A redneck road trip west....

[cement]

is there a pontoon kit for that prius?

 

[csb]

Trade it in for one of these:

 

[MWC PE]

See you later Nashville

What the **** is with the Eye of Sauron building toward the left there?!?

Its called the Batman Building, yes seriously, by us locals.

 

[Road Guy]

Cement & CSB. How far south is the damage? Did it get to Westminster and broomfield or is it just around boulder?

I'm a set to make this road trip again either Wednesday night or Thursday am.. I got the roadster with the talley wheel sport pack at the shop right now getting a tune up...

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

Most of the major roadway damage is up in the foothills to the north/west of Boulder, but there is significant flood damage to homes/businesses all the way down here in Aurora. Not really sure how I-25 turned out north of Denver, but it was closed for at least several hours due to flooding.

 

[cement]

I-25 was closed for a few days actually. It's re-opened. The critical areas are the path of the Platte River into Northeast Colorado and on into Nebraska now.

It looks like Broomfield escaped the worst of it. http://www.broomfield.org/index.aspx?NID=1870

no road closures or evacuations in effect.

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

http://k99.com/aerial-footage-of-highwy-34-from-loveland-to-estes-park-video/

Here's Boulder County's facebook page which has a bunch of links/pictures to what's going on:

https://www.facebook.com/#!/BoulderCounty

 

[csb]

Major interstates are open again. Eastern Colorado has also had a lot of damage, but it's higher up by Greeley. You should be okay to do the I-70 to I-25 route again.

 

[roadwreck]

RG, It's probably in the best interest of all Colorado residents that you move back to the ATL. The rain seems to follow you. This year in Atlanta we have been getting absurd amounts of rain (Atlanta Rainfall Scorecard). We are well beyond what we would ordinarily get in a full year and it's only September, but right around the time you started working in Colorado it stopped raining here. Meanwhile it sounds like ever since you moved to Boulder they have been inundated with rain. In the interest of public safety it would probably be best if you quit doing your rain dance. ;p

 

[MA_PE]

18 inches of rain is a lot of water. I hope the EB colorado contingent is weathering this storm OK.

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

^^^ It really helps to live at the top of the hill when you get 6" of rain in a 2 hour timeframe.

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

Here's an interactive map with some rain totals. They don't seem to match what some of the news weathermen were saying, but it's still a ton of rain.

http://www.denverpost.com/2013coloradofloods/ci_24101329/colorado-flooding-2013-precipitation-totals

 

[cement]

let's just say that there's going to be alot of work for the heavy and highway contractors.

 

[csb]

Fix the Big Thompson first. I want to make it to the Christmas parade. Looks like you could just add it to a contract patching job.

 

[Mike in Gastonia]

Fix the Big Thompson first. I want to make it to the Christmas parade. Looks like you could just add it to a contract patching job.

We just sealed and re striped our parking lot last week. Only took a couple days. This looks like what - maybe a week's worth of work? Geesh, what a mess.........

 

[csb]

I'd also suggest some paving fabric...looks like you have some soils issues.

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

Flash fill. I put that $hit on everything.

 

[EM_PS]

bit of a bird bath for sure

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

Mill & overlay then restripe it. Works everytime

 

[EM_PS]

chip seal - get r done