Friday, September 13, 2013

Let the flooding begin

We are in Barcelona right now, enjoying the sunshine. Back home we had had about 20 inches of rain in 2 days, no joke. We are diving, ironically.

The road I usually run up and down is gone, and from the picture 

it's going to be closed for good. The last huge rain, last year, caused the upper road to wash away the same spot, but just 10% of the road edge. Instead of fixing it they closed the upper road and put some markers up so people wouldn't drive over the washed out edge. It's a 80+ foot slide drop,if you did. Yes,instead of fixing it, they just did a band aid and now the band aid needs a tourniquet. You can't just fill in the road, it's just gone in a large section, you would have to build a new section from 80 foot down, won't happen so woe is me my favorite running spot is gone. Perhaps they will drop some beams in and build up, but it's a non essential road for all but about 6 families.

My place,is dry and secure, the small stream that is currently flooding:
This stream wood need to come up a 30 foot slope, and in order for,that to happen, it would have to spread out even more, so unless we get a 35 foot rise, I don't anticipate anything. The worst was last night, today it's been up and down. The little stream, under the blue sign in picture 2 is right now about 18 feet above normal, when you consider the spread width. The 2nd picture is earlier in the day, it's flooded over again right now.
The first picture is 2 miles downstream from us, the 2nd picture is 1/2 mile. We are not on this particular road.

Our MAG group neighbor and friend can't leave his street via car, his bridge is flooded and suspect to collapse. I told him to use our truck if needed, he has been checking on our place in case he house sitters get turned back at the road blocks, even though they live a few houses up from us. His house will flood in about 8 more feet of spread width, but the utilities is working hard to keep the water debris from blocking up anything.

We are lucky, many others now so much. If you want to see videos and pics go here, it's not our place but its close. Hope they work.
http://www.koaa.com/news/cheyenne-creek-roars-through-properties/
This is the whole state
http://www.krdo.com/news/slideshow-deadly-flash-floods-strike-colorado/-/417220/21907500/-/bx0s9bz/-/index.html
Local, I think, tablet version
http://www.kktv.com/home/headlines/Photos-Of-Sept-11th-And-12th-Flooding-223619511.html?device=tablet

Lets see if people think being prepared is still stupid. Our neighbor group member, and neighbor house sitter have years of food to access at our house if theirs ever runs out. Hope fully the roads will be open next week when we come home.

Keep your powder dry.

11 comments:

  1. We've had some minor flooding here, but NOTHING like that! I hope your place is okay - and that you can get to it - when you return.

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  2. And last year it was fire wasn't it?

    One extreme the other...

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    1. Last year was the close fire, this year was the other side of town fire and the floods. Can't make up the weathers mind.

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  3. Just this week I was complaining to myself that I sure would like some rain. I guess I forgot to mention that I wanted it in the Great Central Valley! Glad all is well, and isn't it nice to know that you picked right on your house. That near but upslope from the creek is close enough and that if your roads were all closed you wouldn't be waiting for the National Guard to bring you food and water.

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    1. I never mentioned it but we have a concrete pour under the front gate, it's a foot thick and a few feet deep and in the ground. The water that did manage to pour down our side of the street (jut from general runoff) didn't make it into the yard.

      It's the little things, that at the time seem silly but you do them anyhow.

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    1. Thanks, we had a good time, pics up this weekend.

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  5. Glad you checked in Max, as I have been worried about you and your family.
    Enjoy your holiday, be safe.
    We are waiting to see if your deluge will flood us down here in the South Platte River Valley. Just have to see if this flows and slows down some.
    Hold Fast

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    1. Put up some pictures when you get the water down your way, would be interesting to see the water level changes.

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  6. When I saw all that on the news, I thought of you out there. Hoped you would get by without a lot of damage, but at least I knew you were as ready for an unexpected disaster as any of the rest of us.

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    1. Thanks for the compliment, we can only hope we have what is needed and keep working on more as time (and money) permit.

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