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Crazy flash flooding in Boulder, CO

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Virtika
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Crazy flash flooding in Boulder, Colorado right now. We went out to check it out, car got flooded, abandoned the car, walked to the Virtika warehouse and got tubes, and went tubing down the bike path through Boulder at 3am. Good times.


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Sep 12 2013 2:57PM
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marsh.
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Forget the car, lets go tubing!
Sep 12 2013 2:58PM
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JustForYou
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Haha, that's so cool. Were you up all night
Sep 12 2013 2:59PM
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Shark.
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FUCK YEA i wanted to do that so bad last night... still got till sunday! WATER RIOT
Sep 12 2013 2:59PM
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Z-Juice
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Same bike path this morning

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Sep 12 2013 3:20PM
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the.ghost
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Warehouse okay? I had an order shipping out
Sep 12 2013 3:32PM
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steezyjibber
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Sep 12 2013 3:34PM
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Shark.
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sorry, your shit was used as an emergency flotation device
Sep 12 2013 3:53PM
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Huck_Norris
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I love me a good insurance job too. Nice work capitalizing on a disaster and turning that frown upside down.
Sep 12 2013 3:56PM
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walterson
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that fucking sick

embrace natural catastrophes
Sep 12 2013 3:58PM
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skiierman
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"Hey guys, let's go check out the flash flood happening right now!"

"BRO! LET'S TAKE THE WHIP! MAYBE WE CAN DRIFT IN THE FLOOD!"

You guys are idiots.
Sep 12 2013 3:58PM
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alex=
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you think you would've realized that everyone on this site hates you by now but I guess you're just dull

your attempts at trolling aren't even funny anymore
Sep 12 2013 4:14PM
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Blake.P
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Here is Broadway and canyon a hour ago. Crazy flooding
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This is the bike path underneath. Completely submerged
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Sep 12 2013 4:16PM
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skiierman
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No, you're right. It's smart to drive a car around in a flooded city... yeah, I'm just fucking around here.
Sep 12 2013 4:17PM
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alex=
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Guess ya can't read either. never doubted your logic, just your comedic prowess
Sep 12 2013 4:19PM
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Wallisch_pl
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He's the new 'TheClap,'
Sep 12 2013 4:25PM
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sam7136
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it is fucking crazy
Sep 12 2013 5:17PM
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deleted5
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Sep 12 2013 5:25PM
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Phil-X-
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Got any GoPro footy of you tubing?


Also, I love seeing the difference in reaction to flooding in certain areas.

-Normal US town - Sandbagging, some get scared as hell and MAYBE an evacuation if it gets serious

-Normal US College town - Go outside, drink, tube, instagram, nobody is to worried

-3rd world nation - 700 dead and humanitarian aid from other nations
Sep 12 2013 5:32PM
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oil.
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how is that possible? water goes right through it anyway...
Sep 12 2013 5:52PM
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Virtika
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The link was in the original post. Pretty dark, but you get the idea- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bf9JIJTPZr4
Sep 12 2013 6:24PM
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sam7136
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it sucks hard my house is fucked
Sep 13 2013 12:42AM
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shaggy.
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one of my friends died in the flood... and another is still missing. this shit is fucked up
Sep 13 2013 3:24AM
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line686
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This flood is a lot more serious than most people realize. At work tonight I talked to a handful of middle aged people that lost their houses and are completely devastated.

When you live in Boulder you always hear about the massive Big Thompson flood that killed ~140 people, as of tonight this flood is officially bigger.
Sep 13 2013 4:28AM
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coolflash8
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all your friends die!
Sep 13 2013 4:41AM
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HolySchimmel
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I fail to get the point of this... Floods ruin lots of peoples lives, look at what happend in germany earlier this year. That shit isn't funny...
Sep 13 2013 4:45AM
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Jeebus.
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I get fucking flash flood emergency alerts on my phone like ever 30 fucking minutes, bitch i live on a hill, fuck you National Weather Service.
Sep 13 2013 5:55AM
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B.Aussie
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Pretty scary stuff. Is it a common occurrence in Boulder?
Sep 13 2013 7:12AM
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JAHpow
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BOOM!
Sep 13 2013 8:07AM
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coolflash8
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there was no humor meant in this post. user hedonist posted a thread a long time ago about one of his friends dying
Sep 13 2013 9:03AM
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skiierman
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but I found it hilarious, so technically you made a joke about a serious situation.... you're such a dick!
Sep 13 2013 9:41AM
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Phil-X-
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Im seeing news sources saying that there are 3 confirmed dead, are you being serious or is that a bad attempt at being funny
Sep 13 2013 9:52AM
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SFB
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its actaully been really nice this week around denver. the rain really cooled everything down and it didnt flood.
Sep 13 2013 10:42AM
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II_strapped_II
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+1
Sep 13 2013 1:53PM
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LoathesRaisins
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Just remember kids, insurance doesn't cover water damage.
Sep 13 2013 1:54PM
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Jeebus.
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how bout them blue skies today, been a minute.
Sep 13 2013 3:49PM
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egg.
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I went skimboarding with a bandshee bungee yesterday, needless to say it was dope as fuck
Sep 13 2013 4:33PM
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Piste.Off
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This week in northern Colorado has been every watershed major's wet dream.
Sep 13 2013 4:37PM
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Blake.P
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Inb4 it starts to rain again
Sep 13 2013 5:07PM
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Butters.
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When you're expecting a flood, you should always bring a towel.
Sep 13 2013 5:26PM
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JahJahBinks
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BRO WHAT IF IT WAS SNOW THO!
Sep 13 2013 6:01PM
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Mama.
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That was probably a really dumb idea. However, it looks like a ballsackload of fun. I hope your car isnt fucked, though.
Sep 13 2013 6:40PM
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doGelyst
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Some places in boulder got 6+ inches of rain.

If that was snow...

600 Inches of snow...

Urban would be a bit difficult.
Sep 13 2013 6:41PM
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Blake.P
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60 inches of snow... Not 100 inches of snow for each inch of rain
Sep 13 2013 6:46PM
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walrussteeze
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The jemez mountains of new mexico got at least a foot of rain which would be like 150 inches of snow 
Sep 13 2013 8:35PM
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Balto
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my sister lives at the bottom of some hill that is collecting a shit load of water, i lol'ed
Sep 13 2013 8:36PM
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Sklar
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False.
Snow is only around 10-15% water usually, so about 10" of snow= about 1" of rain
Sep 13 2013 9:30PM
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JWoods
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That's exactly what he said....
Sep 13 2013 9:35PM
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ThaLorax
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Haha, so true. 14 inches in 3 days, let alone 9 inches on wednesday alone shattered Colorado records for sure.
Sep 13 2013 9:37PM
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Jeebus.
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Yup.. for the next several days its back to it...
Went up to evergreen earlier today, the whole downtown part is a total wash.
Sep 13 2013 9:38PM
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Blake.P
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So 6" of rain is about 60" of snow. That's exactly what I said...
Sep 13 2013 9:39PM
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