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Big Thompson Flood Kills 145
On July 4th, 1976, the United States celebrated its bicentennial. Coloradoans were to celebrate their centennial on August 1st. Many celebrated that weekend by heading to the mountains to hike, camp, fish, and just hang out. Thousands were enjoying themselves in the Big Thompson Canyon area near Rocky Mountain National Park in the evening of July 31st when a most usual storm gathered overhead. The scale of the resulting flood caught everyone by surprise. The record flood waters rumbled down the narrow canyon (see picture below) taking out everything in is path. Officials would later report 145 dead and $41,000,000 in damage.
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