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Looking forward to drying out
It doesn't seem that long ago that we were telling you about flooding on Kiowa Road that destroyed a home and also impacted Yurtstead Farm. But over the weekend, the skies opened up, giving us a series of storms that rivaled last June's drenching.
County officials still were assessing the extent of damage and clearing up debris-flooded roads as of this writing. What they confirmed was localized flooding on Ida Road and other parts of the county.
They came out early this morning — about 1 a.m. — to warn folks on Ida Road and ask them to consider evacuating. One deputy even busted out his paddleboard, just in case there were older folks or small kids who needed help getting out.
If you've seen the river today, versus last week, you can tell some water and lots of mud is washing down through town.
How much rain fell? The Weather Service tells me just above 1 inch, in 24 hours. As ever, that's not enough to lift us out of drought, and it also doesn't take us to our year-to-date average for precip. But it's still a lot of rain and, as the county reported, plenty to cause damage and worry.
Katharhynn from the newsroom, happy for a breather from the rain (but also grateful for that rain!)
(A deputy paddles toward a home early Monday, to make sure no one inside needs help getting out. Photo from MCSO)
'A thief among us'
Talk about rotten luck. Some folks trying to enjoy Blues and Brews up in Telluride returned to their campsite Sept. 18 to find someone had cleaned them out of sleeping bags, gear and an expensive Devinci mountain bike. (Yes. It was secured to a rack with a lock, but the thief cut off the lock.)
San Miguel County Sheriff Bill Masters said the theft is the latest in out-of-the-ordinary pilferage from vehicles in the Telluride area.
Check out the details here (free access!) and give him a shout if you have any information.
(The bike stolen is similar to the one shown here. Photo from SMCSO)
Is Oct. 3 a holiday?
Yes! Today, Colorado marks one of its newer state holidays, Cabrini Day, honoring humanitarian Frances Xavier Cabrini. The state has set aside the first Monday in October to remember Mother Cabrini. Check out more information here.
Elsewhere in the world, today is German Unity Day— Tag der Deutschen Einheit. It's a reminder that Berlin and the rest of Germany was once divided into East and West, with the East under communist USSR control.
The division split up families; people lost their lives attempting to flee to the West. Then, 32 years ago, the wall came down. Learn more about it here.
(A street plaque in Berlin marks where the wall once stood. Elsewhere in the city, you can still see sections of the wall intact — and you can buy "authentic" pieces of it. As a person of a certain age, it was moving to stand there in 2019 and understand something that "always was" when I was growing up now is no more. It's proof things change for the better.)
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