Boulder Flooding; I Left NH for This?

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nature

climber

Boulder, CO

Sep 12, 2013 - 04:28pm PT

We're talking 500 year flood event.

It's pretty insane out there. I'm on the third floor or an apartment that is on high ground.

I rode my bike down to 13th and Canyon and followed the trails up to the mouth of boulder canyon.

we have another day and a half of this.

The water is still rising.....

TwistedCrank

climber

Bungwater Hollow, Ida-ho

Sep 12, 2013 - 04:31pm PT

I've always enjoyed a good natural disaster on occasion. Nonetheless, I hope everyone stays safe and well.

This is one of those events that hits close to home, given the fact that I know a few thousand people that live there.

edit photo source: http://www.floodsafety.com/colorado/boulderhighhazardzone.htm

Jan

Mountain climber

Okinawa, Japan

Sep 12, 2013 - 04:34pm PT

Longmont is flooded out and evacuated in places also.

It seems I returned here from Wyoming just in time yesterday after driving through Okinawa style rain and ground fog that reminded me of San Francisco.
You know it's bad when Wyoming drivers slow down to 50 on the interstate!

Evidently the trains have also stopped running north-south along the front range.

adatesman

climber

philadelphia, pa

Sep 12, 2013 - 04:35pm PT

Twisted crank- where's that pic from?

philo

Trad climber

Is that light the end of the tunnel or a train?

Sep 12, 2013 - 04:45pm PT

Can anyone remind me where I parked the Ark?

Slabby D

Trad climber

B'ham WA

Sep 12, 2013 - 04:47pm PT

So of course the question is how high on the flood marker is the water right now?

climbski2

Mountain climber

Anchorage AK, Reno NV

Sep 12, 2013 - 04:48pm PT

We're talking 500 year flood event.

Not anymore. Welcome to the "new normal"

Edge

Trad climber

Boulder, CO

Topic Author's Reply - Sep 12, 2013 - 05:01pm PT

So, other than being potentially displaced when the landlord replaces our carpet, the only casualty seems to be my laptop, which has water in the screen even though it was on a windowsill 4' above the floor. It's working now, any suggestions on how to back up 8 GB of pics from our road trip without any discs?

climbski2

Mountain climber

Anchorage AK, Reno NV

Sep 12, 2013 - 05:06pm PT

picasa by google

The Larry

climber

Moab, UT

Sep 12, 2013 - 05:10pm PT

Hang tight Colorado. That looks like a doozie.

snakefoot

climber

cali

Sep 12, 2013 - 05:16pm PT

yeeeeeeeeeeeeeha is all i'm saying

Fluoride

Trad climber

West Los Angeles, CA

Sep 12, 2013 - 05:21pm PT

This is the first time I can ever recall the National Weather Service using the word "Biblical" in terms of a rain system:

UPDATE...MAJOR FLOODING/FLASH FLOODING EVENT UNDERWAY AT THIS
TIME WITH BIBLICAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS REPORTED IN MANY AREAS IN/NEAR
THE FOOTHILLS. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES IN EXCESS OF AN INCH AND
A QUARTER ON GPS SENSORS CERTAINLY SUPPORT LOTS MORE RAIN TODAY

AND TONIGHT. http://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&issuedby=BOU&product=AFD&format=CI&version=1&glossary=1

Hoping for the best for all you guys in Boulder County. This flooding sounds epic.

Clint Cummins

Trad climber

SF Bay area, CA

Sep 12, 2013 - 05:23pm PT

any suggestions on how to back up 8 GB of pics from our road trip without any discs?

USB Flash Drive - very cheap and easy to find 8GB and larger.

adatesman

climber

philadelphia, pa

Sep 12, 2013 - 05:24pm PT

Thanks TWisted! Wanted to snag a full res copy to pass along to my FiL so he could dig into where the G-uncle falls on the floodplain.

Toker Villain

Big Wall climber

Toquerville, Utah

Sep 12, 2013 - 05:41pm PT

"Biblical"? They really said that? OMG!

We got juiced here pretty good too. 4", and nearly all at once.
Some places got more than half a year's rain.

Never get out of the boat!