Colorado Floods.So Why Isn't Al Gore In A "Panty-Rage" This Time Around? Embarrassed?

[TheSeventhTiger]

So has anyone taken notice that The Honorable/Smartest Man In The World has remained silent during this week of the Colorado floods?
Anyone want to speculate why?
Wouldn't you think it's pretty obvious at this point being he always becomes the Jackass of America every time his theories become fiction?
You can just vision him in one of his homes paid for by his millions of dumbass loyalists.
Al Gore: well, wow, gee, Colorado is under water, should I make another speech?
ahh, maybe not. I already made the buffoon list in the media three times this year.

 

[TheSeventhTiger]

and if it hadn't rained in the last two months in colorado, they would still blame it on global warming.

 

[R.C. Christian]

The weather isn't right. Hasn't been right in a long time. Blame on what you will but it's fucked up. It's fucking 95 in September here. It snowed in May and flooded in August. The trees started turning in mid august. This shit is off the hooks.

 

[bodecea]

So has anyone taken notice that The Honorable/Smartest Man In The World has remained silent during this week of the Colorado floods?
Anyone want to speculate why?
Wouldn't you think it's pretty obvious at this point being he always becomes the Jackass of America every time his theories become fiction?
You can just vision him in one of his homes paid for by his millions of dumbass loyalists.
Al Gore: well, wow, gee, Colorado is under water, should I make another speech?
ahh, maybe not. I already made the buffoon list in the media three times this year.

I'm sure Colorado can take care of itself.

 

[TemplarKormac]

I blame the Russian meteorite!

 

[Moonglow]

So has anyone taken notice that The Honorable/Smartest Man In The World has remained silent during this week of the Colorado floods?
Anyone want to speculate why?
Wouldn't you think it's pretty obvious at this point being he always becomes the Jackass of America every time his theories become fiction?
You can just vision him in one of his homes paid for by his millions of dumbass loyalists.
Al Gore: well, wow, gee, Colorado is under water, should I make another speech?
ahh, maybe not. I already made the buffoon list in the media three times this year.

A stalled low pressure front is important to Al Gore why?

 

[TheOldSchool]

Ted Cruz hasn't commented on this either!!! Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm I wonder why???

 

[waltky]

First it was the fires, now its the rain - mebbe its the good Lord chastizin' `em fer legalizin' marijuana...

Colo. rescuers urged some to leave flooded towns
September 15, 2013 -- Rescue teams are warning people in some Colorado towns isolated by devastating flooding against remaining there, telling them that they could face weeks without basic supplies, including running water and electricity.

Helicopters and truck convoys of the National Guard carried the admonition Saturday into paralyzed canyon communities where thousands of stranded residents were eager to escape the Rocky Mountain foothills. But not everybody was willing to go. Dozens of people in hard hit Jamestown wanted to stay to watch over their homes. Authorities made clear that residents who chose not to leave might not get another chance for a while. Rescuers won't go back for people who insist on staying, Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle said. "We're not trying to force anyone from their home. We're not trying to be forceful, but we're trying to be very factual and definitive about the consequences of their decision, and we hope that they will come down," Pelle said.

Special education teacher Brian Shultz, 38, was torn about leaving his Jamestown home. "I was thinking about staying. I could have lasted at least a year. I have a lot of training in wilderness survival," he said, adding that he probably had enough beer to last the whole time. As he sat outside a makeshift shelter at a high school, Shultz floated the idea of walking back into the funky mountain town. "If we hike back, I would stay there and just live. I'd rather be at our own house than staying at some other people's houses," he said. His wife, Meagan Harrington, gave him a wry smile. About 10 of their neighbors declined to evacuate, she said. "They said they wouldn't force you, but it was strongly encouraged," she said.

Shultz teared up behind his sunglasses as he compared his situation to that of his neighbors. "At least all of our stuff's there and will be there when we get back. The people right by the river, their houses were washed away. Other people thought their houses were going to be OK, and then they started to go. It's just really devastating." Across the foothills, rescuers made progress against the floodwaters. But they were still unable to go up many narrow canyon roads that were either underwater or washed out. Meanwhile, President Barack Obama signed a disaster declaration and ordered federal aid for Colorado. The White House said in a statement Saturday night that the action makes federal funding available to affected individuals in Boulder County. The government said that other counties could be added later.

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Floods transform Colorado's 'Gore-Tex Vortex'
Sep 15,`13 -- The cars that normally clog Main Street in Lyons on the way to Rocky Mountain National Park have been replaced by military supply trucks. Shop owners in Estes Park hurriedly cleared their wares in fear that the Big Thompson River will rise again. A plywood sign encouraged residents mucking out their homes to "Hang in there."

