September umenewo, pafupifupi sabata imodzi kuchokera pamene mvula yamkuntho inagunda chigawochi, zikwi za anthu a ku Colorado anakakamizika kusamuka m’nyumba zawo. . Vrain Creek.
Tsopano, pafupifupi zaka zisanu ndi zinayi pambuyo pake, chigwa choyandikana naye chachira.Chigawo cha Colorado Highway 7 chomwe chinakokoloka chadzaza.
Anthu okhala ngati Barnhardt amasuka kuti nyumbayo yasowa.
“Sitifunikiranso otiperekeza kuti tipite ndi kubwerera kunyumba,” iye anatero akumwetulira.” Ndipo tingathedi kutuluka m’njira yathu yopita.”
Okhala ndi akuluakulu a Colorado Department of Transportation adasonkhana Lachinayi kuti akondweretse kutsegulidwanso kwa Highway 7 pakati pa Lyon ndi Estes Park kumapeto kwa sabata la Chikumbutso.
Polankhula ndi anthu opezekapo, mkulu wa bungwe la CDOT m’chigawochi, Heather Paddock, adati kukonza misewuyi ndi komaliza mwa ntchito zosiyanasiyana zoposa 200 zomwe boma lachita kuyambira kusefukira kwa madzi.
"Potengera momwe mayiko akuchira msanga pakagwa masoka ngati awa, kumanganso zomwe zidawonongeka kwa zaka zisanu ndi zinayi ndizofunikira kwambiri, mwinanso mbiri yakale," adatero.
Mizinda ndi madera oposa 30 kuchokera ku Lyon kupita ku Far East kupita ku Sterling adanena kusefukira kwa madzi pa nthawiyi.CDOT ikuganiza kuti yawononga ndalama zokwana madola 750 miliyoni pokonza misewu kuyambira nthawi imeneyo.Maboma am'deralo awononga madola mamiliyoni ambiri.
Pambuyo pa kusefukira kwa madzi, ogwira nawo ntchito adayang'ana pa kukonzanso kwakanthawi kwa misewu yowonongeka monga Highway 7. Masambawa amathandiza misewu kutsegulidwa, koma amawapangitsa kukhala osatetezeka ku nyengo yoopsa.
St. Vrain Canyon ndi yomaliza pamndandanda wokonza zokhazikika wa CDOT chifukwa ndi imodzi mwamakonde omwe amayendetsedwa ndi boma pa Front Range. Imalumikiza Lyon ku Estes Park komanso madera ang'onoang'ono amapiri monga Ellens Park ndi Ward. Pafupifupi magalimoto 3,000 amadutsa. kudzera mnjira imeneyi tsiku lililonse.
Paddock adati: "Anthu amdera lino apindula kwambiri ndi kutsegulanso kumeneku."Zimayenda mozungulira kwambiri ndipo osodza ntchentche ambiri amabwera kuno kudzagwiritsa ntchito mtsinjewu. ”
Kukonzekera kosatha kwa Highway 7 kunayamba mu September, pamene CDOT inatseka kwa anthu.M'miyezi isanu ndi itatu kuyambira pamenepo, ogwira ntchitoyo ayang'ana khama lawo pamtunda wa makilomita a 6 omwe anali owonongeka kwambiri.
Ogwira ntchito adatsitsimutsanso phula lomwe lidayikidwa pamsewu panthawi yokonza mwadzidzidzi, adawonjezera zitsulo zatsopano zachitetezo pamapewa ndikukumba ngalande zatsopano za rockfall, pakati pa zina zowonjezera.Zizindikiro zotsalira za kuwonongeka kwa madzi ndi zizindikiro za madzi pamakoma a canyon.
M'madera ena, madalaivala amathanso kuona milu ya mitengo ikuluikulu yozuka pafupi ndi msewu. Mtsogoleri wamkulu wa injiniya wa CDOT pa ntchitoyi, James Zufall, adati ogwira ntchito yomanga angafunikire kutseka njira imodzi m'chilimwechi asanamalize ntchitoyo. msewu, koma udzakhala wotseguka mpaka kalekale.
"Ndi chigwa chokongola, ndipo ndine wokondwa kuti anthu abwerera kuno," adatero Zufar. "Ili ndi mwala wobisika ku Boulder County."
