I need an ark...

I feel for you, especially seeing that you are getting almost a years worth of rain in a day. Reminds me of Allison 12 years ago, that storm dropped heavy rainfall along its path, me included , peaking at over 40 inches in Texas.

Just watched a scary video on the news this morning. They were showing a live shot of some rescuers pulling a guy out of his car that was on it's side in a rushing torrent of water, when the car fell over upside down before they could pull the guy out. My heart just went up into my throat when I witnessed it. Thankfully one of the rescuers was able to pull the door open - I'm still not sure how he did that. But the guy is safe now... I'll have to check and see if I can find video of it on youtube - but it was in Colorado.

I found it...

Oh holy heck. Stay on top, Kurt - borrow some food or whatever or graze outside. Lot of edibles up there - don't go down that hill! Keep your eye on the news - I'm wondering if the trailer park in Empire will get washed into Clear Creek like it was during the same conditions around 3 or 4 decades ago. Whole trailer park in the creek (some residents there thought it was an improvement. )

Stay Rocky Mountain High -- and look at the bright side. Your drought is over.

Good luck, Kurt. Stay safe.

Thanks All for the comments. I'm safe where I live. I live on the side of a montain 300-400 feet above the valley. The small town where I live is floodedpretty badly on the main street.

What is unique about this is how wide-spread it is. The entire Front Range of Colorado, from Wyoming to New Mexico, is pretty much either flooded or under a flood warning.

Good luck Kurt. Glad to hear you are having rain, and hope it stops soon.
You can always enjoy the idea until it starts to wreak havoc!

We are back in a drought - have had so many false 'it's going to rain tomorrow' forecasts that never came true! So I guess you are getting our share too!

Stay safe!

Stay safe Kurt. I saw coverage of the massive flooding in Colorado on our somewhat local news, Global-Toronto. I also saw the video that Gary posted. Wow, mother nature at her best.

I thought I heard someone say that they couldn't get up the mountain due to flooding and washouts. I'm guessing you have enough supplies to hold you over for a few days.

Don't take any chances!


ETA: Patrician, I love your avatar!!

Got a warning to boil all drinking water. Still raining with no let up in sight.

Here's the flooding in my town:

Wow.... I hope that lets up soon, that has to be doing a lot of damage. Has there been any major landslides from it yet?

Sure glad to see you're still able to connect to the outside world, Kurt.

This is being reported as the "100-year flood", so it's not unprecedented, but I bet there aren't many folks left that remember the last one. I can't even imagine what the next deadly "100-year flood" will be like.

I can't even guestimate the costs for clean-up and repairs etc, when this is over.

BTW, the eleven o'clock news last night said rain would continue through until Monday or Tuesday. I hope it lets up sooner.

Again, stay safe and please don't venture too far from home

Rock slides in Boulder Canyon between Nederland and Boulder. Also on I-70 east of Denver.

Local weathermen are calling this a "500 year event". Many rivers and creeks above records. Even the Big Thompson was higher than it was in the big flood of 1976. Luckily this time, there was plenty of time for people to evacuate.

I live at the start of the Big Thompson, which was the river than flooded in the video I posted above. It flows down a canyon (Big Thompson Canyon) to Loveland, so I'm sure they are getting hit pretty good down there. The road which runs down the canyon has been washed out. The other main road out of here has been closed. I really hope that road is OK, or else we'll have some serious trouble getting food and supplies in town.

For the first time ever, commercial trucks will be allowed over Trail Ridge Road to help with supplies. However, Trail Ridge is one of the higher paved roads in the world (over 12,000 feet above sea level at the top) and is very narrow. And, it's a long way out of the way for trucks.

I'm really thankful this didn't happen in another month or two, when it could have been snow. One inch of rain equals about one foot of snow, so in theory we could have had over 10 feet of snow. At least you don't have to shovel rain.

It's been pretty clear today. But the bad news is that it is raining and flooding in parts of New Mexico and it looks like that mess is heading our way and will be here in a day or two.

BTW, the local Safeway was out of milk. Any one here want to mail me a gallon of milk?

Glad to hear you are safe,Kurt.

My Son has a friend @ CU Boulder, whose Girlfriend flew in to Denver 2 days ago, and they cannot get to each other due to the floods.

Scary Stuff,Bro.

Stay High & Dry!

You know you got alot of rain when you see the town's ambulance towing a boat behind it and the Gov of Colorado calls in the Coast Guard.

I have most cable TV channels, but don't have any local channels. The best I can tell is that 17 miles of road in the Big Thompson canyon has been damaged. I'm amazed that I've had power the whole time and the Net almost the whole time.

Hang in there Kurt and stay safe.

