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This is a recording of the Award Ceremony held at Boulder Municipal Airport on June 14, 2014 (8th Annual Airport Day) to celebrate Flood Rescue Operations during the Flood of September 2013. A host of Boulder County and Colorado dignitaries were present at the ceremony to honor the Colorado National Guard and U.S. Army 4th Combat Aviation Brigade for their efforts in the rescue of over 1

Brian Rasmussen tells of his experiences during the Boulder County flood of 2013, when he lived in Fourmile Canyon. He describes the road and land conditions in the area of Fourmile Canyon and Wallstreet during and after the flooding. He talks about communication and transportation difficulties. He describes evacuation efforts involving Chinook and Black Hawk helicopters and his own evacuation

Deborah DeBord describes her memories of the September, 2013, flood and their evacuation from Pinewood Springs, CO. One of the reasons they had to evacuate was because her defibrillator was remotely monitored and telephones were down. With the one suitcase they were allowed to carry in the Chinook helicopter, she had a few clothes and her medications but she did not have with her the adaptive

Joel Haertling, the director of the Cinema Program at the Boulder Public LIbrary, discusses his experiences during, and perceptions of, the September 2013 flood. He also discusses previous floods; the need for flood mitigation; his career; his parents, Boulder architect Charles Haertling and piano teacher Viola Brase Haertling; growing up in Boulder; and the contrasts of life in Boulder during

Longmont's city manager. He describes his family and their mutual support for each other; his greatest challenge so far as city manager, which was the major flood in September, 2013; and his philosophy of public administration, which involves being in responsive partnership with the citizens of Longmont.

Jane Brautigam was Boulder’s city manager from 2008 to 2020. She describes how she grew into her career as a city manager; other places she worked, both as a city attorney and a city manager; and how she came to be hired as Boulder’s city manager. Her wide-ranging discussion of issues handled as Boulder’s city manager include guiding Boulder through the financial crisis of 2008 (the Great Recession), capital bond projects undertaken including facilities updates and expansions, zoning policy changes, attempts to municipalize the city’s electrical system, providing services for the unhoused population, policing and race, priority-based budgeting, transportation including RTD services and the Folsom bike lane experiment, prairie dog management, the city/university relationship, student alcohol use, planning for the CU conference center, the CU South land with regard to flooding and development, racial equity, and handling emergencies—such as floods, fires, and the Covid pandemic. Other topics include the variety of problems with which a city manager deals, a city manager as a facilitator of solutions to these problems, Boulder in 2008, the relationship between city manager and city council, characteristics of a good city manager, retirement, and continuing to serve on nonprofit boards and as a mentor to others. Note that further biographical information about Jane Brautigam is available at Boulder’s Carnegie Library for Local History; and Jane’s curriculum vitae is added to the bottom of the transcript.

One vertical file that contains information clipped from newspapers, magazines, and other publications on the 10-year anniversary of the 2013 flood in Boulder County.

Matt Sebastian, city editor of the Boulder Daily Camera, recounts his experience during the September 2013 flood. In this interview he talks about: the importance of social media; the decisions that an editor has to make in weighing the safety of the reporter while chasing breaking news; lessons learned; and the making of the photobook, "A Thousand Year Rain: The Historic Flood of 2013 in Boulder

When the South Boulder Creek drainage flooded during the Boulder County Flood of 2013, flowing water broke through Shannon and Howard Chinatti's basement window and filled that level of their house with seven feet of water. Shannon was alone at the time of the flood - Howard works in disaster recovery and was on his way to Montana to work on another flood recovery project. They tell of Shannon

Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle talks about some of the events and issues that present challenges for the sheriff's office, including the Flood of 2013 and its aftermath, gun control laws, the use of drones for search and rescue operations, the legalization of marijuana, and the use of alternative sentencing for managing the county jail population.

Carrie Gonzales tells the story of evacuating her mobile home - where she had lived for about 25 years - during the Boulder County Flood of 2013. Her home was one of many that flooded, leaving her and neighbors stranded at the elementary school on what became an island. She tells of the collaborative community feeling among Lyons people, the aid they got from the National Guard and from FEMA

Sharon Cole, who lost one home to the Fourmile Fire in 2010, and then experienced major damage to another house in Fourmile Canyon in which she lived at the time of the Flood of 2013, gives an eyewitness account of the flood's effect on houses, roads, bridges, and creek beds during those September days in 2013. She tells of moving within the canyon for safety, of eventual evacuations