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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Sep 14, 2013 - 06:45pm PT
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Will you two quit arguing over silly kayakers.
If a thousand year flood is biblical what is a hundred-thousand year flood?
Maybe the result of this will be better planning and more accommodation for future events.
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divad
Trad climber
wmass
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Sep 14, 2013 - 06:51pm PT
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Edge, looks like NE weather has followed you to Colorado.
Condolences..
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slabbo
Trad climber
fort garland, colo
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Sep 14, 2013 - 07:02pm PT
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Good to hear your OK EDGE.. welcome !!!
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sandstone conglomerate
climber
sharon conglomerate central
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Sep 14, 2013 - 07:14pm PT
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That water in that video was sh#t brown. Other than the fact the dude got swept away in the end,into what looked like a bridge, who'd want to paddle in that sh#t? A few mouthfuls of that, and you'd probably wish you'd drowned.
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Dr.Sprock
Boulder climber
I'm James Brown, Bi-atch!
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Sep 14, 2013 - 07:38pm PT
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big water is a different game, faster and dirtier, but there is a lot of water to cover up the stuff you would have hit at a lower flow, rapids on a regular run get "washed out" at high flows, tends to smooth out and make it a class lower in difficulty,
the better the kayaker, the fewer the brain cells, so look for these types doing the extreme stuff,
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Sep 14, 2013 - 08:45pm PT
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Consulting Methuselah.
The Kolob is getting pounded again, the trifecta; rain, thunder and big bolts.
And there is still debris in the street in Toquerville.
I hope it is not headed to the Front Range.
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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Sep 14, 2013 - 08:51pm PT
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Eldorado Canyon pictures Friday morning, 9/13/13 - it's gonna be a while...
Ugh.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Sep 14, 2013 - 09:25pm PT
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Wow nuts, that took brass! Amazing. fascinating in an almost morbid kind of way.
Have any of you folks heard from Grug? I sent him a text and have not heard back
Edit, just heard, they're cool
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Sep 14, 2013 - 09:35pm PT
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hey there say, edge... wow, and man oh man, i sure you know what you are doing by staying and that you and neighbors will be okay..
keeping you my prayers and well wishes....
:)
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Sep 14, 2013 - 09:38pm PT
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hey there say, crimpergirl, hugs to you and brassnuts.... may the work of your help, be well...
:)
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BASE104
Social climber
An Oil Field
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Sep 14, 2013 - 09:51pm PT
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The loss of life is bad enough, but flood insurance is often difficult to get, and I would wager that those front range canyons, which do flood like crazy, are difficult to insure.
This means that they lose everything. All of it, without flood insurance.
I would wager that those areas close to the water are in mapped flood zones already.
Bummer for loss of property, too.
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bhilden
Trad climber
Mountain View, CA/Boulder, CO
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Sep 14, 2013 - 09:54pm PT
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Air National Guard helicopters flying over my place in Boulder all day evacuating residents of Jamestown who were cut off when their road was washed away.
A run on milk at the local supermarkets for some reason.
The water has stopped flowing into my basement. If tomorrow's storm doesn't rekindle the flow I might just be able to get a handle on the damage.
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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Sep 14, 2013 - 10:26pm PT
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Yeah, kinda morbid and depressing, but I really wanted to see what happened to Eldo... but man, I was sad afterwards, the canyon took such a beating as did so many areas and homes. Ugh.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Sep 14, 2013 - 11:10pm PT
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A couple more.
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Jan
Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
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Sep 15, 2013 - 12:51am PT
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The one mountain town I haven't heard any mention of is Nederland.It has a creek running through it and into the reservoir. Does anyone know how it fared and the people up there?
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john hansen
climber
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Sep 15, 2013 - 01:02am PT
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I think Tarbuster lives up that way.
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ms55401
Trad climber
minneapolis, mn
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Sep 15, 2013 - 01:26am PT
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WITH BIBLICAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS REPORTED IN MANY AREAS IN/NEAR
THE FOOTHILLS.
now that's funny. Maybe in the winter we'll see "WAY-GNAR POW-POW" reported?
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k-man
Gym climber
SCruz
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Sep 15, 2013 - 01:40am PT
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The only good I can think of is that the chalk should be washed off most routes.
BruceH, hope you get it all cleaned up!
That is some serious rain!
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eeyonkee
Trad climber
Golden, CO
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Sep 15, 2013 - 09:00am PT
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Just saw Brassnuts's pics of Eldo. Incredible! I live in a community called Heatherwood, and there are no signs of flooding in the immediate neighborhood (unlike Dave and Callie's and countless others'). Rained quite a bit last night to add fuel to the fire.
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