Mark

Kurt, CNN & HLN (or, sister station to CNN) have been covering the Colorado flood. I don't know if you get those channels or not. I'm sure you could find it on the net though.

Stay safe.

So Kurt - this flooding isn't going to last forever..............so.........here's a heads up. When we had heavy rains out at home in Empire - or at work in Central City/Blackhawk - we'd go out with a 5 gallon bucket, brooms or vacs (dredge style), dustpans, etc - and sweep up and collect the dirt along the curbs. Then pan it. A LOT of gold washes out during those rains. With what's flowing around there, you could get yourself a motherlode reward once it dries up!

Oh -- the corrugated pipes that run under roads at creekbeds are good places to vac/sweep out, too.

Hope this storm makes you some cash. You deserve something for the inconvenience

Again, thanks everyone for the comments and best wishes.

Let's see...I lost almost all of the rest of the TV channels. Only have the Home Shopping Network, the Weather Channel and a local public access channel. The public access channel (literally) plays someone's Windows desktop about half the time.

It's strange, because I have cable Net connection, but my connection has held up pretty well, at least until this point in time. I really hope I can stay connected.

Good news/bad news. The good news is, they've found a route for supply trucks to get through. It's the Peak to Peak Highway (one of my favorite drives anywhere), although it's down to one lane in some parts.

The bad news is, this means it takes trucks 2.5 hours to get here, instead of the usual 50 minutes. The 2 main "roads" in and out of town are devastated. I should say "what's left of the roads". IMO, it will take a year to rebuild them.

And for now, they're not letting anyone use Peak to Peak unless it's an emergency or other very good reason.

You really appreciate infrastructure when you don't have it. From a personal point of view, I feel trapped and it is getting to me. I didn't go down the hill much, but I always knew I could if I wanted. We're really on an isolated "island" now.

Also, this is a tourist town, and there's no way for tourists to even get here, assuming they would want to. The town's economy is all about hotels, restaurants, shops and tours. Lots of businesses will be severely hurt.

There are a few roads around town that have been washed out and people that live in those areas are being told it will be months before they can return to their homes.

The weather here has really changed and I have doubts if I want to live here much longer. Two years ago, we had our warmest winter on record. Last year, we had our coldest winter ever. We also have had extended drought, which cause fires like never before. Then, the drought was ended by what's now being called a "1000 year" rain and flood. The weather has just been too extreme, and living high in the Rocky Mountains isn't a good place to be if the weather gets even more extreme.

It's pretty here, but where do we go if there's a fire here next spring, or other disaster?

Good to see ya, Kurt - gave a shout out when I didn't see ya around - thought ya might have been evac'd.

Living in high mountain ranges definitely is a harder life than many can appreciate....even when the climate is steady and good. That year I moved up to Empire, the weather was mild and steady.......but I wasn't used to almost two mile high nights and froze my butt off that year.

Well - at least you are on an island and not swimming. If you get cut off, we'll know it's an electricity related disappearance. Trucks mean you will have food - although, if that's the highway they're taking - I hope they use fleets of SMALL trucks. I would hate to have to drive an 18 wheeler on that one.

I sure hope you have some access to books you've not read yet, though, at any rate. I always keep a few unread around for emergency conditions - boredom can be just as bad as some of the other side effects of bad storms.

I love rain, but that's just ridiculous!

Stay safe Kurt....we're all thinking about you.

I'm very lucky here in Georgetown. I've seen Clear Creek higher and muddier than it is right now, even though we have had a lot of rain. We are on the SW edge of this storm.

Anyway, Kurt, PM me if you need someone with a landline and T1 internet connection to help relay messages, or what have you. Good to hear you're all right as can be.

Dan

Good luck Kurt, stay safe.

I've lived in upstate South Carolina for 13 years & it has never rained as much as it has this year. Usually this time of year the grass here is burnt & crunchy when walking across the yard, this year the grass looks like a golf course (very green). My father inlaw has lived here in upstate SC his entire life & told me he can only remember one other time that is rained this much.

I keep telling my wife this winter the weather will probably be rough considering the amount of rain we've been getting so far this year. We're at the foothills so we usually end up with more ice than snow during bad winters.

Luckily we have kudzu in SC to keep us anchored to the ground, lol.

Some good news...

Got cable TV back yesterday.

I got really lucky and missed the "no flush zone" by just a couple of blocks. Of all of the modern conveniences, flushing a toilet ranks at the very top.

And for a light-hearted moment, there's a wild life preserve in Colorado that has lions, tigers and bears. The rain actually helped it, filling up ponds and water wells that were almost dry from drought.

Here's a video of a couple of tigers playing in the water at the preserve:

Stay safe Kurt.

And also, you are falsely advertising your location. Rocky Mountain High was filmed in Ogden, UT.