Ngalowo Septhemba, cishe isonto lonke ngemva kokuba izimvula ezinamandla zihlasele umbuso, izinkulungwane zabantu baseColorado zaphoqeleka ukuba ziphume ezindlini zazo. Izikhukhula nodaka olwaba umphumela lwabulala abantu abangu-10. UBarnhardt ukhumbula ebona izimoto nezindlu zomakhelwane zikhukhuleka kuhle kwamathoyizi ezingane eduze komuzi wakhe eduze kwaseSt. I-Vrain Creek.
Manje, cishe eminyakeni eyisishiyagalolunye kamuva, umhosha oseceleni kwakhe usululeme ngokugcwele.Isiqephu sikaColorado Highway 7 esaguguleka sesigcwalisiwe.Ososayensi bakhe uhlelo olusha lwamaxhaphozi oluklanyelwe ukumelana nezikhukhula ezizayo.
Izakhamizi ezinjengoBarnhardt zikhululekile ngokuthi i-cone yesakhiwo igcine inyamalele.
“Asisadingi ukuphelezelwa ukuze siye noma sibuye ekhaya,” esho emamatheka.” Futhi empeleni singaphuma endleleni yethu yokungena.”
Izakhamizi nezikhulu zoMnyango Wezokuthutha waseColorado bahlangane ngoLwesine ukuzogubha ukuvulwa kabusha komgwaqo onguthelawayeka 7 phakathi kweLyon ne-Estes Park ngaphambi kwempelasonto yoSuku lweSikhumbuzo.
Ekhuluma nababekhona, umqondisi wesifunda we-CDOT u-Heather Paddock uthe ukulungiswa komgwaqo onguthelawayeka kungokugcina kumaphrojekthi ahlukene angaphezu kuka-200 umbuso osuwenzile selokhu kwaba nezikhukhula.
“Mayelana nokuthi izifundazwe zisheshe zilulame kanjani ezinhlekeleleni ezinjengalezi, ukwakha kabusha lokho osekucekeleke phansi iminyaka eyisishiyagalolunye kubaluleke kakhulu, mhlawumbe kuwumlando,” kusho yena.
Amadolobha angaphezu kuka-30 nezifunda kusukela eLyon kuya eMpumalanga Ekude kuya eSterling abike izikhukhula ezimbi ngesikhathi somcimbi.I-CDOT ilinganisela ukuthi isisebenzise imali engaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-750 zamaRandi ekulungiseni imigwaqo kusukela ngaleso sikhathi.Ohulumeni basekhaya basebenzise izigidi zamaRandi.
Ngokushesha ngemva kwezikhukhula, abasebenzi bagxile ekulungiseni isikhashana imigwaqo eyonakele njengomgwaqo onguthelawayeka 7. Iziqephu zisiza imigwaqo ukuthi iphinde ivuleke, kodwa ibenza babe sengozini yesimo sezulu esibi.
I-St. Vrain Canyon ingeyokugcina ohlwini lokulungisa unomphela lwe-CDOT ngenxa yokuthi ingenye yamaphaseji aphethwe uhulumeni kancane kakhulu e-Front Range. Ixhuma i-Lyon ne-Estes Park kanye nemiphakathi eminingana emincane yasezintabeni njenge-Ellens Park ne-Ward. Cishe izimoto ezingu-3,000 ziyadlula. ngalo mhubhe nsuku zonke.
“Umphakathi walapha uzohlomula kakhulu kulokhu kuvulwa kabusha,” kusho uPaddock.” Kuphinde kube yiphaseji elikhulu lokungcebeleka.Ijikeleza kakhulu futhi abadobi bezimpukane abaningi beza lapha bezosebenzisa umfula.”
Ukulungiswa unomphela koMgwaqo Omkhulu wesi-7 kwaqala ngoSepthemba, lapho i-CDOT iwuvala emphakathini. Ezinyangeni eziyisishiyagalombili kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, izisebenzi ziye zagxila emgwaqeni ongamakhilomitha angu-6 owalimala kakhulu.
Abasebenzi bavuse itiyela ebelibekwe emgwaqeni ngesikhathi kulungiswa izimo eziphuthumayo, bangeza imisele emisha emahlombe futhi bemba imisele emisha ye-rockfall, phakathi kokunye ukuthuthukiswa.Izimpawu ezisele zomonakalo wezikhukhula yizimpawu zamanzi ezindongeni ze-canyon.
Kwezinye izindawo, abashayeli bangase futhi babone inqwaba yeziqu zezihlahla ezisindiwe eduze komgwaqo.Umphathi oholayo kanjiniyela womphakathi weCDOT kulo msebenzi, uJames Zufall, uthe abasebenzi bokwakha bangase badinge ukuvalwa komzila owodwa kuleli hlobo ngaphambi kokuba baqedele umgwaqo. umgwaqo, kodwa uzohlala uvuliwe unomphela.
