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rj ~L} 5 ',- 5 /...... Alamosa, Colorado High temperatures.... (Continued from pagel) At A1amosa, flow loa. expected to increase from 4,000 cis to 4,500 cis by today, but this morning's reading was slightly lower at 4,200, Vandiver said this is 1,100 to 1,500 more cfs than have been seen at that location in recent history, Because of this, he said, it is unknown what will happen when flows increase through town. A1amosa Police Chief Roy Orton said there is no record 0/ the river having been as high as it is, and tbere Is no data on how much flow the river channel can hold, Vandiver said the Division of Disaster and Emergency Services (DODES) arrived Monday, and the Army Corps of Engineers also is here to consult on the problem. He said the flow took a "tremendous jwnp" in all the Valley rivers over the weekend. "We couldn't believe what was happening tight before our eyes," Vandiver conunented. Onder said temperatures were in the 80's In the upper elevations over the weekend and there was no real "cooling trend" in the mountains Monday night, although other officials suggested there had been one. Vandiver said residents of conununities along the river shouldn't be frightened, but they should stay tWled to their radios and be aware of what is happening. "Don't panic, but don't get caught off guan!," he advised the public. Because the snowpack is still not completely melted and the high mountain temperatures are expected to continue, he suggested that residents "need to an- ticipate, perhaps, some problems in the next few days." He said the type 0/ problems can't be predicted because the river has not ex- perienced this type of flow before, but people need to be aWare that changes cen occur. "There will be no wall of water, but the rivers will rise gradually and could cause problems," he said. The fact that problems could continue is bad news for people already affected by the flooding. In the Monte Vista area, for example, Mr. and Mrs, Mike TerrilJ, who live about ~. mile off Highway 285, have been going to their flood water...urrounded nome each evening in a row boat. They row back out to work each morning, "I've thought about trying to find a motor for them SO they won't bave to spend all that time rowing," said Rio Grande County Road SupeJVisor Fred OIme, "but maybe they like thenercise." At Seven Mile. Plaza east 0/ Del Norte Sunday afternoon, Jasper Sanchez managed a grin as be dwnped water out of his high boOts and predicted that he would be busy until nighUall filling and placing sand bags. He and several other men had been wading in knee- and hip-deep water trying to shore up a river bank that had leaked ..aterout onto homes near a curve in the Rio Grande. In Del Norte, teenagers, town workers and several community services people filled and placed sand bags around town hall and to the edge of the Rio Grande north of the conununity park, while policemen were kept busy trying to convince YOWlgsters that the water in nearby streets was not meant as a playgroWld.