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hRIDA1' ~1ARCH 27,1995 Craig 1 vot. 98, No.61 SLRVL~IG CRn1G ;~.ND NIU Days after flood bring By JULIE BAxTER StaJ}' writer harsh reality "Things always look better in the daylight." A day after Fortification Creek jumped its banks and `iuaied parts of Craig and Moffat County, b1oft~at County Road and Bridge Department Supervisor Dennis ]ones said Thursday after- ~oon the sunshine brightened prospects of recovering and rebuilding. As city and roun[y crews, and residems start to dry out and clean up, officials are saying the com- munity weat}:ered the storm well. "1 think we were very fortu- nate," Craig Police Chief Rex Splitt said Friday morning. '9t could have been much worse if workers hadn't responded so quickly." "It co[t1tl have been a lot worse." said Randy Call, Craig Road and Bridge Department director. '9t had [he potential of coming up even more. It's just a good thing it stopped when it did:' River watchers were posted along the waterway until 10 p.m. Thursday [o make sure the water didn't make an unexpected, unin- vited return. "From 4 p.m. yesterday the water is down nine inches at the IOth Street bridge," said Craig Police Lt. John Forgay. "It's still going down. ft looks pretty good..' But just because [he worst is over, doesn't mean the work is. Jones said he's hopeful many closed roads will be reopened today. Some of those roads may be made passable by only tempo- rary solutions, but they will be passable all the same. Jones said county crews will set bulldozer blades in motion and create other avenues for the remaining water, pulling it away from the roads. Jones also expected repairs and temporary fixes could be made, giving stranded residents on County Roads 17 and 173 access to and from their homes. On the city side, crews will be out today picking up sand bags. Some will be left in place in the Washington Street cal-de-sac, one of the city's biggest problem areas. Other sand bags may also be left in place in critical areas along the banks of Fortification Creek. See FLOOD on page 3.