Gunyana iroro, rinenge vhiki pashure pokunaya kwemvura zhinji muhurumende, zviuru zvevanhu vokuColorado zvakamanikidzwa kubuda mumisha yazvo. Mafashamo nemadhaka akazovapo akauraya vanhu 10. Barnhardt anoyeuka achiona motokari nedzimba dzevavakidzani dzichikukurwa sematoyi evana pedyo neimba yake pedyo neSt. Vrain Creek.
Ikozvino, makore angada kusvika mapfumbamwe gare gare, gomba riri padivi pake ranyatsopora.Chigamba cheColorado Highway 7 chakakukurwa chazadzwa.Masayendisiti akavaka nzira itsva yematoro yakarongedzerwa kudzivirira mafashamo achauya.
Vagari vakaita saBarnhardt vanonyevenuka kuti koni yekuvaka yakazonyangarika.
"Hatichadi vaperekedzi kuti tisvike nekudzoka kumba," akadaro achinyemwerera. "Uye tinogona kubuda munzira yedu."
Vagari nevakuru kubva kuColorado Dhipatimendi Rezvekutakurwa vakaungana nemusi weChina kuzopemberera kuvhurwazve kweMugwagwa 7 pakati peLyon neEstes Park pamberi peChirangaridzo svondo.
Vachitaura nevaive pamusangano uyu, mukuru weCDOT mudunhu iri, VaHeather Paddock, vanoti kugadzirwa kwemigwagwa iyi ndekwekupedzisira pazvirongwa zvinopfuura mazana maviri zvaitwa nehurumende kubva mafashamu aya.
"Panyaya yekuti nyika dziri kukurumidza sei kupora kubva munjodzi dzakadai, kuvakazve izvo zvakakuvadzwa kwemakore mapfumbamwe kwakakosha, pamwe inhoroondo," akadaro.
Maguta anopfuura makumi matatu nematunhu kubva kuLyon kuenda kuFar East kusvika kuSterling akashuma mafashamo akanyanya panguva yechiitiko.CDOT inofungidzira kuti yakashandisa mari inodarika madhora mazana manomwe nemakumi mashanu pakugadzirisa migwagwa kubva ipapo.Hurumende dzemunharaunda dzakashandisa mamiriyoni emadhora.
Pakarepo mushure memafashamo, vashandi vakatarisa kugadzirisa kwenguva pfupi kumigwagwa yakakuvadzwa yakadai seHighway 7. Zvigamba zvinobatsira migwagwa kuvhurika, asi inoita kuti ive pangozi yemamiriro ekunze akaipa.
St. Vrain Canyon ndiyo yekupedzisira pachirongwa cheCDOT chekugadzirisa zvachose nekuti ndiyo imwe yemakoridho anofambiswa nematunhu ari paFront Range.Inobatanidza Lyon neEstes Park uye nharaunda diki dzakati wandei dzemumakomo dzakaita seEllens Park neWard. Mota dzinosvika zviuru zvitatu dzinopfuura. nemukoridho iyi mazuva ese.
"Nharaunda yepano ichabatsira zvakanyanya kubva mukuvhurwazve uku," akadaro Paddock.Inotenderera yakawanda uye vazhinji vanobata nhunzi vanouya pano kuzoshandisa rwizi. "
Kugadziriswa kwechigarire kuMugwagwa 7 kwakatanga munaSeptember, apo CDOT yakavhara kuvanhu.Mumwedzi misere kubva ipapo, vashandi vakaisa pfungwa dzavo pamakiromita matanhatu emugwagwa wakanyanya kuparara.
Vashandi vakamutsazve asphalt yakanga yaiswa mumugwagwa panguva yekugadzirisa kwechimbichimbi, vakawedzera mitsva yevarindi pamapfudzi uye vakachera migero mitsva ye rockfall, pakati pezvimwe zvigadziridzo.Zviratidzo zvasara zvekukuvara kwemafashamo zviratidzo zvemvura pamadziro emukotoni.
Mune dzimwe nzvimbo, vatyairi vanogonawo kuona mirwi yehunde dzemiti dzakadzurwa pedyo nemugwagwa. Maneja weCDOT weCivil engineer pachirongwa ichi, James Zufall, akati vashandi vekuvaka vangangoda kuvharisa nzira imwe chete muzhizha rino vasati vapedza kugadzirisa. mugwagwa, asi ucharamba wakavhurika zvachose.
