34 would be rebuilt through the Big Thompson Canyon. A Colorado Department of Transportation spokesman said he did not know when U.S.“I know it was on their minds,” one teacher said. In some classrooms, students wrote in their journals about their personal experiences. The school had not been flooded, but could not reopen until U.S. 18, a day later than other district schools. Big Thompson Elementary School reopened Sept.The city was waiting on guidance from FEMA before determining how it could help owners of flood-damaged businesses. Loveland officials said homeowners within the flood zone and in city limits could move water-damaged carpeting, padding, furniture or other items to the curb and they would be picked up at no cost.“There’s some pretty hardy, independent people up there, and I say more power to them, but I want them to make good decisions and to think about: Can they go without mail? Can they go without groceries? Can they go without power and lights and access to medical care” through the winter? “The aerial resources will probably only be here for a few days at this point,” the Sheriff’s Office spokesman said. That left around 450 people presumed to still be stranded in the Big Thompson Canyon area, but authorities said a significant portion of them had refused evacuation. 18 from mountainous areas of Larimer County, bringing the total number of documented evacuations in Larimer County to 1,155, while 197 people were still unaccounted for.
Rescue teams airlifted 20 more people to safety Sept.Staff members who had been working throughout each stage of the flood recovery were given a standing ovation at the council meeting, and so were the community members and business owners who had come out in droves to offer their help. “Our community is back, in most of our areas, to normalcy,” Loveland Fire Rescue Authority Chief Randy Mirowski told Loveland City Council at its Sept.It is the way of all rivers.’ We need to remember that.” Occasionally, it may try to move the mountain all at once. It does so relentlessly in seemingly harmless, imperceptible ways, grain by tiny grain.
In his Home Waters column, Reporter-Herald columnist Dennis Smith cataloged the damage the flood had done in Northern Colorado, ending with: “A geologist friend of mine once explained that ‘… while it may provide multiple aesthetic, recreational and commercial benefits, the singular purpose of a river is to transport sediment - to move mountains. “It’s not just a piece of paper or lines on the map.” He said the structures eventually would be demolished. He said the flood was a wake-up call to how serious the floodway designation really is. But City Manager Bill Cahill told members of the Historic Preservation Commission that staff would recommend City Council not accept the historic designation nor spend any money on the farm. The Loveland Historic Society and Historic Preservation Commission had hoped to restore the Swartz homestead, which the city had acquired along with River’s Edge Natural Area property, and make it available for public use. Sheriff Justin Smith praised residents’ flood preparedness, however, and said he did not expect the final death toll to approach the 144 lives claimed by the Big Thompson Flood of 1976. Two people were presumed dead in the 2013 flooding, and the Sheriff’s Department said that number might grow. An estimated 580 people and dozens of pets still needed to be airlifted out of the flooded areas. that day, with approximately 500 of them being rescued by helicopter. He also estimated more than 1,100 people were evacuated as of 3 p.m. 17, the number of people unaccounted for after the flooding was down to 197, the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office spokesman said. “We want to get people back to their properties just as quickly as possible, but it takes the work of the building department and the fire department to declare these properties safe,” the city spokesman said. As Big Thompson River floodwaters receded, the city of Loveland began allowing evacuated residents and business owners back into their buildings. They had not yet been able to assess all damaged roads, but said some, such as County Road 44H up the Buckhorn Canyon, were “obliterated.” Larimer County road officials told county commissioners the cost to repair roads damaged in the 2013 Flood would be in the tens of millions.
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