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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.

This recording contains interviews with Jennifer Bevan and Robert Conrad from Utah Task Force 1 search and rescue team and Niko King, who works with an Incident Support Team. Rescue Squad Officer Jen Bevan talks about what they are trained to do, what comprises a team, and their search and rescue experience during and after the Boulder Flood of 2013. Structural Specialist Robert Conrad describes

Peg Brown relates her experience of having her and her partner's house flood during the Boulder County Flood of 2013. She describes the flood itself, evacuation from her neighborhood, returning to survey the damage, how she and her family members and friends reclaimed many items and lost many more, her painstaking recovery of photographs and papers damaged in the flood, and the role of FEMA

Arthur Trevino describes the damage to his rental home in Longmont, caused by the Boulder County Flood of 2013. Art's experience was complicated by several factors: he had moved to Boulder only four months before the flood; during the most severe flooding, he was negotiating flooded roads between Westminster and Longmont while his wife with Alzheimer's disease was at home being taken care

Bob Ritzen, the chaplain for Frasier Meadows Retirement Community, describes the severe flooding experienced by Frasier Meadows during the Boulder County Flood of 2013 and the collaborative efforts of staff and residents to evacuate, care for, and resettle the many people whose living quarters were flooded, including residents in assisted living and memory care units. The flooding and evacuation

Karen Hollweg relates her experiences during the Boulder County Flood of 2013 from the point of view of a townhouse owner in the Shanahan Ridge neighborhood in Southwest Boulder. Residents of this neighborhood found themselves unexpectedly battling water pooling outside their houses, infiltrating their basements, and coming up from interior basement drains, in spite of the neighborhood's location

Cindy Domenico, Chair of the Boulder County Commissioners, talks about both the Flood of 2013 and flood recovery efforts six months after the flood. She discusses the extent of the damage caused by the flood, details the recovery work that has been done and that still needs to be done, talks about the economics of flood recovery, and gives contacts for resources available to those who need