Oh yes get ready for the rainy season ! Now that they've (agenda21) shut down the major industry of the west (Timber), if they can't burn you out, they will flood you out... Just think of all the spotted owls they have saved! (KILLED)
They lie and people die .... Notice that the government ends up owning the remaining economy here either fighting fire floods and mopping up "the recovery"
http://www.foxnews.com/weather/2013/09/13/3-dead-in-colorado-floods/At least 3 dead, thousands evacuated as Colorado flooding cuts off mountain townsPublished September 13, 2013
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President Obama approved federal disaster aid late Thursday night for areas along Colorado’s Front Range mountains after days of heavy rain caused flash flooding that left at least three dead and prompted authorities to evacuate thousands from cities like Boulder.
Governor John Hickenlooper signed a disaster declaration and said, "this could easily be a 50 or 100-year-flood."
After a rainy week, up to 8 more inches fell in an area spanning from the Wyoming border south to the foothills west of Denver.
Flooding extended all along the Front Range mountains and into some cities, including
Colorado Springs, Denver, Fort Collins, Greeley,
Aurora and Boulder.
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Some of the
flooding was exacerbated by wildfire "burn scars" that have spawned flash floods all summer in the mountains. That was
particularly true in an area scarred by fire in 2010 near the tiny community of Jamestown and another near Colorado Springs' Waldo Canyon that was hit in 2012\ - - - -
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324576304579070993584463288.htmlUpdated September 12, 2013, 12:42 p.m. ET
Floods Soak Colorado Region Left Vulnerable by Fires Hevy Rains Hammer Boulder, Nearby Mountain Communities, Stranding Residents
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The large wildfires that wiped out swaths of forest land in the central area of the state during the past two years have exacerbated flooding conditions and sent debris-filled water careening down from the mountains, according to the National Weather Service.
There had been rain forecasted in the area, but the amount and duration of the precipitation was unexpected, said Nezette Rydell, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Boulder.
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http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/stories/wildfire-burn-scars-worsen-colorado-floodingWildfire burn scars worsen Colorado flooding A lack of plants and undergrowth -- burned away by fires -- allows rain to run off the ground as if it were a sheet of metal
Boulder, Colo., is getting absolutely drenched — since last night (Sept. 11), an incredible 5 to 10 inches (13 to 25 centimeters) of rain have fallen in the city and its surrounding areas, and the deluge continues.
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The downpour has caused flash floods throughout the Boulder area and killed two people, according to news reports. Many roads throughout the area are impassible, and most businesses and schools throughout the region have closed.
But one factor has made the flooding considerably worse: the wildfires that have stricken the forests in the region in the past few years, said Kari Bowen, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service (NWS) office in Boulder.
"When you have a dense forest with undergrowth, you have plants and things to trap moisture and rain," Bowen told LiveScience. "But when it's gone, you have nothing to catch it." The fire also makes the ground almost hydrophobic, or water-repelling, and these effects can last 10 to 15 years, she added.

A satellite spied the
burned-out scar left by Colorado's Waldo Canyon fire on July 4. (Photo: NASA
[Photos: Devastating Colorado Wildfires http://www.livescience.com/21250-photos-devastating-colorado-wildfires.html ]
This means that when large quantities of rain fall, the water runs off the ground as it would off a sheet of metal. Even a half inch (1.3 cm) of rain can cause flooding when it falls in a short amount of time, not to mention the current onslaught of precipitation, Bowen said. The mountainous topography of the area worsens the flooding, channeling it into valleys and sending it screaming down the slopes.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, then, the flooding is worse in some areas that have seen forest fires in recent years, including the High Park area and
Waldo Canyon, the scene of fires of the same name in June 2012. The Waldo Canyon fire was the worst in the state's history to that date, burning more than 18,000 acres (7,300 hectares) near Colorado Springs and destroying more than 300 homes.
The burn scars from these fires are also at increased risk of debris flows and mudslides for the same reason: Water quickly runs off, and there are fewer plants to hold rocks and soil in place. "The
water carries soil and rocks and dead trees, and causes a lot of destruction," Bowen said.
So far,
there have been reports of debris washing out roads in the High Park area, Bowen said. Another place that saw wildfires, the Fourmile Canyon burn area, has multiple roads out due to flooding and debris, according to the NWS. That fire occurred in September 2010, 5 miles (8 kilometers) from downtown Boulder, and burned 6,181 acres (2,501 hectares). ...
oh yes this can kill you ....http://denver.cbslocal.com/2013/09/13/warning-issued-about-dangerously-high-boulder-creek/80 Boulderites Unaccounted For, Missing Woman Found DeadHotline Set Up For People With Missing Relatives Or Friends: (303) 776-2927
September 13, 2013 3:50 PM
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Almost 3,500 people were evacuated at midnight in the city as the Emerson Gulch in Fourmile Canyon west of the city washed out and there was concern that creek would crest. Water levels did rise rapidly, and one point overnight water flowed at speeds of 5,000 cubic feet per second.
