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<br />. prof~rof'geoltaphy and ~ "Dol hlive.fune.w brush my teeth,"
<br />GlJIIllfesl ..!1en~,ronmeDtal~SCienctll al~ '. Ahe aned;'R~rs ~and died 11 years
<br />,.' . '.' the University of Colorado ~ agO,pro~. .' ......h~movefrom.tlle. farm
<br />~, at Colorado Spring!, Aaid Monday o!fbl'! thun- , to town,." f. i .
<br />derstorm-fueled fiood in Fort Collins. ~ happen ~. Had ~:.ever lieen evacuated hefore?
<br />anywhere alODfthe' Front Rani,l.:. . i? ~ ' ,;'Heav;Ji. no!'L.. ~
<br />"We aU need to learn from thll;" GruntfestA few ~le balked at tile order urilU er Children, do a bit
<br />!lid.Wedoesday.~'This ls a ml wa.t~ can." State Patpll Sgt, Jact Darnell made it ..trleve Lacy, the f
<br />OD Tuesday, GrnDttest aDd two stDdents clear "y09 must be out in 30 minutes or t Althou.h authorl
<br />:~ tourtld the devastation. KiIll'Caru'!i'2t, and Ja- .: We will pliysicallyremove 1'011." .' . ,'Obe.door to. dll<!r
<br />son Ho!,\,ard, 23, recelved,a Itant from tile Natu- . 'Two-rili8{>lO-tob Coloraao Natiooal day to warn rest
<br />'ral Hazards Research aod AliPUcatiolls Center~' Guard trucks and a couple of Humveesshe learnt!l ofa
<br />. at CU-BouIder to research the'Port COli1Ds flood. '. stood. by as Darnell, vOlun\ee. rfirefl.ht- sbe was to.l<!. she,
<br />"" ,,~~'!~ will'a~ elty p~%oom'lDd __ , ers aDd Wlgfl!ls pollce Off~ Tim WU- "My, .'
<br />.eDe1 responders. ''''' ,Y'. ,,'~ je. " 1i1:$ lerl went dooI' to door. Aboot l00"le at I a.m. ~
<br />1" FOI'\ Collins officials have. been "v,fy prolttll- : live In thetoWl" .... dona wu ilnder WI
<br />sive" abool flood control s1Me Big Thompson ~ Some, illel1\dlng Nikki and Mike Ba.... no 0Ile let me know,'i
<br />li she saId. . # ~ ..' ' sler,who bejan !lDdba.gln. hasement na.,!ii"
<br />~. ':.B1it theY ~l had mobile.bollMS where they windows all!i startedSll/llP PUJ11l'S at 3 Kathy Lorenzini.
<br />" shouIdo't have; and SprlD' Creek has flooded be- ,t a.m., were ready to ieave. wlththeir 01 toWn. said the R
<br />'ViP f~re,"she saId. ~ . .1",;".4 ,,~., it. do.. SidJley and Preclouo. to stay with di1ch,.2 miles north'
<br />~ In both the Big Thonipson f10dd and'MOllday's'" relativeS;:i'" . '. way.'"' .."
<br />o ,a: storm, there were hu.e amouDts of raiD In af ~Do.eris~~1 other people iD a 2o-mile .The Soo~h Platte ~
<br />short time. But what's different, Gruntfest said radius w~ rescued by National Guard atoridwn. f.ast. IS Ie!! t '.
