{"id":37782,"date":"2013-09-16T10:15:43","date_gmt":"2013-09-16T17:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/?p=37782"},"modified":"2013-09-16T10:25:33","modified_gmt":"2013-09-16T17:25:33","slug":"coloradoans-struggle-to-survive-bibilical-levels-of-flooding-as-global-warming-reality-hits-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/2013\/09\/16\/coloradoans-struggle-to-survive-bibilical-levels-of-flooding-as-global-warming-reality-hits-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Coloradans Struggle to Survive &#8220;Bibilical&#8221; Levels of Flooding, As Global Warming Reality Hits Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><ul class=\"inline-playlist playlist\" title=\"\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/archive.org\/download\/20130916Uprising\/2013_09_16_colorado.mp3\">Listen to this segment <\/a><\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"inline-playlist playlist\" title=\"\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/archive.org\/download\/20130916Uprising\/2013_09_16_uprising.mp3\">Listen to the entire program<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=right width=50% src=\"\/home\/graphics\/colorado_flooding.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>The state of Colorado has seen the worst flooding in decades with at least 6 people confirmed dead and hundreds still missing or unaccounted for. Homes and roads have been destroyed, cars washed away, and thousands have been evacuated. Ongoing rain this morning has hampered rescue efforts. <\/p>\n<p>In Boulder alone more than 150 people were missing. A number of fifth grade students were trapped during a field trip to an education center in Jamestown and parents were nervously getting updates on their children via a Facebook page. <\/p>\n<p>Larimer County\u2019s Sherriff Justin Smith told the New York Times, \u201c[t]he devastation being brought on by this floodwater is almost incomprehensible, especially near the Big Thompson River.\u201d Areas near the Rocky Mountain National Park are also severely flooded. President Obama declared the area a federal disaster zone over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>According to Climate Central &#8211; a think tank of climate science experts &#8211; Colorado\u2019s rainfall is a 1 in a 1000 year event, when half a year\u2019s worth of rain fell during just three days. This type of extreme weather is consistent with predictions of a warming planet. The National Weather Service described the rainfall as \u201cbiblical,\u201d and NWS Director Louis Uccellini  said, \u201c[t]his is clearly going to be a [sic] historic event\u2026[t]he true magnitude is really just becoming obvious now.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><em>GUESTS: Subhankar Banerjee is a photographer, writer, and activist. He is the founder of ClimateStoryTellers.org, and is editor of the anthology Arctic Voices: Resistance at the Tipping Point, Jim Pullen is a volunteer reporter at KGNU Community Radio in Boulder, Colorado \u2013 he has been covering the flooding and the government\u2019s responses.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/view\/2013\/09\/16\">Click here<\/a> to read Subhankar Banarjee&#8217;s latest article on the Colorado flooding. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The state of Colorado has seen the worst flooding in decades with at least 6 people confirmed dead and hundreds still missing or unaccounted for. Homes and roads have been destroyed, cars washed away, and thousands have been evacuated. Ongoing rain this morning has hampered rescue efforts. 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