Water, Water Everywhere
It has been almost a month since "biblical" floods hit our area of Colorado. Some areas got up to 20" in a matter of days in areas that had already been saturated. This is a picture of Highway 72 which is our main road down to the Denver area. It will be closed for some time for repairs. We were having to drive an extra hour each way, going through Black Hawk or Idaho Springs. On Monday Highway 119 opened from Nederland to Boulder. It is amazing what you take for granted. We were fortunate and did not have much damage on the ranch-a pump, a leak, road repair, always erosion and drainage work.
It was a unique storm in that it just parked itself along the front range. The Weather Channel reported it was a one in one thousand chance. Areas from Estes Park to Colorado Springs and out East where the South Platte flows were all affected. This year we decided to stay in Colorado until December 1st to do some extra work on the Ranch, especially in the hanger before going to Las Vegas for the winter. We shall see.
No comments:
Post a Comment