I'm still fine. Nothing too exciting to report. Last some of the roads got pretty crazy, but still passable. We lost power at about 9pm but it was back on when I woke up this morning.

Wellman creek is behind my complex, and it's obviously way higher than usual. I'd say it has another foot to go before it touches the footbridge. I went out last night with a few friends when the power went out and looked at Boulder Creek at Scott Carpenter Park. It was pretty insane. There were huge standing waves set up...really fast moving. The water was about 5 feet below the top of the footpath tunnel crossing under 30th, so probably 5-6 feet deep in the tunnel.

I'm actually on campus now. We still don't have internet at my house and I have a lot of stuff to get done. The drive up here was totally uneventful. Last night the intersection of 30th and Colorado was about 5 inches of fast moving water. It's not flooded at all anymore. They're still saying that we're expecting a lot more water, though, so who knows if it's really winding down yet or not.

Heard there are some closures in / near my 'hood (Park Hill) but so far so good. Unfortunately, the crowned street in front of my house has poor drainage on my side- during heavy rains, I can barely clear the mini-river which forms. This was far beyond heavy rains, so I got wet trying to get to my car. 

Stay dry, stay safe!

NIST closed tomorrow as well.....  First time they haven't waited until 5:00 in the morning to make the call.

john_matrix wrote:

Saw this, it's on Peak to Peak Highway. (Is that the official name?)

Caption from CDOT:

Colorado Department of Transportation
Flooding Update: Several of our state highways have sustained significant damage as a result of the overnight rain and are currently closed. There are no ETAs for reopening at this time. We strongly encourage motorists to check highway closures before heading out on the highways at www.cotrip.org. Please make safe choices - if you can't see the roadway, don't drive there! — at Coal Creek (State Highway 72).

  do you plan to evacuate? 

Welp, they closed Colorado Ave. apparently so if I have to move it'll be on foot.

If my garage floods I'm gonna be 

dotmaster206 wrote:

Oh boy...flooding is picking back up again. The stream behind my house has swelled even more. It looks like there's not much further to go before it really spreads out over the banks.

Same here.....the rain picked up and the ravine is getting close to its banks.  It still has a way to go to get to us, but this isn't good at all.

anyone needs a place to stay, let me know. I'm dry-ish down in Denver, and have plenty of space / couches / inflatables. In fact, I'll PM you my phone number in case you need to reach me.

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racerjim wrote:

dotmaster206 wrote:

Welp, they closed Colorado Ave. apparently so if I have to move it'll be on foot.

If my garage floods I'm gonna be 

Did they close it at the creek path, by Marine?

I'm not sure. I assume it's closed from Foothills up to Folsom, but that's just a guess. My roommate had his car on East Campus (where he works) and tried to drive home around 6pm but was stopped before he could get out of the lot by police who were closing the road. He ended up walking home and came in the door absolutely soaking wet. It was pretty funny, actually, circumstances aside. His car is still in one of the East Campus parking lots for now. Apparently the water was over a foot deep at one point when he was wading up the road, so he figured it was probably for the best that they didn't let him try to drive on it anyway.

It might not still be closed at this point. I haven't ventured out to check for a while. The rain has let up for now so maybe the water has dropped over there.

Water leak is looking much worse than originally anticipated.  We had an issue like this last summer (our house was newly built as of Feb 2012) so I have been on the phone / email all morning with our renters, our builder, our HOA and our insurance.  What a headache.  Could be worse though, I feel for others that have suffered far more.

All clear here, too. Man, there are some people who really got hit with this. Some friends of mine who live in a basement apartment got flooded pretty bad. The water was splashing up on the lawn of the house. Not good.