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<br />rain for Saturday night and today in
<br />the area, and residents and officials
<br />feared that the deadly waters could
<br />once again roil through the region.
<br />"If we get another downpour
<br />that's as bad or WOI"3e as Friday's,
<br />we could be in trouble," Parr said.
<br />John Tmk"" 43, of Pine died
<br />when his pickup truck was washed
<br />off the road and into a building.
<br />Alex SalazaI; 73, of Lakewood
<br />was found near a washed-out road
<br />Saturday morning, said Triena
<br />~ spokeswoman for the Jef-
<br />ferson County coroner's office.
<br />No injuries were reported. ofli-
<br />cialssaid.
<br />The flash flood roared through
<br />the area just after 9 p.rn. Friday,
<br />uprooting trees and utility poles and
<br />=rying boulder.;, ""'" propane
<br />tanks and other items.
<br />"These big trees were flipping in
<br />the aiI;" Dave'Decola said. pointing
<br />to pieces of 4Q-foot-high ponderosa
<br />pines bobbing in the creek behind his
<br />home. which has a deck that hangs
<br />over the banks of Buffalo Creek. "If
<br />one of them hits your house:. ,"
<br />Access to the 'area Was limited
<br />since the waters washed out the
<br />main bridge and two roads into
<br />town. County Road 126 was washed
<br />out between Deckers and Woodland
<br />Park, and County Road 96, knO'WTl.
<br />as River Road. was washed out into
<br />Douglas County.
<br />Jefferson County crews built
<br />temporary bridges to replace the
<br />main bridge and washed-out, sec-
<br />tions of the roads. Trucks carried fill
<br />for shoring up weakened parts of
<br />the roads.
<br />The Buffalo Creek firehouse was
<br />ripped off its foundation and spun
<br />180 degrees, Colorado State, Patrol
<br />Sgt, Anthony Padilla said. The
<br />department's $85,()(X) ambulance
<br />was destroyed and a tire truck was
<br />damaged,
<br />A community center also was
<br />knocked off its foundation.
<br />Decola's cabin suffered structural
<br />damage, and dozens of others mud
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<br />The flood destroyed the cisterns The fIocx1 cut electricity to about
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<br />as 3(} '3till might not h<rve electricity
<br />this morning.
<br />Phone service also w;iS disrupt-
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<br />'serViCe would t>e restoied.
<br />'.~" Fores't.' SeiviCe""crews- spread
<br />" bales of hay. dropPed trees and built
<br />.small dams to. stop further flash
<br />f1cXx:1s, the Forest Sen;ce's Dl;!Vore
<br />,'-said. 'There's nota lot'eiie you Can
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<br />,,' topsoil sirlce then. Offic:i>h spread
<br />80,000 'pOunds of oat,Seids 'two
<br />weeks ago.
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<br />didn't help," Forest Service
<br />spokesman Steve Priest said.
<br />"It's nature. It's humhling," ror'l
<br />estry te<:hnician Scott, Dollus said. '
<br />"When it wants to. do what it wants
<br />to do, there's not much'you can do."
<br />Associated Press contributed 10 this
<br />report.
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