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<br />cummernally valuable plant \'an-
<br />etics on the planet, including
<br />thousands of y.;ld and cultivated
<br />strains of wheat. rice and corn.
<br />The lab is on the Colorado
<br />State t:nivcrsity campus adjacent
<br />to the railroad track that a mile
<br />away failed to hold back a 20-foot
<br />.....ave of stormwater late ~1ondav.
<br />f The wave decimated a pair 'of
<br />_mobile __home parks, killing fi'..e
<br />people. and caused ::;50 million in
<br />damage on the CSU campus. '
<br />Telt:phonc service to the seed
<br />lab remained knocked out.
<br />\\-ednesday. but none of the cap-
<br />. pucino-colored floodwater set'ped
<br />intoJ.ht!' specially reinforced lab.
<br />":-';0 water leaked into the
<br />vaults, not even the lowest
<br />level:' said Acting Director Leigh
<br />To.....ill. "If water flowed through
<br />the outer doors. it would have to
<br />rise 20 feet in order to enter the
<br />vault door."
<br />The seed lab. founded in 1958.
<br />. was expanded and renovated
<br />three years ago to hold 1 million
<br />seed varieties in safer conditions.
<br />Seeds from nearly every nation
<br />are slacked in ceiling4high cold
<br />storage vaults or frozen in cham.
<br />ber~ of liquid" nitrogen to
<br />temperatures as low as minus4
<br />320 degrees. The seeds are sup~
<br />_. posed_-1o_ remain_ "iable.- fof._ ZOO
<br />years in the intense. dry cold.
<br />Most of the seeds in. storage
<br />are heirlooms from a bygone era
<br />~ the final link in\l:l.e agrj,ultural
<br />food chain. Many ancestors of ma-
<br />jor food crops -and their' genetic
<br />resistance to disease and pests-:'
<br />are extinct in their n'ati,,'e habi-
<br />tats. victims of deforestation, \\"ar.:
<br />. acid rain and overpopulation. ,.~:.;::.;~>.
<br />The seed vaults are kept in a
<br />second-floor area in a separate . ,:i'_,
<br />wing from offices and lab facilities',",~i..',- 4,<~~ ;
<br />, - a building within a, building:~4~Z
<br />~ vaults' walls are 'a foot thick. ~,::&?
<br />a\d reinforced. Its" doors seah
<br />tight and it has an em~rgency'7
<br />power system similar to hospi-
<br />tal's. , ",:::c~ '"if:':' ~~. ,r;'~
<br />A drainage system beneath the
<br />lowest vault is designed to sluice ;,
<br />away ground and flood water from':
<br />below. The building's materials'
<br />arc treated to. be water-resistant~
<br />Architects for the Aurora firm
<br />Merrick & Co.' promised the:-.:.
<br />reno"'ated building would with-
<br />sund a I.OOO~year flood - or
<br />even a breach of the Horsetooth
<br />Resen'oir dam. It also. was
<br />desiWlcd to< withst;md a major
<br />tornado. or eVen the impact of a
<br />IV,-tun prt\jt-ctile.' ~ ';;;..~r::~
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<br />EdAndneskl,'Assoeta~et1~
<br />MUSIC students at Colorado State University clean the mud from instruments Thursday in Fort
<br />Collins. Wind instruments valued at thousands of doUars were lost in flooding Monday night.
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<br />"EH'rything- is essentially destroyed:'
<br />~aid French professor Jerry Vedvik,
<br />"Water came through the windows. It was
<br />up to thl' n:ilin'~ Icvel.
<br />":-'1;my (if us had uncompletcd rcsearch,
<br />manusnipts and rarc documents."
<br />Vl'd\"ik fe,lrs that 40 years \\'orth of his
<br />U01que bib]i(l~raph)' 'tlti 1 jth-century
<br />Ffl'nch studie$ will be }pst.
<br />''1'\",. i-:ot some of it on a disk. Wc'rc
<br />~lIin,l{ \0 set' if w\' em ~(:'tlhe hard disk out
<br />alld find ~omt'(lne to transf,'r It:' he said.
<br />Thl.' \"i<lt'o rompllkr-assist<,'d lab that
<br />unckrgraduatl.' I:mgua..:l' $tudf:nts rdy on
<br />tl> It'il1forn' Wh;lt thU Jtoarnl.'d fmm pn1fcs-
<br />,..urs mOl)" be lIns:lI\":igable. V<,'dvik said. ,..-.--.-
<br />l "WI.' lII;IY h;I\"~' tn resort to te;lc.;hing
<br />Slrall'glt's th,lt art' !lot tht.. orll'S we like to
<br />11..'.... \'ednk said, "The mure old.fash.
<br />lonc'd strah'gi,'S:'
<br />limtT/but/rllls am h,' .~Olt to CSU [.701f111
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<br />CU buildings damaged
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<br />Wednesday's rainstorm caused $75,000 to
<br />S100.000 in damage to 10 buildings on the Uni-
<br />versity of Colorado's Boulder campus,
<br />Ceiling tiles. carpets and dressing rooms were dam-
<br />aged at the~Coors Events Center...men. a pI.'pe draining
<br />raInwater. . the roof bloke dunng Wednesday's.
<br />do-MlpouT;.. id CU spokeswoman jeannIne Maims-
<br />bury. The basketball arena wasn't affected.
<br />CU's Fi~ncial Aid office. which serves 200 walk.
<br />In studenlSp day. WIll be closed unbl Aug. 6. Until
<br />then. Itmlted service for students 'Hill be available in
<br />the Unrvcrslty Memorial Center, room 165,
<br />A flash flood sent a wall of water over a 'Hindow
<br />Well on the south SIde of the bUlldlng.that housed
<br />-financIal ald. No finanCIal aid records were lost and
<br />awards to students won't be postponed, said flnan-
<br />c,a18ld-dlrectarJerrySulllViln. .
<br />The Office of Intemational EducatIon also ......U be
<br />cfosct:l, untll Aug. 6. Other bUIldIngs that recerved
<br />damage lIiclude tele<:ommUntcatlons, the en&!.
<br />nl.'Cnng center. fine arts. the law scl}ool. Chemistry.
<br />Regent Hall, Hcllems, Hale Science. Ramaley.
<br />Duane PhysiCS. the o.stnbutlon Center. two Instl.
<br />tute for Bch.1Vlora! ScIences bUildings and. two lab'J..
<br />office bUildings on the east campus,
<br />. - B'" Sc8nloll
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<br />Within minuh:~
<br />in . his living TO
<br />Floodwater a1rtal
<br />depth of 9 inci\es
<br />and il'was rising.
<br />"We grabbed So
<br />dog and cat and ki
<br />Giving the SCel
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<br />held videotapes
<br />the children,
<br />mementos. but
<br />time to take it wit
<br />..It was like a 1:J
<br />"hfloated." -
<br />Rc}'cs and hi!
<br />evacuated their c
<br />7. and Aaron. 5.
<br />Kelli Reyes' pare
<br />He .and seve:
<br />turned Thursday
<br />off US. 6 to SUTV'
<br />was bad. but l>>'
<br />than that of most
<br />"Like evcI)'oo
<br />it would happen t
<br />was h'"ke a dream.
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<br />/",-"Collins.
<br />,'/.< ';,". "It's been wonlI
<br />-. _ _,' ,,; Bertrnrn. spokesrna
<br />y '~L ::0.:' "'" Red Cross:."'
<br />'. statewide effort."
<br />Thursda~ don.1i
<br />gH:lle producls. and
<br />continued to pour m
<br />'Ann)t~ which . was
<br />'items in Rrt Collin!
<br />", "\\~th all the driv
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