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<br />It ~~ <br /> <br />Sun., July 14, 1996 Rocky Mountain News <br />I . -. (:!i..!" _;.,:n- ~; ~O.; <br /> <br />Rampaging creek kills 2 <br /> <br />Friday-night flash flood turns <br />Buffalo Creek into torrent, <br />washing out roads, property <br /> <br />.~-- ~--&:.-. <br /> <br />tain commWlity set the stage for a flash <br />flood Friday that killed two men and dam- <br />aged several buildings. <br />"I call it hell or high water - it's either <br />burning or flooding," Jefferson CoWlty <br />sheriff's spokesman Jim Parr said. <br />A Friday-night storm dropped heavy <br />rains in the area 35 miles southwest of <br />Denver, forcing the north fork of the <br />South Platt~ River at least 15 feet over its <br />.._"-~ <br /> <br />See flOOD on 6A <br /> <br />banks. <br />'There would have been some flooding <br />anyway because the rain was so heavy:' <br />U.S. Forest Service spokeswoman Pam <br />DeVore said. "But it was even worse be- <br />cause there's no vegetation on the hill- <br />sides tokeep the water back." <br />The National Weather Service forecast <br /> <br />By Michael O'Keeffe and Bill Scanlon <br />Rocky Mauntain News Staff Wril<1:s <br /> <br />BUffALO CREEK - The May forest fire <br />that ravaged 12,000 acres near this moWl- <br /> <br />i <br />J <br />( <br />I <br /> <br /> <br />_'___A__'__"'_~:"_'- .O_.__h'.'. <br />