Unprecedented flooding along Colorado’s Front Range Thu, Sep 12, 2013 Flooding in Colorado. I don’t know how detailed the national news has been because I’ve been watching the local stations. Wall-to-wall coverage of wall-to-wall water. Flooding in low areas across the entire Denver metro, including some homes less than a mile from my house. Flooding … Continue reading — Ten years ago —
Those planning a trip to Estes Park, Colo., and/or Rocky Mountain National Park should note that Highway 34 through the Big Thompson Canyon will close Monday and will not reopen until Memorial Day 2017. The highway was severely damaged in September 2013 flooding and repairs at the time were considered temporary. Construction this winter will include blasting through the mountain … Continue reading Highway 34 into Estes Park closing Monday
It’s September 11, but I’m not really thinking about New York City. You’ll have to forgive me for that. Outside it’s cold (not even 50°) and skies are heavy with rain. All I can think about is that one year ago today the rains began. All across the Denver area, the Colorado Front Range, the … Continue reading A year after ‘biblical’ flooding, Colo. still recovering
Colorado’s September floods are old news now to most of the country, but the after effects continue to reverberate in the flood zone. I had heard, for example, that Old Fall River Road in Rocky Mountain National Park would be closed through 2014. Not until today, however, did I come across the National Park Service’s … Continue reading You don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone
It’s official. With the reopening of Highway 7 yesterday, all flood-damaged highways providing access to Estes Park, Colo., are now open to traffic. (Trail Ridge Road, as always, is closed for the winter.) Congratulations to the Colorado Department of Transportation for completing this massive engineering/repair effort a week ahead of the governor’s deadline. Continue reading All roads to Estes Park now open
Until now I’ve had confidence in the online journal LiveScience. But a story I read there yesterday has left me with some serious doubts. It has several errors in it, which probably wouldn’t be noticed by anyone unfamiliar with Colorado’s Front Range. But in my mind they completely undermine the story’s credibility and cast a shadow … Continue reading LiveScience confuses facts in Colorado flood story