“Kuwumhosha omuhle, futhi ngiyajabula ukuthi abantu bayabuya lapha,” kusho uZufar.” Leli yitshe eliyigugu elifihliwe eBoulder County.”
Ithimba lososayensi lisebenze nezisebenzi zokwakha ukuze kubuyiselwe indawo engaphezulu kwamamayela angu-2 e-St.
Amaqembu okubuyisela azoletha amatshe kanye nokungcola okugezwe ezansi nomfula amanzi ezikhukhula futhi akhe kabusha izingxenye ezilimele kakhulu isiqeshana ngesiqephu.Umkhiqizo oqediwe uklanyelwe ukubukeka njengomfula wemvelo ngenkathi uqondisa amanzi ezikhukhula esikhathini esizayo kude nomgwaqo omusha, kusho uCorey Engen. umongameli wenkampani yokwakha umfula iFlywater, ebhekelele umsebenzi.
"Uma kungenziwa lutho ngomfula, sifaka amandla amaningi emgwaqeni futhi sibeka engcupheni yomonakalo omkhulu," kusho u-Engen.
Iphrojekthi yokubuyisela umfula ibiza cishe amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-2. Ukuze balolonge iphrojekthi, onjiniyela bathembele edwaleni nodaka kakade e-canyon ngemva kwezikhukhula, kusho unjiniyela wokubuyisela i-Stillwater Sciences uRae Brownsberger, oweluleka ngale phrojekthi.
"Akukho lutho olungenisiwe," kusho yena.
Ezinyangeni ezisanda kwedlula, ithimba libhale phansi ukubuya kwamatrout ansundu emfudlaneni. Izimvu ezinkulu nezinye izilwane zomdabu nazo zabuya.
Kukhona nezinhlelo zokutshala izihlahla ezingaphezu kuka-100 ngasemfuleni kuleli hlobo, ezizosiza ekwakheni umhlabathi ongaphezulu kule ndawo.
Yize sekuvunyelwe ukuhamba kwezimoto ukuthi zibuyele ku-Highway 7 kule nyanga, abashayeli bamabhayisikili kuzomele balinde kuze kube yikwindla ukuze bashaye umgwaqo ngenxa yemisebenzi eqhubekayo yokwakha.
Isakhamuzi saseBoulder u-Sue Prant uphushe ibhayisikili lakhe letshe eliwugwadule eholidini nabangane abambalwa ukuze balizame.
Lo mgwaqo onguthelawayeka uyingxenye ebalulekile yemizila yesifunda yamabhayisikili esetshenziswa abagibeli bamabhayisikili.
“Anginaso isiqiniseko sokuthi umqansa kangakanani ngoba sekuyisikhathi eside,” kusho yena.” Kungamamayela angu-6 futhi wonke umqansa.”
Izakhamuzi eziningi ebezikhona zithe zanelisekile ngokubukeka kokugcina komgwaqo, nakuba kuthathe iminyaka eyisishiyagalolunye ukuthi ulungiswe unomphela. Bangaphansi kuka-20 izakhamuzi endaweni engamakhilomitha angu-6 ezithikamezekile ngenxa yokuvalwa kwezinyanga eziyisishiyagalombili kwakamuva. i-St. Fran Canyon, kusho i-CDOT.
UBarnhart uthe uhlela ukuhlala impilo yakhe yonke endlini ayithenga eminyakeni engu-40 edlule, uma imvelo imvumela.
“Ngizimisele ngokuthula,” esho.” Yingakho ngathuthela lapha kwasekuqaleni.”
Uyazibuza ukuthi kwenzekani kulezi zinsuku, ikakhulukazi e-Colorado.Singakusiza ukuthi uhlale unolwazi.I-Lookout iphephandaba lansuku zonke lamahhala le-imeyili elinezindaba nemicimbi evela kulo lonke elaseColorado.Bhalisa lapha futhi sizokubona kusasa ekuseni!
I-Colorado Postcard iyisithombe esifushane somsindo wethu omibalabala. Bachaza kafushane abantu nezindawo zethu, izitshalo nezilwane zethu, isikhathi esidlule nesamanje kuwo wonke amagumbi e-Colorado.Lalela manje.
Kuthatha usuku lonke ukushayela ukuya e-Colorado, kodwa sizokwenza ngemizuzu embalwa. Incwadi yethu yezindaba ikunikeza ukuqonda okujulile komculo onomthelela ezindabeni zakho futhi okukhuthazayo.