Colorado flooding.

[frostback]

http://denver.cbslocal.com/video/9308963-ranchers-able-to-rescue-horses-need-to-return-for-cattle/#.UjZlh2-Ajzk.facebook

 

[frostback]

By the way they did, with the help of many neighbours, get the cattle out too. A dairy farm had to move close to 200 head too. Most were baby calves but they didn't lose one either. Lots of hay and straw stacks just gone. 

 

[chambero]

Are any of the water supply reservoirs up in the mountains or down on the plains at least filling up?

 

[frostback]

LOL that's the kicker. They say they pass on this kind of water. In their defense a lot of ditches have been washed out. One reservoir out east did have their headgate open but so much debris(whole trees) were coming down he was afraid that it would be stuck open. So it was shut. Now in the mountains above boulder, there were reservoir that were full. So when the rain started they had to open and let water out, then they were even going over. I hope those greedy #%$%^^s see that maybe before this time of year they would let more water go to farmers so that they could catch water and do what they were built to do and help prevent flooding.

 

[chambero]

I forget how much yall depend on reservoirs for irrigation.  Almost all of our irrigation in Texas comes from groundwater.  The problem is drinking water supplies have to have priority and with the long-term drought, water managers are scared to death of running out of water for drinking water supplies.

Hopefully this could be the beginning of a change in the drought pattern for Colorado/Wyoming/New Mexico.