Lyons, Colorado : What’s Wrong With This Picture?

9 Responses to Lyons, Colorado : What’s Wrong With This Picture?

1. omnologos says:

   September 21, 2013 at 10:39 am

   if i may… http://omnologos.com/boulder-valley-flooding-history/

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   • stevengoddard says:

     September 21, 2013 at 10:51 am

     Good resource, thanks.

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2. Billy Liar says:

   September 21, 2013 at 10:44 am

   It’s on an alluvial fan?

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   • stevengoddard says:

     September 21, 2013 at 10:51 am

     It is a river bottom in a narrow canyon.

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     • John Silver says:

       September 21, 2013 at 3:37 pm

       I see two rivers merging in the middle of town.

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       • stevengoddard says:

         September 21, 2013 at 5:51 pm

         North and South Forks of the St. Vrain River.
3. QV says:

   September 21, 2013 at 10:55 am

   How do people think that canyons were formed in the first place?
   The first line of the entry on canyons in Wikipedia:
   “A canyon (occasionally spelled cañon) or gorge is a deep ravine between cliffs often carved from the landscape by a river.”

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4. Jimmy Haigh. says:

   September 21, 2013 at 11:14 am

   Location, location, location…

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5. Colorado Wellington says:

   September 21, 2013 at 2:03 pm

   Boulder Office of Emergency Management has a Major Hazard Mitigation Plan draft document dated 8/27/13. The flood history of Boulder County starts at page 29.

   http://boulderoem.com/files/Boulder_MHMP_Draft_for_Social_Media.pdf

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