: dd pair .."Wehaven'tbeenable-toget together-.~' ." '-' " .
<br />:::f;wr:.'~,e '~': ~~~~~.-.~ therebyland.~h.added."We've. ~ .IitJ:1e'_da~~~turned -~~,t to
<br />, ' Roads Into ,Weldon., includ-. flown It.~ _ ':be Dl.ore extensive,he added, a
<br />'lng Highway 14., were ahut . AlIlO'lIu1veyingdamagebYldr . mobilea_ubstationj9intlyowned
<br />down. . , ,,'oj'. were,;...-:.Morgan:' .County',byMorgllllCoWlty,REAandY.
<br />Reaource _ and '"emergen~y Commiuloner MarkAmdt and ~,w, and.- Highland,',~leetric
<br />"Crewe were limited to Highway ,road 'UperyiaorJoe Baltazar. . " AasOclations,could.be brought
<br />. 39.,froin,Wlggin.e to Highway,. O.twald' also repOrted prob-', in. That unit ia at Akron ready
<br />,144 at GoOdrich, Kuret!ch eaid,:.' lems getting to trouble Spots. for ~m.erg~ncle81ike this one. :
<br />That route hu been clO$ld to : 'A' Morgan, County" Rural The mobile substation waa on
<br />.U but local traffic, he added,:,. :., Electric Asaoclation: crew, ran call awaiting repaft.s o'n damage
<br />, -$orne of the roads around.: into trouble trying to'reachthe to 'the New Raymer, substation
<br />. thi. area are,impaSaible, 'and ,New Rtymer .ub.!ltation after a transformer. butTryon reported
<br />they're c1oaed" Morgan County r 'direct hl~ from .. lightning.. that the, transformer at the
<br />CommiuionerJohnCrosthwalt. .trike knocked it out. .' New Raymer facility-did "nO;t
<br />said. . '.'. _ "" "., . Ordinarily, 'the trip io the appear damaged and custom,_"
<br />, Water from' a imall .broken substation frOm REA headquar_ 'should get', power back this
<br />irrigetion dam nearby. washed.., 'tereat Fort l,!organ_takes less aftemoon. ',-'
<br />over and threatenedto'wuh..tthan'anhour. ':,,:: . '.:,.. ,. , .'
<br />,but Count, Ro.d T.5 Jua.t 'west ;.1,'" "But lait night:' due -to heiivy';- ,'~ Pubiic Serri~ Co. ofC~lorad~
<br />ofHlgbway52, cJOlIingit. "..' rain and WIShed out roads, it ,re.~~no.o1,l.liI.ges~'
<br />"Hlihway 52 betw~n the Fort. took until I') a.m. for our m_en to , ,:;,;;!9~w.her.e, "f1~lrui, th;',~at:
<br />~f~'tWU~clgt:J'~~t~m~:tJ.r fl:ri~g~~Bt~b~~~~~~a'i:t.~e~~ j ~1\r:.:~;;a~~'~~~~~t=;:!~)
<br />houra due to water tiishing over" " '~ou don't ,rilali~e how valu'" boong pla~<tajo!lg Highway ...
<br />'it, Torn Templeton of, the able bridgea' ate' until ~ey'ra ileat Steding. ',_Several. high..-
<br />~.Colorado . Department.' ,of washed out,~ Member Serviceil . waye,including Highway-ll
<br />: Highwaye repOrted., . - . . Directot Vernon Tryon eald, ,ii.orth of HJghway_l4-. Highway
<br />'1,_ The main problem ill 1<< in Abouh400meter -loca'tione 6at Atwood .nd Highway 69
<br />~the Weldona area, which I, eub- . from' aroUnd: Bnusda1e to 'eaet. north o(Yurna, were closed..
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