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http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=82023
As the
138,000-acre Silver Fire was still smoldering in New Mexico in June 2013, forest
restoration specialists were already on the job. They needed to figure out where to focus
emergency restoration efforts, so they analyzed maps to determine where the
fire had destroyed vegetation and exposed the soil.
The Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) team of the U.S. Forest Service goes into the woods
as soon as the flames die down. Their job is to help
protect reservoirs, watersheds, and infrastructure from floods and erosion in the wake of the fire. And Landsat satellites, built by NASA and operated by the U.S. Geological Survey, help guide those crews to the forested areas needing attention.
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“The whole basis for this is
the need for speed,” said Penny Luehring, leader of the BAER team and the watershed improvement program for the U.S. Forest Service. “In the southwest and southern California, there’s
four to six weeks after fire season before it starts to rain and flood. If we’re going to put anything in place that has a chance of controlling or mitigating the effects of water, we have to do it right away.”
After the Silver Fire, for example, the BAER team identified severely burned areas upstream of a community, campgrounds, and forest roads.
Crews scattered barley seeds over 11,000 acres, dropped mulch on 800 acres, closed off some roads and storm-proofed others.
http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/LIL-2-Fire-4.pdfBurning Wildlands and a
Burning Need for Landsat | Laura E.P. Rocchio

Compared the burned out areas to the RE-Wilding areas !!! http://www.mtbs.gov/Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity projectMonitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS) is a multi-year project designed to consistently map the burn severity and perimeters of fires across all lands of the United States from 1984 and beyond. The data generated by MTBS will be used to identify national trends in burn severity, providing information necessary to monitor the effectiveness and effects of the National Fire Plan and Healthy Forests Restoration Act. MTBS is sponsored by the
Wildland Fire Leadership Council (WFLC), a multi-agency oversight group
responsible for implementing and coordinating the National Fire Plan and Federal Wildland Fire Management Policies. The project is conducted through a partnership between the U.S. Geological Survey National Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) and the USDA Forest Service Remote Sensing Applications Center (RSAC).
The MTBS project objective is to provide consistent, 30 meter resolution burn severity data and fire perimeters that will serve four primary user groups:
1.
National policies and policy makers such as the
National Fire Plan and WFLC which require information about long-term trends in burn severity and recent burn severity impacts within vegetation types, fuel models, condition classes, and land management activities.
2.Field management units that benefit from mid to broad scale GIS-ready maps and data for pre- and post-fire assessment and monitoring. Field units that require finer scale burn severity data will also benefit from increased efficiency, reduced costs, and data consistency by starting with MTBS data.
3.Existing databases from other comparably scaled programs, such as Fire Regime and Condition Class (FRCC) within LANDFIRE, that will benefit from MTBS data for validation and updating of geospatial data sets.
4.Academic and agency research entities interested in fire severity data over significant geographic and temporal extents.
MTBS is similar to other image processing and analysis methods currently utilized by the USGS and USFS for existing post-fire burn severity mapping efforts.
The USGS Landsat image archive provides a consistent and continuous source of 30 meter resolution data for mapping burn severity of all fires greater than 1000 acres in the west and 500 acres in the east.
http://www.forestsandrangelands.gov/leadership/index.shtmlThe Wildland Fire Leadership Council (WFLC) was established in April 2002 by the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior to provide an intergovernmental committee to support the implementation and coordination of
Federal Fire Management Policy. A Memorandum of Understanding (PDF, 1.6 MB) was signed in April 2010 by the Secretary of the Interior, Secretary of Agriculture, and Secretary of Homeland Security to authorize the continuation of the WFLC. The Council meets regularly to provide oversight and coordination of the
Federal Wildland Fire Management Policy.Mission
The Wildland Fire Leadership Council (Council) is an intergovernmental committee of Federal, state, tribal, county, and municipal government officials convened by the Secretaries of the Interior, Agriculture, and Homeland Security dedicated to consistent implementation of
wildland fire policies, goals, and management activities. The Council provides strategic oversight to ensure policy coordination, accountability, and effective implementation of
Federal Wildland Fire Management Policy and related
long-term strategies to address wildfire preparedness and suppression, hazardous fuels reduction, landscape restoration and
rehabilitation of the Nation's wildlands, and assistance to communities.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9n98SXNGl8Ray Bradbury's
Fahrenheit 451 movie adaptation
http://nationalatlas.gov/mld/firplnp.htmlThe National Fire Plan (NFP) was developed in August 2000, following a landmark wildland fire season, with the intent of actively responding to severe wildland fires while ensuring sufficient firefighting capacity for the future. The NFP provides technical, financial, and resource guidance and support for wildland fire management across the United States. The Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of the Interior work together to implement the five key points addressed by the NFP: firefighting, rehabilitation, hazardous fuels reduction, community assistance, and accountability. Field offices of five Federal wildfire management agencies and bureaus, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Bureau of Land Management, the National Park Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the USDA Forest Service, use the National Fire Plan Operations and Reporting System (NFPORS) to plan and report accomplishments funded by the NFP.
An Introduction to the National Fire Plan
History, Structure, and Relevance to Communities
Prepared by:
Pinchot Institute for Conservation
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Washington, D.C. 20036
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