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<br />The Denver P05t/Fri'day;JtiIy 18, 1986
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<br />~By BilfWalker .-,. ed the canYOn oetWeen Loveland and Es. oftalks'abOut thele5sonSleanied'frOn;t the the_ same '.point more_ bluntly: '.'1. don't. in uie'st.ate. said Lang.
<br />,""""'.........w"'"' tes Park on July 31. 1976. wa$ the worst flood, and what advances bavOl!een made think we have learn!d a thing."TecbnoJo. "We're jost 1ucky that they don't all hit
<br />~, BOULOER-' Colorado is due lor anolh- uatura! disaster in Colorado !listory. It in the decade since.' . gy is better. be said, burpeople conti.uue to populated areas....be IS3id. For example. in
<br />fer 'floOdasbig.as the.~ne that bit Big killed 1411peopJe, injured 88 and causO<l$30 "Wl1ile wehave madegi:eat strides in build bomes and;b1Isinesi;esin fJoo<l-prone 1981 Frijole Creek in rural14s Animas
<br />~T1iompson- Canyon in";1_9'?6,_:tbe _ state's mDlion in damage: '_: :.--....' . the areas __of w,arning systems, _'public areas_-and goverhments allow. it. . Co~ty got 16 in~stroframamno' in just I four
<br />;. flcjod..",nlrol'cbiet: said'TbljrSdlly:. . - Those losses may never be ma~cd, but awareness, emergencypreparedoess and' '!'be flood, prOduced by 12 i11c1leS 01 rain bours. ca~ a ..- e w.o more
<br />!. -;: .':The .Big Thompson. flood' has been' floods with the same destructive potentiaJ intergovernmenta1 Cooperation, 200 people '.in Jess ~ ftve l>ours, was the Worst in. tlJOn' 50.000 Cl,lbic feet per serond.
<br />i (;matched ,-,or "':.ex(:eeded_ ,eyery 10 to 15 are fairly COmmo-D, Lang said at a sympo-'. still die.~ual1t in floods iJl 'U1e p.S.~ and -."the canyon in at least.10,OOO y~:acCord- John ROld, director o:f the.Colorado Geo-
<br />1 -years,".Sllid Larry Lang 01 lbe state WatersiUl'li marking the 10th anniversary 01 Big .Iosses top $4 biDion;" said Eve G..-est, a ing to geological S\Udi~" . But rains. as logical Survey, warned. that disastroUs
<br />, "-fConserVaUon '.Board.. "~Everyone keeps Thompson.' " .' - '_ : ........::- _ professor -at the -University of COlorado at :he_avy or hea_vier, producing ijoodw:aters "floods can be-Caused by much less rain.He
<br />{_ .! saying it'll never happen again, huttheev- ..The "yinposiUl'li has brougJ,t tOgether' Colorado Sprtngs..' .'. . . . " '..,'. 'even more rapid than1be 33,000 CUbic leet Sllid mosl'oI the Big Thomp501{deaths and
<br />r idence IS that It does." more than .100 .dentistS public officiaJi; . Ricb3rd Cook, director o'i:~ergency ,per 5econdreC011led at: the mouth of.the. ]ll'Operty damage 9CCUt1'ed alter only 3 to
<br />,:, ~I> ~The'B~Thompson flood, which inun~t~._ azui, ~~J,'!ili~! experts for ~ .days ~~ f~ Je#ersc:in.'C??_~;'made !~~ Thompso~-_~ve:'?ften ~ reco~ed .,: 4 inches-of.~ain. '-', '_i:. . '_" . ".' " "';, :.:
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