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<br />13 <br /> <br /> <br />Or',)050 <br />L'-I.. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS <br /> <br />Several alternative protection and/or preventive measures for <br /> <br />providing flood protection for Holly and surrounding areas are possible. <br /> <br />These include: <br /> <br />a. Non-structural measures, <br /> <br />1. Improved flood warning and forecasting services, <br /> <br />2. Permanent evacuations of the flood plain. <br /> <br />3. Implementation of effective flood plain management programs. <br /> <br />b. Structural measures. <br /> <br />1. Reservoirs. <br /> <br />2. Channel improvement. <br /> <br />3. Diversions <br /> <br />4. Levees. <br /> <br />c. Combination of structural and non-structural measures. <br /> <br />d. No improvement. <br /> <br />Accurate, timely forecasting of floods and critical stream stages, <br /> <br />coupled with temporary evacuation and other emergency measures can <br /> <br />often save lives in addition to reducing property losses. However, <br /> <br />the National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration (NOAA) Weather <br /> <br />Service provides no specific flood forecasts for tributary streams <br /> <br />of the Arkansas River in the Holly, Colorado area. The principal <br /> <br />service the Weather Service provides is a general alert to the danger <br /> <br />of flash flooding. Funding restraints prevent the Weather Service <br /> <br />operation of the relatively dense networks of equipment required for <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />effective flood forecasting. A community flash flood reporting network <br />