Gulu la asayansi linagwira ntchito ndi ogwira ntchito yomanga kuti abwezeretse mtunda wa makilomita oposa 2 ku St. Vrain Creek. Mtsinjewo unasintha kwambiri panthawi ya kusefukira kwa madzi, chiwerengero cha nsomba chinatha, ndipo chitetezo cha anthu okhalamo chinatsatira.
Magulu obwezeretsa adzabweretsa miyala ndi dothi lomwe linatsuka pansi ndi madzi osefukira ndikumanganso zigawo zowonongeka kwambiri pang'onopang'ono.Zotsirizidwazo zapangidwa kuti ziziwoneka ngati mtsinje wachilengedwe pamene zikuwongolera madzi osefukira amtsogolo kutali ndi msewu watsopano, adatero Corey Engen. Purezidenti wa kampani yopanga mitsinje ya Flywater, yomwe imayang'anira ntchitoyi.
"Ngati palibe chomwe chachitika pamtsinje, tikuyika mphamvu zambiri pamsewu ndikuyika pachiwopsezo chowononga," adatero Engen.
Ntchito yobwezeretsa mtsinjewo inawononga ndalama zokwana madola 2 miliyoni. Kuti apange polojekitiyi, amisiri adadalira miyala ndi matope omwe ali kale m'mphepete mwa nyanja pambuyo pa kusefukira kwa madzi, adatero mkonzi wokonzanso za Stillwater Sciences Rae Brownsberger, yemwe adalangiza ntchitoyi.
"Palibe chomwe chidatumizidwa kunja," adatero.
M'miyezi yaposachedwa, gululi lalemba zolemba za kubwereranso kwa nsomba za bulauni kumtsinje. Nkhosa zazikulu ndi nyama zina zakutchire zidabweranso.
Palinso mapulani odzala mitengo yoposa 100 m’mphepete mwa mtsinje m’chilimwe chino, zomwe zithandize kumanga dothi la pamwamba pa derali.
Ngakhale kuti magalimoto atsekedwa kuti abwerere ku Highway 7 mwezi uno, okwera njinga adikire mpaka kugwa kuti agwire msewu chifukwa cha ntchito yomanga yomwe ikupitilira.
Sue Prant wokhala ku Boulder adakankha njinga yake yamwala patchuthi ndi abwenzi angapo kuti ayesere.
Msewu waukuluwu ndi gawo lofunikira kwambiri pamayendedwe apanjinga omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi apanjinga apamsewu.Plant ndi anthu ena apanjinga adalimbikitsa kuti mapewa ambiri akhale mbali yomanganso, adatero.
"Sindikudziwa kuti ndi potsetsereka bwanji chifukwa chakhala nthawi yayitali," adatero.
Anthu ambiri omwe analipo ati anali okhutitsidwa ndi mawonekedwe omaliza a msewuwu, ngakhale zidatenga zaka zisanu ndi zinayi kuti ubwezeretsedwe kotheratu. Pali anthu ochepera 20 mdera la 6 miles omwe akhudzidwa ndi kutsekedwa kwaposachedwa kwa miyezi isanu ndi itatu. St. Fran Canyon, CDOT inati.
Barnhart adati akukonzekera kukhala moyo wake wonse m'nyumba yomwe adagula zaka 40 zapitazo, ngati chilengedwe chilola.
“Ndangokonzekera kukhazika mtima pansi,” iye anatero.” Ndicho chifukwa chake ndinasamukira kuno poyamba.”
Mukudabwa kuti gehena ikuchitika chiyani masiku ano, makamaka ku Colorado.Tikhoza kukuthandizani kuti mupitirizebe.The Lookout ndi nkhani ya imelo yaulere ya tsiku ndi tsiku yomwe ili ndi nkhani ndi zochitika zochokera ku Colorado.Lowani apa ndikukuwonani mawa m'mawa!
Khadi la Positi la Colorado ndi chithunzithunzi cha kamvekedwe kathu kokongola. Amalongosola mwachidule za anthu ndi malo athu, zomera ndi zinyama zathu, zakale ndi zamakono zathu kuchokera kumakona onse a Colorado. Mvetserani tsopano.
Zimatenga tsiku lathunthu kuti tiyende ku Colorado, koma tizichita mumphindi zochepa. Kalata yathu imakupatsirani kumvetsetsa kwakuya kwa nyimbo zomwe zimakhudza nkhani zanu ndikukulimbikitsani.