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"Lyons, a small town of 2,000 near the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, was cut off by what city officials described as a 500-year flood. They took to Facebook to urge residents to prepare for up to three days on their own."

Three days? Where is FEMA??? Where is the National Guard?? Where is Obama the anointed one??? Can't he stop the rain and the floods??
1 posted on 09/12/2013 12:42:56 PM PDT by Kartographer
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Red county in a purple state?


2 posted on 09/12/2013 12:45:21 PM PDT by null and void (I'm betting on an Obama Trifecta: A Nobel Peace Prize, an Impeachment, AND a War Crimes Trial...)
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It still is all Bush’s fault


3 posted on 09/12/2013 12:46:25 PM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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It sucks, but three days is OK if you have water. There’s plenty of water....


4 posted on 09/12/2013 12:46:43 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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Okay... send in the 160th SOAR and Coast Guard.


5 posted on 09/12/2013 12:47:36 PM PDT by wastedyears (One nation, under wub. Saints Row IV)
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I've never seen anything like it here. It's not thunderstorms, just steady, driving rain.

I'm sure the cool and rainy weather somehow proves global warming, though.

6 posted on 09/12/2013 12:48:23 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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Everything considered, the people there are probably hoping they remain isolated.


7 posted on 09/12/2013 12:50:06 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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More than half a foot of rain is a 500 year flood?


8 posted on 09/12/2013 12:50:22 PM PDT by caver (Obama: Home of the Whopper)
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You’ve got, um, some water around you, and maybe you should conserve your food, but certainly make sure you’re spending your time on facebook, as that’s our chosen method of communication with people cut off from all civilization...

Yep, you can’t make this stuff up anymore. Real life is just that far beyond the horizon now.


13 posted on 09/12/2013 12:52:03 PM PDT by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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I was just stranded a few miles out of Needles on my way to Vegas by flash floods in front and immediately behind me. Luckily I had rented a 4 wheel drive Suburban and as the water ebbed slightly I was able to make it through the wall of water and a surprising wall of mud. It scared my girlfriend so badly she refused to drive home and took a plane back to San Diego.


14 posted on 09/12/2013 12:53:05 PM PDT by Cyman
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Rescuers can't reach people stranded by Colorado flooding...

They should be able to just alt+backspace out of the problem.

22 posted on 09/12/2013 12:58:29 PM PDT by Steely Tom (If the Constitution can be a living document, I guess a corporation can be a person.)
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I think we have something called boats...


27 posted on 09/12/2013 1:04:53 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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Most folks in Lyons are good solid country folk with the occasional hippy thrown in. At least a quarter of the population are prepared if not out right preppers. Three days wont be a big deal at all.


37 posted on 09/12/2013 1:13:25 PM PDT by taxcontrol
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Some good pics here:

http://photos.denverpost.com/2013/09/12/photos-massive-flash-flooding-along-front-range-of-colorado/


54 posted on 09/12/2013 1:42:22 PM PDT by beaversmom
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Anyone know anything about Roxborough Village south of Littleton?


65 posted on 09/12/2013 3:47:35 PM PDT by Pure Country (“I’ve noticed that every person that is for abortion has already been born.” -Ronald Reagan)
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Live TV news coverage: http://www.thedenverchannel.com/video/livevideo

water (Boulder Creek) is very fast moving now.

73 posted on 09/12/2013 11:05:08 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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Fort Collins/Loveland is ok except for roads which pass over Big Thompson and Poudre rivers.
I25 is closed outside of Loveland and all bridges over Poudre are closed.
Communication with Estes Park is by ham radio only.


75 posted on 09/13/2013 6:51:41 AM PDT by Zathras
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4 killed, 80 unaccounted for in Colorado floods

KUSA - Authorities said Friday afternoon that 80 people are still unaccounted for after catastrophic flooding in Boulder County. Boulder County authorities say those unaccounted for are not considered missing but have not contacted friends or family.

http://www.9news.com/news/article/355149/71/4-killed-80-unaccounted-for-in-Colorado-floods

79 posted on 09/13/2013 7:54:35 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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