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07-09-2006, 07:44 AM
Creeks rise, mountainsides fall
Surviving a deluge of water, rocks and trees
By Howard Pankratz and Kirk Mitchell
Denver Post Staff Writers
( link (http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_4029325#) to the full article)
Rain that fell at nearly 2 inches an hour in places destroyed buildings,
devastated highways and caused massive mud, tree and boulder slides this weekend.
Horse Creek, a stream that normally is a few feet deep, became a raging
torrent 25 to 30 feet deep and 300 feet wide Friday night and caused
severe damage to Colorado 67 between Westcreek and Deckers, said
Jamie Moore, Douglas County emergency management director.
The floodwaters caused significant damage to three buildings and
frightened area residents who awoke Saturday morning to the sound of
boulders the size of cars being tossed down the swollen stream.
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Closer to Denver, a large boulder fell on U.S. 6 west of Tunnel 2 in Clear
Creek Canyon, as the torrential rain hammered the saturated ground in
Jefferson, Douglas, Park and Elbert counties.
The boulder landed on the car of Tomasz Heczko, 26, who had gone rock
climbing with a friend.
As he returned to his car, he saw emergency vehicles where he had
parked his gold 1999 Toyota Camry.
He thought his car had been towed but learned it was crushed beneath the
boulder.
"I was so shocked and panicked," he said. "I'm going to the salvage yard
tomorrow,
Surviving a deluge of water, rocks and trees
By Howard Pankratz and Kirk Mitchell
Denver Post Staff Writers
( link (http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_4029325#) to the full article)
Rain that fell at nearly 2 inches an hour in places destroyed buildings,
devastated highways and caused massive mud, tree and boulder slides this weekend.
Horse Creek, a stream that normally is a few feet deep, became a raging
torrent 25 to 30 feet deep and 300 feet wide Friday night and caused
severe damage to Colorado 67 between Westcreek and Deckers, said
Jamie Moore, Douglas County emergency management director.
The floodwaters caused significant damage to three buildings and
frightened area residents who awoke Saturday morning to the sound of
boulders the size of cars being tossed down the swollen stream.
:
:
Closer to Denver, a large boulder fell on U.S. 6 west of Tunnel 2 in Clear
Creek Canyon, as the torrential rain hammered the saturated ground in
Jefferson, Douglas, Park and Elbert counties.
The boulder landed on the car of Tomasz Heczko, 26, who had gone rock
climbing with a friend.
As he returned to his car, he saw emergency vehicles where he had
parked his gold 1999 Toyota Camry.
He thought his car had been towed but learned it was crushed beneath the
boulder.
"I was so shocked and panicked," he said. "I'm going to the salvage yard
tomorrow,