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<br />Ii Ragm' 'g water rattles - -' -" ..- ' Decola, who "~noUgh awaY from Bul!illo creek, home's basketball ~:irt and base- said. "The water bas been muddy
<br />. . INSIDE bustled over to a that he usually can't see it; ball field lay in ruins. every day since the fire. It used to .
<br />nerves, sweeps away. Tomadoes, n~ighb6r's, ,:: "Suildenly ,thingS got a lot loud- Many of the, residents of Bul!illo be pretty here. But it's pretty ugly,
<br />scenery, un"dermines' _sto~lfire.- house. When,he er,"Ba~sa.ld', .. .' ,Creek, Spnng Creek Ranch and now."
<br />. ',' . bUffet eastern returned, " h.e When he 'ventured. out, . he. nearby.areas got :tl.1~ir'- first post- "We're not in charge." said Part.
<br />resIdents resolve - Colorad0J26A found that the stepped on some debris. flood meal SattmJay night at the "When Mother Nature comes
<br />flood had jarred "I realized.! was standing at the North Fork Volunteer Ere De- through, you wait and watth."
<br />ByBmScanIon - ',. .: . -)oo~ea~st.~~P:'>~ high-\vaterJ!W~/',he: sal~"Iflhad:". partmentfund7rai~.~'--:.:, Scott Dollus, forestry technician
<br />RodryM()Im/Q' Hi StaffWri.kr' .portmgonecomerof~s.ho~~,...,,:~/:.";been out there an~hour 'earlier, iL '~We_ were going"to'charge.$7 for U.5..Forest Service, South Plat-
<br />In t'WS. " .The,viewfromhis~deck.-tI$edto...wou1dn'thavebeenpleasant.",. apiece," chief~ne Caves said. teDistrict: -
<br />BUFFALO CRm(.:....:.The.ferOdous ~'be..c?f beaver ponds and water(alls.~--~; . '1fapperWarn said his house~'llie' _,"Now, we're going to give it away." "Certainly-the fire had'_an im-
<br />wall of water.thatcrashed over its '-, said :Decola, a property iilanaget, .:.N~... Horizons foster home for Jun_and Ann EIlix spent the day i>act.," he,:Said. ''But regardless of
<br />banks Friday Dight =ried',~" 'But the May fire at Bul!illo, C~', teen:;.ge!x>ys,escapedtheWorstof ,helping the 85-year-<>ld owner of the fire, with this kind ,of rain, we
<br />cars and nigh~._iJ:i.i~ de:>tiuc': '. c.3n1P~d buqted 12,OOOatres-.of.,,;,'the flood. collectirig less than'a half ~e Blue Jay Irm scrape-6 inches of were goiilg to have animpact."
<br />tivepath.", ..', "':'" 'vegetation that bad helpedholdsoi1 ';'mchofwaterinthehasemerit: "" ,"udoffherfrontyard. Dollus said it was demornlizing
<br />.. I?ave .Decola" awo~ _from a in.p1ace.'Since th~ e:vr;rY ~"h2S'. ~> ..13':lt~.the.boyss~~e~' : ~; -"She.. told us: she's 'been here to see' alL,the hay-bale 113ms his
<br />feven~h sleep to the sound offuty. ~ttlash floods to his back~;_:J!h~ ston"'! and v""?'&l.~lde, "smee the ~920s and!,>s nev~seen "!"Wll ba~~.to stop .the era-
<br />_~ ~.ck Bauman was $rt1ed',by ,.' Fn!l3y's was .the Worst, sWeep~,!;f~th'o/ ,sa,,!- __3 ~~cop13 ,of. ~ture's., ..3 '~ood this ba~", S3ld ~~.whose . ~uon floating ~ the' ~er and
<br />the hiss,of a propane,.~ floating~, 8Vf<lY:, the. waterfalls and --~V~\;!~UPty.}Il th~frO.~~~-a wagon " rau1 gauge tallied 2.7_ mQi~ from" ,aeekor:sca~n~theu;:banks.
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<br />storieswilI1 hi. pals m the,almost-? ofthe,t:reek. " ';.. ,', ,.,,',..., .",yolkswagen.'" . '",:" ",' """"A:",:AnnEruxlla1d... ,'..',..',', from being ~,he'lla1d; They
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