Washington Mud Slide

[Ah Pook]

Wet fall. Above average snow pack. Wet and warn spring. Which canyon will we see this first?

http://seattletimes.com/html/localne...dslidexml.html (Too much crap to link.)

[Gman]

You asking about something like that here? The geology in CO and there in WA are quite different.

[Ah Pook]

You asking about something like that here? The geology in CO and there in WA are quite different.

There are some slide scares in Boulder Canyon, from the Sept. rains/flooding.

[sniper7]

Dang, looks like a few homes are gone.

[Great-Kazoo]

Dang, looks like a few homes are gone.

Approximately 1 mile of mud. 100+ whereabouts unknown

[Gman]

Up to 16 dead as of this evening. Whole lot more are missing. Some are likely to never be found.

[Gman]

They seem to be more concerned about the streams staying within their banks due to debris and inferior dams resulting in flooding.
CDOT worries that work to repair damage from September's flood could be washed away.

[Ah Pook]

The main concern is to dredge the rivers, so the water has a place to run off. Take a run up Boulder Creek. East to west, there are backhoes in the water clearing sediment.

Barker Res. is still full from the Sept. flooding. The res. has to be at least 1/3 empty before spring run off.

We are looking at a 30-90 day flood watch.

[Singlestack]

The main concern is to dredge the rivers, so the water has a place to run off. Take a run up Boulder Creek. East to west, there are backhoes in the water clearing sediment.

Barker Res. is still full from the Sept. flooding. The res. has to be at least 1/3 empty before spring run off.

We are looking at a 30-90 day flood watch.

I work with Boulder County Emergency Radio services. At our annual meting few weeks ago, the head of the Boulder County EOC aid that we were at 120% of average snowpack and 100% of the waterways in the county were damaged by the floods. We are expecting a busy spring, especially if we have a rapid melt.

[Ah Pook]

I work with Boulder County Emergency Radio services. At our annual meting few weeks ago, the head of the Boulder County EOC aid that we were at 120% of average snowpack and 100% of the waterways in the county were damaged by the floods. We are expecting a busy spring, especially if we have a rapid melt.

Same thing I'm hearing.

Sounds like this area slides about every 10 years. The county still accepts building permits and lets them build. The before pic was about a 150' slide. The latest was 600'.