Days of rain and floods have transformed the outdoorsy mountain communities in Colorado's Rocky Mountain foothills affectionately known as the "Gore-Tex Vortex" from a paradise into a disaster area with little in the way of supplies or services - and more rain falling Sunday. The string of communities from Boulder to Estes Park, the gateway to Rocky Mountain National Park, is a base for backpackers and nature lovers where blue-collar and yuppie sensibilities exist side by side. Now, roadways have crumbled, scenic bridges are destroyed, the site of the bluegrass festival is washed out and most shops are closed.

Chris Rodes, one of Lyons' newest residents, said the change is so drastic that he is considering moving away just two weeks after settling there. "It's not the same," Rodes said. "All these beautiful places, it's just brown mud." Estes Park town administrator Frank Lancaster said visitors who would normally flock there during the golden September days should stay away for at least a month, but it could take a year or longer for many of the mountain roadways to be repaired.

Meanwhile, people were still trapped, the nearby hamlet of Glen Haven has been "destroyed" and the continuing rain threatened a new round of flooding, he said. "We are all crossing our fingers and praying" he said. The residents who remained or began trickling back - if they were allowed to do so - were left to watch out for one another. Restaurateurs and grocers in Lyons were distributing food to their neighbors as others arrived in groups carrying supplies.

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[waltky]

Over 1,200 people still missing...

Flooded Colo. towns clean up as rescues continue
16 Sept.`13 — Colorado mountain towns cut off for days by massive flooding slowly reopened to reveal cabins toppled, homes ripped from their foundations and everything covered in a thick layer of muck. Anxious home and business owners hurriedly cleaned and cleared what they could salvage as rescuers looked for a break in the weather Monday to resume airlifting those still stranded.

Crews plowed up to a foot of mud left standing along Estes Park's main street after the river coursed through the heart of town late last week. "I hope I have enough flood insurance," said Amy Hamrick, whose friends helped her pull up flooring and clear water and mud from the crawl space at her coffee shop. Her inventory was safely stashed at her home on higher grounds, she said. Emergency officials offered a first glimpse at the scope of the damage. Counties reported some 1,500 homes have been destroyed and about 17,500 damaged, according to an initial estimate released Sunday by the Colorado Office of Emergency Management.

State emergency officials reported more than 1,200 people total had not been heard from, but that number already was dropping Monday as Larimer County said it had made contact with hundreds of people previously unaccounted for. With rescuers reaching more pockets of stranded residents and phone service being restored in some areas, officials expect that number will continue to decrease. "You're got to remember, a lot of these folks lost cellphones, landlines, the Internet four to five days ago," Gov. John Hickenlooper said on NBC's "Today" show. "I am very hopeful that the vast majority of these people are safe and sound." The death toll remained at four confirmed fatalities and two missing and presumed dead.

Nineteen helicopters stood ready to resume airlifts, but the weather kept them grounded Monday morning. On Sunday, military helicopters rescued 12 people before the rain forced the operations to stop and 80 more people were evacuated by ground, Colorado National Guard Lt. James Goff said. Six National Guard troops and nine first responders conducting search-and-rescue missions became stranded themselves Sunday by renewed flooding in the town of Lyons, 20 miles from Estes Park. They hunkered down overnight but continued to check houses for people while looking for a way out of town Monday, Goff said.

In Estes Park, comparisons were drawn to two historic and disastrous flash floods: the Big Thompson Canyon Flood of 1976 that killed 145 people, and the Lawn Lake flood of 1982 that killed three. "Take those times 10. That's what it looks like in the canyon," said Deyn Johnson, owner of the Whispering Pines cottages, three of which floated down the river after massive amounts of water were released from the town's dam. Estes Park town administrator Frank Lancaster said this flood is worse than the previous ones because of the sustained rains and widespread damage to infrastructure across the Rocky Mountain Foothills.

More Flooded Colo. towns clean up as rescues continue

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Coloradans diggin' out from flood...

Seven Confirmed Dead, 1,500 Homes Destroyed in Colorado Floods
September 16, 2013 — Seven people were confirmed dead and at least 1,500 homes destroyed in Colorado after a week of rare, torrential rains along the eastern slopes of the Rockies, and helicopter search-and-rescue flights resumed on Monday in flood-stricken areas.

Much of the evacuation effort was focused on remote foothill and canyon communities of Larimer and Boulder counties in north-central Colorado, where 1,000 residents remained stranded due to washed-out roads, bridges and communication lines, the county sheriff's office said. Drizzle and patchy morning fog that had hampered airborne emergency operations lifted by afternoon, allowing National Guard helicopters to return to the skies to help ground teams find trapped flood victims and carry them to safety.

