The rain had been constant on Sunday, but all was sunny and bright while the rivers crested on Monday.
Dawn on Tuesday showed higher elevations got more snow.
And the river?
Before noon driving along US 550 through town (aka Camino del Rio) going south the whole road was covered with red dust from the river mud that had been tracked down from where it had flooded onto the road. (This was probably from the Junction Creek flood, which was about a quarter mile from where I was.)
I remembered the day after the floods in Black Mountain, Swannanoa and Asheville NC, how that dust from the dried mud covered everything, causing a lot of breathing problems for cleaning things up.
You never think of these things until you see them, and are reminded of a past trauma.
Now many people in Durango are scraping and shoveling mud, and will be getting dust all over the place for the next weeks. I'm so sorry they are having this happen here.
The electric company said that a lot of people were without power, but I've not had even a flicker. Thank heavens. Two years ago in North Carolina we lost power as well as water, but the power was my life blood, needing it for my CPAP for sleeping. I was so grateful to be able to eventually evacuate and find friends and relatives to stay with until the power was restored.
THIS is why I'm invested in Climate Change and want to have changes to help with water control, adequate back ups for electrical, sewer and other needed civic utilities, plans in place for these unexpected and much more severe weather crisis's.
There are a lot of smart people who can come up with plans for the wildest and most severe possibilities. I hope to see them getting a voice and being successful.
In Swannanoa NC after Hurricane Helene storms gave the river too much water, tossing houses and cars around, leaving mud then dust everywhere. Sept. 29, 2024.
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