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<br />S!lruh Mnllhe;ws. "You cnn'l hold Illl, Youjusl
<br />don', know whnllodo,"
<br />Mnllhcw$ .~lIitl he wnlrrcd his shin nround
<br />n tree Hm!> \0 heip him hold on, Their home
<br />wlIsdcSlro)'cdhyliTC from n hrokcn gns line,
<br />One ullidcmlficd mlln lold KUSA lIe spent
<br />an hour ill n tree wnitins f(whclp ami hcunJ
<br />people $crenming in II mohilehome.u it was
<br />cnrricd llway in Ill.c nood wllte~ of Spring
<br />Creek,
<br />Four people who live !Ilong the creek'wefe
<br />hll~pilnlil.cd III Poudrc Valley Hospital. three
<br />of them with hClIrt prohlems'nnd one with hy-
<br />po,llhcmlin. snid spokesman Armi Hall.
<br />The four were identified liS Alyce Young,
<br />1-',80011 condition: Joseph C, EVIIM. 66, fair:
<br />Corinll Mcrcndo, 63. {nir; lInd Gcrnldinc Ahn.
<br />, sledl. 70, who sU((llred hypothermia, in {air
<br />condition.
<br />Hall ~nid 3S nood victims showed up /lIthe
<br />hosp;.nl between 9:30 l'J,m, nnd I a.m.. includ.
<br />ing Ihc four who were ho.~pitnri7.ed. He Sllid the
<br />. ho.~pilnl :1lld police were coordin:llin&: effOrls
<br />bectluse fhe pllhlic Wa~ 1100ding the hospital
<br />swileht>onrdwilhcnllsnholltmissingpeoplc.
<br />Wnler from 10 10 20 fecI high ronTed
<br />through the neighborhood nenr the Colorndo
<br />Slale University enrnpus. snid Hurst.
<br />"'t'S possible there nre injured people who
<br />need reSC\lc. Il'spossiblcthcrcnrc(lt'lore)pco.
<br />pie who ha...e die<l," snid Hurst.
<br />Go.... Rov Romer new hllckfrolt'l a confer.
<br />ence in Las.Vegas to visit the scene.
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<br />Flooded cars and mobile homes were part of the debris thai washed down Spring Creek dur~
<br />. ing a flash flood in Fort Collins on Monday night. .
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<br />lIl:c or bike rnck,
<br />"Thcrc W:lS a bigtrec there," Kani.
<br />110 poinled 10 the Lclllny hridge. "nnd
<br />ilrllllunderthehridge like IlhlclltJcr,
<br />It just ...hrcdded it. You could see
<br />piecc5colllingoullhcothcrsidc."
<br />Corky Langston li...es "CM 10hn.
<br />son CenlerMobilc Home Park where
<br />the dnmn!!e WllS most severe. This
<br />morning, he wns bailing wnler from
<br />his hnsement "When I Bot up tn look
<br />lit what hllPpcned I opened the win.
<br />dow (in the hilsemenl) lInd Woter just
<br />slnrled pouring in," said Lnngston,
<br />shinkss ond wearing n swimming
<br />suit. "We've been here since [956,
<br />and I haw never seen anything this '
<br />hild."
<br />Across lhe street at the Purk Cen.
<br />lral husineu eClller. Li...a McGee
<br />scruhbed the Ooor of Burke Cleaners.
<br />The nil:lJu hcforc, she drovc port of
<br />tllew:lyhomebcfmeheingstrandcd
<br />in a d,rivcway for 45 minutes. She
<br />wlllked lhercst of the wnyin wnler
<br />l1lid.thigh.hi~h.
<br />"It was horrihle, I could not he.
<br />lic...e it, I don't think [....cevcr...cenit
<br />that hmJ." she ~lIid,
<br />The l'urrcnl hud so much force il
<br />pushed a cllr in lhe pnrking lot Oflhc
<br />busines~ center over two SpllCCS nnd
<br />rammcditintonnother...chicle.
<br />Greg Duhl wns e(Juntin~ himself
<br />lucky this morning at his hll.~incss
<br />lhut hns not yet opened, a coffee
<br />house neM College Avenue lInd
<br />Prospect Rond, "For us, il'sjllsl wn-
<br />ter damngc - nothing we cnll't fix."
<br />Dnhlsaid, "Whnt'schillinJ;iswhut
<br />hnppcnoontlhctrnilcrpnrkocmssthe
<br />street. We can recover. hUlulo1 of
<br />fl('Qplecnn't."
<br />John Dnvison livcsotthecorncror
<br />Pete~on nnd Locust streels. nnd he
<br />surveyed the Ooodint-! wCllring shons
<br />J and galoshes. Ml,lddy wnter eo...ered
<br />II block of Locust, comjn~ lip tll mid.
<br />door on SOme can,
<br />"This rain canle. thh IOO'yclw.1;i
<br />I OIJOd thllt seems 10 C(lfUr. e...ery few :'I~
<br />)'elln" I1nd did thi~. 'lIid IJ:lvhon,
<br />.",.hme ba~mcnl I~ flooded,
<br />Duvison WllS U(l'C1 with IhecilY
<br />'1 us'c:r nOI fixing the drllln.age. ""lOll:'
<br />!.hing he said ha.' hem" chronic pt'flO-
<br />oj lem in tlit neighborhood.
<br />I Up the street. CII'IOe\ and uft~ \111
<br />'eft~y In II yarn. 1I.lrc:ady h.aviflfll fleen
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<br />hoppcnsloyou," Konihosllid.
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<br />. LendIng aid 10 Ihe Fort
<br />Collins rescue teams were 16
<br />firefighters frOlTllrom the
<br />Union Colony F1reJRescue Au.
<br />lhority. Cap!. Tom Bizzell said
<br />live rescue divers went about
<br />1 a,m. today, and anolher 11
<br />went about 8 a,m.
<br />"The Jater f'eQuestwas for
<br />firefighters 10 help WI'th searchl
<br />and rescue," Blzzall said.q
<br />. The city 01 Greeley's water
<br />plant along IhQ Poudre Alver
<br />north of Fort Collins suffered ..
<br />. minor r.ooding during last
<br />nfghl's storm, water and sewer
<br />director Jon Monson said this
<br />morning.
<br />But the planl. which pro- .
<br />vldes 19 million galtons of ..1.
<br />drinking water a day lor Gre... '.'..
<br />ley residents. pontinuod lOop-
<br />orate wlthoulany problems.
<br />Monson said.
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<br />Kaniho, like Da...ison, dnesn't
<br />have nood insllmnce, "I don't know
<br />whcrewegofromherc, YOll see this
<br />sluffullthetillleonTV. but it ne...er
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<br />Tribuncrep<>rtcn; Am~on SherrY.
<br />Eric Brown, Mike Peters and Bill
<br />/~c,~,mn conrn,'?uted to this story.
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