Local residents help salvage and clean property in an area inundated after days of flooding in Hygeine, Colorado

Ranchers were advised to move livestock away from rain-swollen streams as floodwaters spread further east onto the prairie, and authorities warned residents to be on the lookout for rattlesnakes that might be moving to higher ground. Larimer and Boulder counties bore the brunt of flash floods first unleashed last week by heavy rains that started last Monday and drenched Colorado's biggest urban centers along a 130-mile (210 km) stretch in the Front Range of the Rockies.

At the peak of the disaster, the heaviest deluge to hit the region in four decades, floodwaters streamed down rain-saturated mountainsides northwest of Denver and spilled through canyons funneling the runoff into populated areas below. The flooding progressed downstream and spread onto the prairie on Friday. During the weekend, waters topped the banks of the South Platte River and inundated farmland as high water rolled eastward in the direction of Nebraska.

Sand-Bagging Railroad Tracks

 

[Old Rocks]

Well, tiger, this is exactly the kind of thing that the climatologists have been predicting. And this Professor from Rutgers tells the reason for what we are seeing. Remember, it was a stationary ridge over Greenland that steered Sandy into New England.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtRvcXUIyZg]Weather and Climate Summit - Day 5, Jennifer Francis - YouTube[/ame]

 

[earlycuyler]

So has anyone taken notice that The Honorable/Smartest Man In The World has remained silent during this week of the Colorado floods?
Anyone want to speculate why?
Wouldn't you think it's pretty obvious at this point being he always becomes the Jackass of America every time his theories become fiction?
You can just vision him in one of his homes paid for by his millions of dumbass loyalists.
Al Gore: well, wow, gee, Colorado is under water, should I make another speech?
ahh, maybe not. I already made the buffoon list in the media three times this year.

Its been flooding here like this since its been Colorado. No global warming. To say it is is a lie. The only thing thats changed is where they have built houses.

 

[waltky]

Nat'l. Guard helps evacuate victims of Colorado floods...

Guard members evacuate more than 2,000 from Colorado flooding
September 16, 2013 WASHINGTON — Some 560 members of the National Guard have evacuated more than 2,100 people stranded by historic flooding in Colorado.

Emergency officials say four people are confirmed dead and more than 1,200 people have not been heard from. On Friday, Gov. John Hickenlooper appointed Brig. Gen. Peter J. Byrne, Colorado Air National Guard, as dual-status commander, supporting FEMA and Colorado’s emergency management officials, for the purpose of combating floods in Colorado.

U.S. soldiers and airmen with the Colorado National Guard respond to floods in Boulder County, Colo., Sept. 12, 2013. The Colorado National Guard was activated to provide assistance to people affected by massive flooding along Colorado's Front Range.

“Active duty forces, through the coordination and direction of U.S. Northern Command, are complementing these National Guard assets in the overall response to the flood relief efforts,” according to a Monday statement from the Department of Defense. “Seven helicopters from the 4th Infantry Division at Fort Carson have been conducting search-and-rescue operations under immediate response authority.”

As of Monday morning, the 4th ID had rescued more than 700 residents, to include the rescue of 85 elementary school students at a camp near Jamestown, the statement noted. Buckley AFB has been designated as a FEMA staging area. The governor has declared 14 counties disaster areas. On Sunday, even Guard members needed rescuing, when a mix of 51 Colorado National Guardsmen, first responders and civilians were stranded near Lyons when their half-dozen Light Medium Tactical Vehicles could not ford floodwaters.

Guard members evacuate more than 2,000 from Colorado flooding - News - Stripes

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Colorado evacuees return to find more heartbreak
September 17, 2013 — Weary Colorado evacuees have begun returning home after days of rain and flooding, but Monday's clearing skies and receding waters revealed only more heartbreak: toppled houses, upended vehicles and a stinking layer of muck covering everything.

Rescuers grounded by weekend rains took advantage of the break in the weather to resume searches for people still stranded, with 21 helicopters fanning out over the mountainsides and the plains to drop supplies and airlift those who need help. The number of dead and missing people was difficult to pinpoint. State emergency officials reported the death toll at eight Monday, but local officials were still investigating the circumstances of two of the fatalities. In a Colorado Springs creek Monday, authorities recovered the body of a man but can't say yet if the death is related to recent flooding. And in Idaho Springs, an 83-year-old man died Monday afternoon when the ground he was standing on gave way and he was swept away by Clear Creek, according to The Denver Post.

