The Independent Weekly Line On Durango And Beyond
Colorado enjoys banner run-off
EAGLE – The Eagle River was running bank to bank on Saturday night as fireworks glittered, sparkled and boomed in the town of Eagle, 30 miles down-valley from Vail.
Willy Powell, the town manager, whose house overlooks the river, said he could not remember a runoff that high and sustained in the last 30 years. The high runoff began about the third week of May and has not substantially receded since then.
Most often, rivers peak with runoff in early June, sometimes earlier and in big snow years later. This year, river-watchers expected an early runoff because of the dust that had been from the deserts of the Southwest onto the high-mountain snowpack during winter and early spring.
Fearing an early runoff, forecasters were warning that this could become a huge fire year in Colorado, even worse than the record drought of 2002.
But then something strange happened – it started raining, and it really hasn’t stopped since. In Breckenridge, weather watcher Rick Bly recorded 22 days of rainy weather during June, compared to an average of 8. In addition to nearly twice as much moisture as average, it was about 5 degrees cooler.
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is a B.C Rich bass guitar good?
Mar 11, 4340 by Tony K | Posted in Polls & Surveys
im looking to purchase a B.C Rich Celtic Virgo onyx 4 string bass guitar. i'm going to try out the guitar at the shop, but i wanted to know what every1's expierences with B.C Rich guitars were.
p.s i play in a metal/hardcore band
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Apr 21, 2008 by njrice | Posted in Performing Arts
I'm considering a B.C. Rich Warlock as my next bass.
I prefer Fender Precisions and Rickenbackers but I'm all about classic rock. Warlock's all about metal, right? Here're some user reviews - NJ series pretty positive.
http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Electric+Bass/brand/BC+Rich
Edit: I scanned all the reviews and only noticed positive things being said about all models Bronze, Platinum, etc.
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