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<br />~:l~~f:~' .' Federal aid-SOught for~~bod.:Yictjms as~u~nln~F~~.~rJ:~n~ea~~~:
<br />OOD'P~' From the air, the area to the federal disaster relief veying"thebrown and foamy water mulating from two Digh~ol heary:
<br />ally loquacious Gov. Roy RG- request he had already submitted, as "it 5\lrged ea,stwatd. Irrigation rainfall centered over Lb.e Pawnee .
<br />silently. observed the brim- f F CoIllDs d h - n F 1 tood National GrasSlands, wate~l~
<br />South Platte River and its o~. ort. , Ite ~('Over owed. Ie ds S up in fierce amolUlu throughout
<br />. the lied in You want to help the people under s~ve~lleet of muck. Cars the South f1at19 valley early 1n the
<br />tariesa! ysp tocorn ,who need help," he sald.:'Vie'l1 and homes carved. wak.es irr the mOlUm. t. :.._~ _.' "-0 :-1).. ','
<br />d~~~e:i~~yf~:g~W: have to see if we qualify," !~'j flowing wder, Hlg~wa,ys, w~re "U If r~ins In Fort Molpn: it.
<br />edtiesday" ' Wednesdaymorning,uhetrled' swam~~.c:!.~:-,_':"'_:":' _\WIaUY.~is1Jlmostafuill:lay~to:- -
<br />....t~ " to help residents 01 Fort ColUriJ ':It's just amazing how m~hwa~ get here,'l salilSlileTr&P1Smif- ~
<br />"~re'l a lot 01 damage out cope with the flood that left C1ve ter there is," Romer said., thenjok- Meredith. "This water has takenib
<br />revol21ore than. 1 imagined," R~ dead and!lCOres homeless, Romer inglyadded:"Toobadwecao'tJust time to get here, but now:it'~ all
<br />caald quieUy.''There's a lot of was alerted that Colorado Army save all this water. Charge by the arriving at once.~ "':' '''''.
<br />nd:His, a lot of homes that have National Guard .helicopters had gallon." The South Platte; which nol'Ilial"
<br />omi real damage. Heck, there's a heen ,called to rescue dozeos of On the ground in Sterling, be met ly Is Just a trickle t.biS Unle of )'e~r;
<br />vcr"f1owing through Atwood." . stranded people from the quaint with state Sen. Don Ament,'R-UUf, wasllowingat 4',000 cublc"feet per
<br />,~uickly regaining his compo- northeastern farm towns of Weldo- and local law enforcement; he was second - only a third of a typical
<br />'-heseized the scale of the naandAtwood. ,told bridges were washed out, spriDgffood;'yetenQughiaonecon-
<br />m and promised local olll- So the governor took an aerial roads had been damaged and how;- centratedarea to inundate'low, ar-
<br />.. 'f'~ would try to add the tOllrof the South Platte valley, sur. es were swamped. en ..: ;~.~:;
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<br />Gov. Roy Romer, on a tour of areas hit hard bV recent ston:ns,meets
<br />.wlth ~e medI8~o~tslde the destroyed trailer parks In F~ Collin~s:..
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