A woman is helped off of a military helicopter at the Boulder Municipal Airport in Boulder, Colo., on on Monday, Sept. 16, 2013, after being rescued. Thousands of people remained stranded by high water and washed out roads in the state. - See more at: APTOPIX Colorado Flooding | CNS News

Two of the eight fatalities are women missing and presumed dead. The number of missing people was dropping as the state's count fell Monday from just over 1,200 to about half that. State officials hoped the overall number would continue to drop with rescuers reaching more people and phone service being restored. "You've got to remember, a lot of these folks lost cellphones, landlines, the Internet four to five days ago," Gov. John Hickenlooper said on NBC's "Today" show. "I am very hopeful that the vast majority of these people are safe and sound."

Residents of Hygiene returned to their small community east of the foothills to find mud blanketing roads, garages, even the tops of fence posts. The raging St. Vrain River they fled three days earlier had left trucks in ditches and carried items as far as 2 miles downstream. "My own slice of heaven, and it's gone," Bill Marquedt said after finding his home destroyed.

Residents immediately set to sweeping, shoveling and rinsing, but the task of rebuilding seemed overwhelming to some. "What now? We don't even know where to start," said Genevieve Marquez. "It's not even like a day by day or a month thing. "I want to think that far ahead but it's a minute by minute thing at this point. And, I guess now it's just help everyone out and try to get our lives back," she added.

- See more at: Colorado evacuees return to find more heartbreak | CNS News

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As air rescues wind down, some refuse to leave
Sep 17,`13 -- In the days right after floodwaters rushed through the Rocky Mountain foothills, the helicopter crews that lifted stranded people to safety were greeted like heroes. Nearly a week later, they are often being waved away by stubborn mountain residents who refuse to abandon their homes.

Caleb Liesveld hiked several miles into tiny Pinewood Springs, midway between Longmont and Estes Park, to try to convince his parents to leave. His mother relented, but his father refused. The elder Liesveld was determined to use heavy equipment from the family's granite quarry to resurrect an old stagecoach road that would let residents get vehicles in and out. "He wants to be productive, and I don't think he'd really know what to do with himself off the mountain," Caleb Liesveld said Tuesday.

In nearby Lyons, a number of residents were working together to clean rotting food out of abandoned restaurant refrigerators. "We are a community. We all want to stay here and help," Molly Morton, who also declined rescuers' advice to leave or face months of isolation, said Tuesday in a phone interview. Morton, 44, lives with her boyfriend on a hill overlooking Lyons. They have well water and a septic field, and Monday night she got her power back, allowing her to restart her cleaning business.

Several residents of Lyons moved up the hill to camp on her property in tents, bringing suitcases and coolers filled with as much food as they could salvage from refrigerators and freezers. One of the men had been given house keys by many people who did evacuate, and he had been going around to empty refrigerators and freezers to throw away food before it spoils. He's also been on the lookout for anyone who might try to take advantage of all those empty houses. By Tuesday, military helicopters had flown nearly 2,400 people and more than 850 pets to safety in what officials said was likely the largest such airlift since Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast in 2005.

The pace of rescues was beginning to taper off. Crews were shifting from emergency airlifts to more systematic searches of flooded areas. Green tags and flags, bold enough to be seen from the air, were being used to mark properties that had already been checked. The reluctance to leave was evident during an aerial tour for media Tuesday arranged by the National Guard. As a Blackhawk chopper churned over Jamestown, where slabs of highway were stacked in murky water, two Guardsmen leaned out the open sides and waved to people below. Most waved back and went on shoveling rocks from their driveways or gazing at the debris piled in their yards.

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[TheSeventhTiger]

and if this had been all snow, yes, it would of been "Global Warming" that caused over 7000 homes to be buried in snow, 45,000 residents trapped in their homes till October. then again, it would of been Bush's fault as well.

 

[R.C. Christian]

It was a combination and of geology and gulf moisture. 100 year flood except they don't have relevant data for 100 years to say it wasn't just a fifty year flood which has a 2% probability to happen in a given year. In any case it was rare.

 

[earlycuyler]

It was a combination and of geology and gulf moisture. 100 year flood except they don't have relevant data for 100 years to say it wasn't just a fifty year flood which has a 2% probability to happen in a given year. In any case it was rare.

They say this about floods every time they happen on the front range. Read some of Jed Smith, Lewis and Clark, and the other great explorers accounts about moving around here. All of them mention flooding on all of there trips. Its 5the fact that people build in bad places, not global warming that makes thees floods so bad. Same with hurricanes and forest fires.

 

[TheSeventhTiger]

I wonder if Global Warming also caused the 41 day flood of 3500 BC? did noah ever speculate?

 

[TheSeventhTiger]

and why isn't anyone calling out Harry Reid to resign in disgrace after insulting the thousands of victims of the flood, his only response to the massive floods was that it was Global Warming? thats it? no feelings of sorrow for those who died/lost homes, etc?