The old century+ brick Catholic church with a steeple that is two blocks south of the High School survived just fine. I am not certain how many windows had to be replaced though. The shopping center (Grocery store, doctor's offices, pharmacy, and bowling alley were all there.) has been rebuilt, and the hospital and school repaired. The visible damage has been largely repaired, all that remains is the hidden scars. Any time there is a storm now, my parents wonder if they will have to shelter in the safe room. (They aren't the only ones in that town who do this.) They didn't have a safe room to weather the tornado in, nor a basement. (Their house was a block south of the High School, it was damaged past repair.) Any houses that were rebuilt, like my parents' had to have a saferoom put in to meet the new requirements if I recall correctly.
KatK, Eastern Colorado farmer checking in here. Mmmmmm, I know all about the River fight. We are members of our Farm Bureau and some of our members are on the newly formed board that is looking for solutions. Our farmers have been requested to turn off their irrigation wells voluntarily or they will be ordered to do so within a few years. This is a hardship when you are in a deep drought. As to those Colorado farmers along the Arkansas (south of here, I might add). There is almost no water down near Lamar and LaJunta. All along the front range of the Rockies are building new communities and demanding water service. They divert the water that formerly went to farmers. A few bad decisions in the past caused this problem here.KatK said:
You must also consider, I grew up on the big bend of the Arkansas river. I can remember when it *was* a river at that point, and not a trickle so small that I could cross it without even breaking stride. (As in maybe the width of my two small, child sized hands, the last time I had the courage to go look. It broke my heart.) It isn't about urban sprawl with me, that's for sure. The typical color for Kansas lawns is yellow brown for the most part, (unless the lawn is of a type that doesn't need a lot of water, there are some of those) with the exception of clover, alfalfa or maybe dandelions. Lawns are usually green in Kansas in the early spring, when there is snow melt and rainfall to make it so. By June they are yellow(ing), and in July and August they are sere. Farmers do count, I don't think the rights of one state should supersede the rights of another though. Kansas, at least prohibits the watering of lawns in times of drought, (And even goes so far as to limit showers and such as well. I have lived through such times, where we were to limit our usage to showers of X length, and only so often per person/household and no more.) but farmers are allowed their livelihood.I know all about those lawns and water restrictions, and the seasonal changes in colors of lawns. We don't even have a lawn. If the weeds are plentiful, then we mow them to look like a lawn. We live near a creek, have friends on the Republican River. Both have been dry for years. There is also a dispute between Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado over the use of this water. Kansas benefitted as Nebraska has to insure the flow into Kansas. Colorado has to beg for any water. Too many forks and tributaries and off running creeks to understand how all this works. Same with aquifers.KatK said:Aye, that is why I hoped that at least the heavy snowfalls would end the drought. Coming from Central Kansas, I know how important non-depleted water tables are.
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