Boulder Flooding

Rafferty94

Heh! That's a normal rainfall in Scotland

Hope your good!

pbacot

So strange. You get rain this time of year? No sign of rain here in California except a one=day storm hit a few places a couple weeks ago.

Al Hart

I presume you mean the 12" a day - not the 15" a year.

But up here, in the granite mountains and a thousand miles from the Ocean, there is no place for the water to go - so it just flows into the streets, wipes out roads and bridges and creates all kinds of havoc.

We had all been "praying" for rain after a two week spell of 95 degree temperatures (35 Celsius) which is quite warm for September but not this much. It is still raining outside my window.

Chris Fullmer

I don't think that we normally get rain this time of year, not real rain. We've been getting afternoon thunderstorms that might dump for 30 minutes or so, then its all clear skies again. This rain is apparently very abnormal.

I can say that so far everyone I've heard of from the office is doing well enough. Many have had a few inches of water in the basements or crawl spaces, some have had it much worse with water and mud many feet deep (over a meter deep) flowing through the house.

Most of Boulder is closed, as is Longmont, Nederland, Lyons, Estes Park, etc, etc. Emergency teams are asking that people just stay off the roads and stay home, its too dangerous out there for now.

solo

@chris fullmer said:

I don't think that we normally get rain this time of year, not real rain. We've been getting afternoon thunderstorms that might dump for 30 minutes or so, then its all clear skies again. This rain is apparently very abnormal.

I can say that so far everyone I've heard of from the office is doing well enough. Many have had a few inches of water in the basements or crawl spaces, some have had it much worse with water and mud many feet deep (over a meter deep) flowing through the house.

Most of Boulder is closed, as is Longmont, Nederland, Lyons, Estes Park, etc, etc. Emergency teams are asking that people just stay off the roads and stay home, its too dangerous out there for now.

Your avatar makes this situation look funny, caught many waves in Boulder?

Chris Fullmer

That is how I've been wandering around the city as well. People have been giving me a lot of dirty looks...

Just kidding. I don't own a surfboard anymore. I just saw a shot of the SketchUp office on the news. Our building looks fine, but 1/4 of the office park we are a part of is now a part of the Boulder Creek.

solo

Would this be a good time to discuss Base camp 2013?

Al Hart

@solo said:

Would this be a good time to discuss Base camp 2013?

There is a lot of newly cleared land along Boulder Canyon which we could use for camping, outdoor un-conferences etc.

Al Hart

@chris fullmer said:

I don't think that we normally get rain this time of year, not real rain. We've been getting afternoon thunderstorms that might dump for 30 minutes or so, then its all clear skies again. This rain is apparently very abnormal.

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Chris - are you living in Boulder or Davis now?

Your sidebar says Davis.

Chris Fullmer

Oh I should fix that, I am in the Boulder area now (up in Longmont).