Saturday, September 14, 2013

172 people unaccounted for? I am assuming some are children. What river is this?

St. Vrain, Poudre and Big Thompson Rivers. Three rivers. People literally drove to their deaths.

 Stay off the roads? What roads? There is complete undermining of the entire infrastructure. The area needs to be evacuated, never mind about roads. Those people should be nowhere near this water.

Elevation. About fifty feet of elevation made the difference between life and death.

It is because of drought. There have been major fires in the area. The vegetation was damaged. Nearby areas have reported rock and mudslides since July because of devastating fires followed by rain.

The elevations change rapidly in the area. The mountains are over 13,000 feet and Denver, Colorado is the Mile High City at an elevation of just over 5,000 feet. That means the rain in the mountains had nothing stopping it, caused erosion at high elevations and washed down stream at a high rate of speed because it was falling 7000 feet. 
 
US Drought Monitor 
July 2, 2013

Colorado was dry and the areas north of Denver are no longer under a drought threat.

Denver and the areas north are the areas effected today. It is the yellow and white areas on the Colorado Drought Map. It has been getting significant rain since the wildfires. That is what did this.

The drought thoughout the USA is historic. The trend from 'baseline' began in 2011 and began to spike summer of 2012. Drought is the same type of disaster as any tornado or hurricane, but, has a long timeline. The loss of vegetation opens the land to excoriating heat that will result in huge erosion and soil loss once the rains start. Governors across the nation, especially where there has been sustained drought, need to assess their exposure to DROUGHT IN RELATION TO ELEVATION and lower lying cities and towns.

 Emergency warnings need to be ongoing and early, but, the people of these cities and towns need to understand the danger that might be involved where they live. 172 people had no idea what was coming!

A rubber ducky floats down Ninth Street alongside North Boulder Park in Boulder, Colorado, on September 12.  
Governors need to pay attention and UNDERSTAND the threat the Climate Crisis is bringing. It wasn't like this should be a surprise. This is what happens when legislators decide they know more than the science and the scientists. This is what happens. I don't feel sorry for anyone, except, the citizens that were lied to and mislead by their leaders and their propagandized political media.

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PEOPLE DON'T LIVE WITH THE TRUTH !




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