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III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII <br />999 <br />Atten~ Bill York'Feirn <br />1313 Sherman St <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />February 17, 1993 <br />• • <br />~''' <br />v <br />0. <br />`~\` ~, NI ,~\\ <br />V' ~ <br />This letter is being written per your request given by phone on Feb. 1U-93. <br />It is regarding the blasting and damage being done in the area just South of <br />Highways 66 and 36 in the Lyons, CO, area. <br />The people signing this letter all live in the Wittington Subdivision or the <br />property immediately to the South and North of that Subdivision. All have <br />had damage to their property, some minor and some major. <br />The following things have been experienced. <br />There has been cracking of foundation walls, ceilings, etc. These <br />homes range from 5 years to over 20 years old. This damage is not the <br />same as normally experienced from settling- Whole sections of sheetrock have <br />been loosened. (This happening in the last few weeks after a particularly <br />severe blast....see below )_ <br />When blasts are heard and felt, pictures have been moved or knocked off walls. <br />When blasts are heard and felt, objects have fallen from shelves. This can <br />not happen from normal ground movement. <br />Several windows have broken their seals that were factory installed. <br />The most severe damage to date has been broken water lines leading from the <br />wells to the houses. This has happened three times at opposite ends of the <br />area. In addition to this the most dangerous damage was when a propane line <br />from the propane tank to the house was broken. The propane dealer said he <br />had seen this happen before and it was due to ground shifting. <br />Isn't it strange all these things are happening? Many of us in this area have <br />lived in Boulder County over 40 years. Many of us lived in homes that had been <br />built by the same constractors in others areas and have not experiences damage <br />like this. We ourselves lived in the Olde Stage Area----known for ground <br />shifting and never experienced damage like this to our previous home. <br />Recently, some of us had dinner together and all this information came to <br />light. Since there is considerable difference in the ages of our homes and <br />sizes and shapes and contractors vary, it doesn't make sense that the damage <br />all happens at similar times. <br />Three of our doors, including an outside entry door, have had to be removed <br />and reset because they would not close, due to shifting. <br />A few weeks ago a blast was so great the front door of the home on the <br />Southern end was popped open. It was shortly after this the sheetrock <br />mentioned above was loosened in a home at the North end and the water line <br />broke between the house and well at the home on the South end. <br />