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ProudLib72

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20. Remember the floods of 2013?

Reply to Laffy Kat (Reply #18)

Sat Jul 6, 2019, 12:49 AM

Jul 2019

I was still in Aurora then. One of the bigger streets got flooded. The next week it was closed down. I walked over to look at it, and one lane was completely gone. There was a gully about five feet deep the water had cut!

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Yet another hailstorm here in Boulder, CO. This time the stones are much larger [View all] ProudLib72 Jul 2019 OP

Where in CO? SHRED Jul 2019 #1

Boulder ProudLib72 Jul 2019 #2

Broomfield just had hailstorm, beveeheart Jul 2019 #3

The stones up here were quarter sized! ProudLib72 Jul 2019 #4

You, too? I just posted about Lafayette. Laffy Kat Jul 2019 #8

A second wave of pea-sized hail followed a half hour later. beveeheart Jul 2019 #10

Yes. These storms remind me of the ones we used to get when I first moved... Laffy Kat Jul 2019 #12

I remember the storms of the early 80s. ProudLib72 Jul 2019 #14

Aurora always seems to get more dramatic weather. Laffy Kat Jul 2019 #19

Yes, got here in '82, left in '89, came back '98. beveeheart Jul 2019 #16

Seems like the real drought started in the 90s. Laffy Kat Jul 2019 #18

Remember the floods of 2013? ProudLib72 Jul 2019 #20

Oh gosh, yes. Laffy Kat Jul 2019 #21

I used to get stoned in Boulder all the time. Harker Jul 2019 #5

I'll second that,lol. Nt The Figment Jul 2019 #7

And the power went off! ProudLib72 Jul 2019 #6

I posted, too, about Lafayette. Laffy Kat Jul 2019 #9

One of our dogs gets very nervous because of thunder. beveeheart Jul 2019 #11

I've been thinking about CBD, too. Laffy Kat Jul 2019 #13

Did you see all the lightning last night? ProudLib72 Jul 2019 #15

Peals...that's the word I was looking for instead of rumbles beveeheart Jul 2019 #17