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David Kimmett describes his experience commuting to and from work by bicycle in Longmont, Colorado, on September 12, 2013, in the midst of the widespread flooding that happened that week. He details the state of creeks, rivers, roads and bridges, both in the morning and evening of that day, as well as the day after. His descriptions include dramatic pictures painted of the extent of the flooding, including minor waterways that turned into large raging rivers, bridges that ordinarily had been 15 feet above the water being wiped out by floods, and the amusing sight of people fishing with nets in the middle of the street as the storm sewers backed up with river water and spewed out water and fish into the air.

Esther Blazon tells about moving around during her childhood while her father was a migrant farm worker. She married while still in high school and had children shortly afterward. When her children grew older, she went back to high school to earn her degree, and graduated in 1968. She worked for Head Start, then received a Migrant Education Program scholarship to the University of Colorado at Boulder. After graduating, she worked for the St. Vrain School District, then earned her master's degree in counseling in 1980 from the University of Northern Colorado. She speaks of her involvement with El Comit{u1EC1} after a police shooting of two Latino youths. She also talks about the importance of her relationship with her husband and his support of her goals, and of her respect for her father. She describes discrimination she experienced when buying a house in Longmont, as well as racism against her children by other students in Longmont schools. She ends by describing work she did in Ecuador as part of a mental health team.