And now CO floods...

[cactusjack]

That's incredible, Joel. I made a couple of trips up and down both canyons from Estes Park to Loveland/Longmont when we were there in June.

[waterman]

The sight of this is just amazing and disappointing as well. We have been working on making sure information is available after these flood waters recede. To give you an idea of how much water is passing by, at it's peak at Fort Morgan, 50,100 cubic feet of water per sec was flowing down river and that is probably on the low side. To give you an idea of what that is, it's more than 1 acre-foot of water every second. Take an area 210 feet by 210 feet, one foot over water would fill that area every second so in 1 minute it would be 60 feet tall.

[usranger74]

Originally Posted by waterman

The sight of this is just amazing and disappointing as well. We have been working on making sure information is available after these flood waters recede. To give you an idea of how much water is passing by, at it's peak at Fort Morgan, 50,100 cubic feet of water per sec was flowing down river and that is probably on the low side. To give you an idea of what that is, it's more than 1 acre-foot of water every second. Take an area 210 feet by 210 feet, one foot over water would fill that area every second so in 1 minute it would be 60 feet tall.

Joel - how will that impact NE?

[waterman]

Originally Posted by usranger74

Joel - how will that impact NE?

I'm sure there will be some flooding along the south platte into Nebraska. Kind of hard to tell since the flow at Roscoe is 0. Don't really know how much water will soak into the channel as they are very dry.

[trosco]

Hey folks, I was in Lafayette (Boulder suburb) when this was going on. It was like when Hugo (hurricane) hit eastern NC in 2003 when I lived there. 20 inches of rain in 24 hours that year and 41 inches in the 3 day period. Water was 4 ft deep in the center of Wilson NC and there wasn't a river or stream with in 10 miles. Big difference in Boulder was every drop of rain was pushed together in canyons and passes and it just came through the towns and road and bridges like big walls of destruction.
I left Sunday during a 4 hour break in the rain and headed back to NC. Got home this AM. My friend's home is ok but her son is not so lucky. He lives across the street from the elementary school they keep showing on the news with 3 feet of water in it. They are safe which is the important thing. Many can not say that yet so keep them in your prayers

[Sin City Stan]

Joel, I was just thinking last Saturday after a ride that it was the best ride I had since Thompson Canyon. Hopefully all this will be over soon and people can get the lives back to normal.

[hayes]

Originally Posted by Dave

[cbutteris]

Incredible destruction over such a big area. Saw another set of photos this morning from Left Hand Canyon, we rode through a couple times in June. Roads there will be a while coming back as well.

Sounds like Estes Park is in pretty bad shape - remember that small stream that ran right through the downtown area?

I wonder if most roads will be fixed even a year from now.

[Cajunrider]

Incredible! Still over 200 unaccounted for. Pray that they are safe.

[Jared]

It's been a pretty crazy week here for sure.

[Cajunrider]

Originally Posted by Jared

It's been a pretty crazy week here for sure.

Looks like New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Only differences are there were no rapids, the water was just sitting there for days and there are no savages shooting at the rescuers.