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    Bones of a HareTaylor Berman
    9/16/13 9:21am

    Is this the first time floods this bad affect the USA? Because it's a yearly thing in my old home country of Mexico, and the same for Guatemala, Belize, and many others. Several others in Southern Asia has this same kind of problems as well, if I remember correctly.

    Always assumed it was one more of the disadvantages of being tropical... and maybe it is? Like Hurricane Sandy, could this be connected to climate change at all? Or is this just one bad year?

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      ARP2Bones of a Hare
      9/16/13 9:26am

      We don't have as much of a "rainy season" as other countries, especially in this area. Colorado does get some increases in river flow due to snow cap melting during the summer, but that's largely predictable. This is an anomaly.

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      WbtleviBones of a Hare
      9/16/13 9:27am

      Colorado is not a tropical area. We are considered desert. While some places like the mountains do get a bit of precipitation in the form of snow every year, we just have never received this amount of water in a short amount of time.
      The water levels are above the 500 year storm levels.
      Also most areas critically affected are downstream of the recent colorado fires. The areas in the mountains have less vegetation to slow down the flow of water and increase chances of mudslides.

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    Taylor BermanTaylor Berman
    9/16/13 8:49am

    Photos of the flooding, from the Denver Post:

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      gerrycomoTaylor Berman
      9/16/13 12:25pm

      I thought that the black thingie in the center was a cute black cat who just walked in the pic.

      But it was not. So to compensate, here's a pic of one:

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    ARP2Taylor Berman
    9/16/13 9:31am

    First we had the 100 year storm on the east coast, then we had record rains in the South (before that there was a record drought), now we have 1000 year flooding in Colorado. Geez, strange that all of these "once in a lifetime" events are happening more than a few times in a lifetime. We've spent billions on Katrina, billions on Sandy, and will spend billions on Colorado. Now why is reducing CO2 emissions too expensive and a "job killer?" It's like we're keeping an old car running, we think that this next repair will be the last one for a while, but it's never the case.

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      TheOmbudsmanTaylor Berman
      9/16/13 9:27am

      And here we have a photo of an excremental (surely you guys have seen "Dogma") rising from the sewers in Manitou Springs, Colorado.

      More photos here: http://www.dailycamera.com/digital-first-…

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        BadussyTheOmbudsman
        9/16/13 9:31am

        From Wiki: "The town was founded for its scenic setting and natural mineral springs."

        GOT YOUR NATURAL MINERAL SPRINGS RIGHT HERE

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        TheOmbudsmanBadussy
        9/16/13 9:34am

        Thinking about it a sec, I imagine the springs up that-a-way (and elsewhere in affected areas) will recover pretty quickly, as it's water coming up from underground - once the flooding subsides, fresh water will flush out the bad forthwith. They might be the quickest local businesses to get back to normal, if you think about it. :/

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      TallBFreeTaylor Berman
      9/16/13 8:38am

      So you all don't have to trouble yourselves clicking over to Fox:

      1. Why is the liberal media giving Obama a pass on the Colorado floods when they killed Bush for Katrina?

      2. You don't see the people in Colorado looking for a government handout...

      3. Do you think President Obama hates white people?

      4. BENGAZI

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        kumfinemyyTallBFree
        9/16/13 9:21am

        Oh believe me they're looking for handouts. Ask all the Republicans in Staten Island, Breezy Point and other areas. They're the biggest hypocrites.

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        jlf2TallBFree
        9/16/13 9:27am

        That whole narrative makes me want to slap them silly. FEMA is on scene. Declarations of an emergency have been made. National Guard has been called. That happened very quickly via the administration.

        If delays were really happening, sure. If the recovery is bungled, I'll be speaking up myself. But, using the deaths of people and a national disaster as political "revenge" for when FEMA's director was a bit on the useless side during Katrina ... honestly, it makes me want to get the money together, rent a helicopter, and drop them off in flood waters. Asshats.

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      hilikusopusTaylor Berman
      9/16/13 11:08am

      I don't know how emergency services are able to tabulate missing persons in an event like this.

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        Fuzzybudhilikusopus
        9/16/13 12:54pm

        I live in Denver. There have been phone numbers posted for people to call to report unaccounted people. There are different phone numbers for different areas.

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