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. Colorado Geological SUTlIe)! Monitor landslide and mud no" potential. Na/ural Res. Cons~rvaJion Service Monitor snowpack and issue repons. National Weather Service 7-.day weather rcpons and issuance of statements and warnings to the public. Federal Emergency MgmL Agency Flood insurance, recovery, preparedness and mitigation activities. U.S. Army Corps of Engin..rs Flood disaster response programs. technical assistance for preparedness and mitigation. Flood protection through reservoir operations. U.S. Geological SUTlIe)! Monitor stream flow gaging stations in Colorado. U.s. Bureau of Reclamation Flood protection through reservoir operations. John Hen: Meteorlogical Services 30.-day weather reports and issue statements and warnings to Colorado Flood Task Force. ; During the months of May and June, the Flood Task Force met each Monday morning with briefings to the public and media about the flood threat status. Sometimes those briefings weren't that pleasant since high water contributed to twenty-one flood-related deaths. Nor when agricultural levees broke in Weld and Logan counties from Platteville to Sterling, inundating thousands of acres of ::ropland. Nor when, despite a valiant sandbagging flood fight by Georgetown residents to reduce the impacts of high water on South Clear Creek, 14 homes received flood damage. That's not to say there weren't damages and loss of life. Flood damages are estimated to be $46.6 million. Many of the flood mitigation strategies which were implemented during the 1984 and 1993 flood seasons provided the necessary protection in such places like Redstone, Paonia, Hotchkiss, Grand Junction, Crested Butte, Gunnison and Delta, Routt, Mesa and Pitkin Counties.