<br />q;;"ls that people have the Idea that if they live by:. troop~ from the tst Battalion, Hath '" ,
<br />a small creek it couldD't dowhatBI. Thompson'~ Field Alj,IlIery, bued In Greeley and .. ~ooded feedlots
<br />did beca~It'sDo,t a st~p, narrow,caDYon.' . Fori Colllm. f _, ~stronf8r Iroma thl
<br />"When you see what happened luForl Collins. 'li.' A"r~wfere pluct.ed from rooftops, lIyestoct w~ellfln
<br />'" with it being so flat, anybody who lives Dear any. 'tbut "laDYI were slttihf 011 porches wait- stouod. 'I!l ~ .!1'
<br />size creek or within a 100-year floodplainreally"ll '. ..~ ,,'" . .,., TheOOnv.rPO$tI~LipOIlOr llnf to h~l'r~ued IS water &- to 6-feet#Pollce 'fere to"
<br />"needs to have a plaD for what they would do to ~ !lna~.nal view of the town of Atwood shows the deva~talion. SurpriSingly, nly one . deep rusoeathroup their building! aDd ",Irom eaterlnl the'
<br />~~.e~%~~ljhl'h~~~." ~!t.'~~~, ~ *~= t'~ ~sref~~~ ~ ~ ~ '. .' ~ ~.. ~ .'. ". '.' ~ ~re. ~ ~~.~.. cl wa arba.~ans. cra:Und ~he mP.t ,i
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<br />'~~!~~~8~;:~';~u\'0)\ ~j~'\-=t '. '.' EOfhe~~w~:andC:I:!~;j\_yea;'::~~;"l. 'l.~ % tJ.Brown~~~
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<br />~~~t~a~i:~~;i~A~~~~.neigh~.~~ ,.~~hT;~,~ce ladl~ril nl~;'i':,: ~ ~ =~~~~a~oo:~ ::
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<br />if E8tafanaGua~.Sara Payne, Rosa '$;i!"',CindY Schul~ ~ouldD't leave her h~me f~ ~~r1c,',~ 1 . ""
<br />2-" Marla RgdrifUez, JoAnri ,Roth and CiDdy, just east of ~ trallet; parks beca~ $he ~ .~"!! ~ ..if! ""'ia..~I"~W'.. ". '.' peop"
<br />Schulz all drowDed in !be floodipoUcecop- ,. was afraid ber tbree.cats and two do,s , '111< ~re . aboiit 1IlO'Vliijl!ll Is. well!
<br />~ firmed Wedne.sday, ~~. . ~ ~, ~ Sl " would perish iD'tlte flood:'By the time she ~ "would Help eacH ot4er out. real fancy, It'swell-mIliItah,!ed a.",
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<br />il'~~i~!th:l~'::att~:tv~~1~~e~~,::~{ a~;ihe~~", Wer:SO,swlft~she .'. ~ t'g on.eihing tllat's nice, if ha~~ t\:e:.:uZ:lI~~:
<br />;;v~rs rem. em""~ t~""who died,';"" "She was ttrin. to ~ve tbe anlmais," % aR.l.on~ neeaed any/h. elp we'd . neighbors, far,.mor. e e<;lect. ~li.han m
<br />."Si)e was a nice lady who Uved aU alone ,!lId' Shea Kelly, . ber~roonilJlate. "SheIJ,{ '" ~ ' ,,< 'eI9In the heart of a clty.,~lege.st
<br />~. ,." WIth a little dog;~ Karalyn Torrez !lld~fll:wouldD.t come out.. When... (hey told her. to '. ....~ Help' e~.cH.o. tHe!' out. ~ n,lIxeq with reUrees and'm.l s. panic
<br />'ltRodrlfU~.Although ~ was blind, Rodn.-. . come out, and tlte water, was too fast.~ '. J .q l~ M ~nts; the South Col!efe ptk had i.
<br />'hi',fI18I dldot have any problems navigating", '" Kelly;"who wasn't home the nlpt of. the ill,,",:, ~L>~;l:!,! ~ ",;,minIature ~ewish comnll'D!~",,,
<br />r.the.tranerpatkand eDjo yed slttln .ont/le" flood was"ab.l.e to piece to.ether her ........ !r~tI[upe. Torrez., w.....Tho ..hthe common It'..ifP....notpe...._..
