Colorado/New Mexico floods

[russau]

first the other day Golden Colorado got 3 feet of hail in some parts,now the flooding starts in Boulder. i saw that the Longmount,Colorados fire dept. was there also! thats Leonards old job.Hope Leonard gets home ok with all of this!

[Hoser John]

Saw thay got a years rain in 1 day YIKES. or just newsmen hype. Too much too fast anyhow. They were in a draught as Leonard was worried about apple trees gettn' enough water,now over I guess. As long as them cigars are dry and the hooch don't float away Go will be ok John

[golden optimist]

I just got back from NM. Rained where we were but didn't flood. More on that later. I had trouble getting home as I-25 was shut down. No way around it. I parked in a shopping center for about 1 1/2 hour and watched the road and finally they opened it up and I made it home.
Leonard

[russau]

WELCOME HOME Leonard! glad you made it home safe!! my wife andi ought to make reservations to Death Valley ,and the towns commerace people ought to pay for our entire trip! BECAUSE, whenever we make plans for a trip, it rains! we would be welcomed there forever!:)

[Hoser John]

goodn'-glad your home all safe and sound Go-John

[russau]

well i just confirmed that Leonard didnt leave his irrigation pump running while he was gone for a week!so hes NOT the cause of all the flooding in Colorado!:)

[golden optimist]

It's raining again today with flash flood watch almost everywhere. We're dong fine other that trying to get all of our water pipes cleared out. There was a water main break about 1500 feet up the road and the flood filled the main pipes with mud and that got down into our household system. The toilrt looked like I dumped about a gallon of mud into it. I ran water through the hot water heater for a couple of hours and got it from looking like coffee to tooking like a very watered down tea. It's ok to use for anything but drinking. We're using bottled water for that.
Leonard

[Hoser John]

Wow what a welcome home ordeal. Faucet aireators plugged is another problem. Doesn't your hot water heater have a bottom drain valve to remove sludge? Dishwashers have filters also on some models. Toilet tanks and on and on .Sorry for any /all victims of these insane deluges and fall ain't even started o sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssst-John

[golden optimist]

Here's a picture of the road near our house. The trees way back in the background through the small gap on the right are mine. The big hole in the road is where a 8", 175 pound pressure pipeline broke and washed out the road. Thats where the mud in my waterline came from. My house is to the right of the tree clump on the left by about 500 feet.

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[russau]

Holy cow! id of hated tobe driveing across that when she poped!