"Ikoni yakanaka, uye ndinofara kuti vanhu vari kudzoka pano," Zufar akadaro.
Boka revasayendisiti vakashanda nevashandi vekuvaka kuti vadzorere kupfuura makiromita maviri eSt.
Mapoka ekudzorera achaunza matombo uye tsvina yakashambidzwa pasi nemvura yemafashamo uye kuvakazve zvikamu zvakakanganisika chidimbu nechidimbu.Chigadzirwa chakapedzwa chakagadzirirwa kutaridzika semubhedha werwizi rwechisikigo paunenge uchitungamirira mafashamo emangwana kubva mumugwagwa mutsva, akadaro Corey Engen. mutungamiri wekambani yekuvaka rwizi Flywater, iyo inotarisira basa.
"Kana pasina chinoitwa pamusoro perwizi, tiri kuisa simba rakawandisa mumugwagwa uye tichiisa njodzi yakanyanya," Engen akadaro.
Chirongwa chekudzorera rwizi chinodhura mari inosvika mamiriyoni emadhora 2. Kuti vagadzirise basa racho, mainjiniya akavimba nedombo nematope atova mugomba mushure memafashamo, akadaro Stillwater Sciences restoration engineer Rae Brownsberger, uyo akapa zano pamusoro peprojekti.
"Hapana chakapinzwa kunze kwenyika," akadaro.
Mumwedzi ichangopfuura, chikwata ichi chakanyora kudzoka kwenhamba dzebrown trout kurwizi. Makwai makuru nedzimwe mhuka dzeko dzakadzokawo.
Pane hurongwa zvakare hwekudyara miti inodarika zana mujinga merwizi muzhizha rino, izvo zvichabatsira kuvaka ivhu repamusoro penzvimbo iyi.
Kunyange hazvo mota dzakagadziriswa kuti dzidzokere kuHighway 7 mwedzi uno, vanochovha mabhasikoro vachamirira kusvika kudonha uku kuti varove mugwagwa nekuda kwemabasa ekuvaka arikuenderera mberi.
Boulder mugari Sue Prant akasunda bhasikoro rake rematombo pazororo neshamwari shoma kuti vaedze.
Mugwagwa mukuru uyu chikamu chakakosha chenzira dzemabhasikoro dzemudunhu dzinoshandiswa nevatyairi vemabhasikoro.Plant nedzimwe nhengo dzenharaunda yemabhasikoro vakakurudzira kuti mapendekete akafara ave chikamu chekuvaka patsva, akadaro.
"Handina chokwadi chekuti kwakadii nekuti yave yakareba," akadaro.
Vagari vazhinji vaivepo vakati vaigutsikana nekutarisa kwekupedzisira kwemugwagwa, kunyangwe zvakatora makore mapfumbamwe kuti ugadziriswe zvachose. Kune vagari vasingasviki makumi maviri munzvimbo yemakiromita matanhatu vakakanganiswa nekuvharwa kwemwedzi misere nguva pfupi yadarika. iyo St. Fran Canyon, CDOT yakati.
Barnhart akati anoronga kupedza hupenyu hwake hwese ari mumusha waakatenga makore makumi mana apfuura, kana zvisikwa zvichibvumira.
“Ndangogadzirira kunyaradza zvinhu,” akadaro.” Ndosaka ndakatamira kuno pakutanga.”
Unoshamisika kuti chii chiri kuitika mazuva ano, kunyanya muColorado.Tinogona kukubatsira kuti urambe uripo.The Lookout ipepanhau retsamba remaimeri remazuva ese rine nhau nezviitiko kubva mhiri kweColorado.Sign up to see you mangwana mangwanani!
The Colorado Postcard mufananidzo wemamiriro edu eruzha.Vanotsanangura muchidimbu vanhu vedu nenzvimbo, maruva nemhuka dzedu, zvekare nezvazvino kubva kumakona ese eColorado.Teerera izvozvi.
Zvinotora zuva rose kutyaira kuenda kuColorado, asi tichazviita mumaminitsi mashoma. Tsamba yedu yenhau inokupa kunzwisisa kwakadzama kwemimhanzi inopesvedzera nyaya dzako uye inokukurudzira.