Front range Colorado -- traffic alerts include whitecaps

[madamesilverspurs]

many photos at link:
http://www.9news.com/news/photo-gallery.aspx?storyid=354821

[Gormy Cuss]

1. Crazy flooding.

I hope that the waters have receded and that most people are safe.

[sufrommich]

2. Holy cow.Now that's one thing they

don't teach you in drivers ed,how to avoid the white caps!

[denverbill]

3. I'm pretty sure this is God's punishment for recalling the gun restriction supporting legislators.nt

[FSogol]

4. You beat me to it.

[denverbill]

5. There was quite a rescue here:

Cheers to those rescuers who saved these people.

http://www.denverpost.com/colorado/ci_24079118/desperate-rock-creek-rescue-is-successful?source=rss

[Laffy Kat]

8. I'm a mile from there. Take that exit every day! n/t

[denverbill]

9. Wow. Glad this wasn't you. Do you know what time of day this happened?

I'm NE of Denver. We got a ton of rain yesterday and are on flood watch, but nothing like what you guys are getting.

Very weird weather for Colorado.

[Laffy Kat]

10. Happened around 6:00 a.m., I think.

I work in Longmont but wasn't feeling well and called in this morning. Since then they've closed all the roads into and out of Longmont. Soooo glad I didn't get stuck there!

[Laffy Kat]

6. Boulder County here.

We usually receive around 13 inches of moisture a year in these parts. Within the last 48 hours we've gotten seven inches. No one has seen anything like this--EVER. The Big Thompson River is threatening to flood as I type. Much more rain on the way.

[kestrel91316]

7. I remember all too well the Big Thompson flash flood back in the 70s. And Ft. Collins had the big

Spring Creek flood back in the late 90s.

Summer thunderstorms can be quite the mixed blessing along the Front Range.