<br />.~porch with ber dhf. ~ ti' ,~ fri.;;;;!'s fate by talltin,to neighbors Wbol' im "'lM~.Dd contained manyof.t~ pressu~.tl(
<br />.!Jll Wllson.MlramoDtes. was a child~when had tried to coax Schul. out of tile house. { , 10w-IDcome families and 'Die pareil\1stl :'','It
<br />she met Rodrigue., who her par~ts hirtld Althoufllthe' flood brought destruction' 'l'! ~, :J; j was clear from lteetlllD . t tile rf'lSl'l
<br />as a live-in nanny., ~ and death, It also brought out the best in I' ; . ." shelters ID the paat two!d .'IS Iha:El/lIjy
<br />"That WomaD amazed me. I remember people. ResIdents of the South Colle,e Mo-' knew each other weU. t~~ . .i
<br />her cleaning my 'e"'lter:s house, dustin., bile Home Park praised their landlord's ..' ii. Breniser and his wlfe?'iJmda, ,....
<br />'. . and she was blind! ~ warm response to all their needs after the it 7. from a Texas vacation with no houle 10
<br />Jt! Sbe.wau kind waman.who tiuilled the_ ........-~ _1'M~,!!,~~J:f, ~vII. flood. Qwner Kelly.Brown, who also owns tlte . rfs olVce, and be plaDned atrlp to. come bact)o. They;dJi[m~eJ<lY:~I- .
<br />children with her cooking. WllSOD-Mlra- Fori Collins residents Scon Ruff a sin- the Dairy Queen near the fateful Colleae the y dump, later Wednesday to look for Cecil Smith, one trailer aW!!f. .~.
<br />montes said. "She made the best tOrllll.as!" gl& faille., and daughter SIerra. 4. await Avenue bridAe, was calling all o~er toWD vltai, nsura~ and rental records. "I'd five you the tey ba~.but the,~~
<br />WlIson-Mlra'l1oDtes said with a lauf!l, , word on when they can return home.' to chect on displaced tenaDts, addina on to "TIte bolk ,of the people I've talked to the trlller aDd 1 don't ~ where:bie
<br />WIIsoD-Mlramontes' family also lost her . r a reputation he earned lang beforejthe today are haidUn.lt pretty well," Brown trailer's at" Smith said. 1j~~i
<br />aunt, Sara Payne, to the flood. ... was the alue that held the larle family to' flood for helping thase in trouble, !lid Dale sald.~"l'm nOt sure they bow yet what "You w~re supposed to take care";;f3t
<br />, "She's the type of lady who was always .etlter,.WilsoD-Mlramont"!' said. "They all BreDi~r. "H~'s a wonderful ma~. He's we'qJl"ve to,deal witb." lor me," Brenizer said, IaUfhlng. .~""'1
<br />. very uDderstanding of her lid!," she said knew they could '0 to her if they had prob- standlllg behind everyoDe even WIth his F(I!Ir of the dead women lived in the oth- " ed a':olxi fj"eJ,
<br />of Payne; who was raisins one .rand- lems. She was just a !lood CI1rlstiaD worn- OWD huge loss." Brenizer said. fl er tiiller park to the north, JOhMoD Mo- S lt~bO:f~r: ?~you :"("0 w?osh.~
<br />ildaug~ter,llId frequen.tlY..b.a.. b ysal. for her aD." Browndeflected pr.aise to others, sayln. blle.JHome p'arl, whose owner declined to ..1ft soc. . .'tc ne. -I
<br />'. ..otIier,It~~"" ~ "'""" ,A'~ *. JoAna Rolh was a tind-hearte<<ijperson .at least he had not lust his home. Bllthedid . comlnent. sayin. he had "~aDY other ....Denver PlJSt.flaff writer Maril!!" ~...
<br />S;{ All the chlldren looted up to PaYDe. who who. stayed at home every day to talle care lose a double-wide trailer that he ..sed as problems" to deal with... son contribu\eq to. this report. '
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