I got some pictures from other parents, teachers, etc.
These pictures are just amazing...
Other pictures from the media OR pictures Jed took while at work.
Crazy!!
Someone took this pictures while flying over boulder during the flood - amazing!
Daily Camer Article
Fifth-graders stranded at Cal-Wood near Jamestown return to
Louisville
By Alicia Wallace, Camera Staff Writer Boulder Daily Camera
LOUISVILLE -- The evacuations of people from Boulder County mountain communities continued today
and included more than 85 children and 14 adults who were airlifted after being stranded at the Cal-Wood
Education Center near Jamestown.
The group of Fireside Elementary fifth-graders and 14 adults were airlifted by Chinook helicopters and
flown to Boulder Municipal Airport, then bused to the Louisville elementary school at 845 W. Dahlia St.
where parents, friends and family awaited.
The group was at Cal-Wood for an outdoor education session, but was stranded after flood waters
compromised the roads Wednesday night. The group had access to shelter, sanitation, heat and food,
said Briggs Gamblin, spokesman for Boulder Valley School District.
As Parker Wolf stood next to his parents on the lawn of Fireside, the 10-year-old closed his eyes, exhaled
and gave a big smile.
"I'm so happy," Parker said.
Parker, whose "I went to Cal-Wood with my school" shirt was modified with a marker to say "I survived
Cal-Wood with my school," said the experience was not scary and he and others were able to do some
hiking in the rain.
The best part about the ordeal, he added, was riding the dual-rotor Chinook to Boulder.
Paige Kirkman, whose daughter Marin was among the Cal-Wood evacuees, expressed joy that her
daughter was home.
"I knew that they were in good hands," Kirkman said, noting the parent volunteers and staff members. "I
just kept thinking that, 'They're in good hands; they're safe.'"
"Plus, the kids got a helicopter ride."
The National Guard so far has evacuated about 150 people out of Jamestown by helicopter and was
continuing to use trucks to evacuate about 2,500 people out of Lyons. The two towns have been cut off
from help in the early days of the flood.
Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle said that among those evacuated from Lyons on Friday were a young
couple expecting a baby. The woman's water broke at 10:30 p.m. Friday night, shortly after crews were
able to get her evacuated.
"There are some personal stories that came out of this that make this very, very rewarding," Pelle said of
the evacuation efforts.
http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder-flood/ci_24096061/boulder-county-flood-2013-stranded-residents-schoolchildren-rescued
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Responders on Friday were using at least 12 aircraft -- including Black Hawk and Chinook helicopters -- to
retrieve people from the Jamestown area and to perform reconnaissance, said Dan Dallas, incident
commander of the Rocky Mountain Area Type II Incident Management team dispatched to Boulder
County.
About 200 people across Boulder County were unaccounted for -- meaning their family or friends have not
been able to make contact, Pelle said.
Louisville
By Alicia Wallace, Camera Staff Writer Boulder Daily Camera
LOUISVILLE -- The evacuations of people from Boulder County mountain communities continued today
and included more than 85 children and 14 adults who were airlifted after being stranded at the Cal-Wood
Education Center near Jamestown.
The group of Fireside Elementary fifth-graders and 14 adults were airlifted by Chinook helicopters and
flown to Boulder Municipal Airport, then bused to the Louisville elementary school at 845 W. Dahlia St.
where parents, friends and family awaited.
The group was at Cal-Wood for an outdoor education session, but was stranded after flood waters
compromised the roads Wednesday night. The group had access to shelter, sanitation, heat and food,
said Briggs Gamblin, spokesman for Boulder Valley School District.
As Parker Wolf stood next to his parents on the lawn of Fireside, the 10-year-old closed his eyes, exhaled
and gave a big smile.
"I'm so happy," Parker said.
Parker, whose "I went to Cal-Wood with my school" shirt was modified with a marker to say "I survived
Cal-Wood with my school," said the experience was not scary and he and others were able to do some
hiking in the rain.
The best part about the ordeal, he added, was riding the dual-rotor Chinook to Boulder.
Paige Kirkman, whose daughter Marin was among the Cal-Wood evacuees, expressed joy that her
daughter was home.
"I knew that they were in good hands," Kirkman said, noting the parent volunteers and staff members. "I
just kept thinking that, 'They're in good hands; they're safe.'"
"Plus, the kids got a helicopter ride."
The National Guard so far has evacuated about 150 people out of Jamestown by helicopter and was
continuing to use trucks to evacuate about 2,500 people out of Lyons. The two towns have been cut off
from help in the early days of the flood.
Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle said that among those evacuated from Lyons on Friday were a young
couple expecting a baby. The woman's water broke at 10:30 p.m. Friday night, shortly after crews were
able to get her evacuated.
"There are some personal stories that came out of this that make this very, very rewarding," Pelle said of
the evacuation efforts.
http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder-flood/ci_24096061/boulder-county-flood-2013-stranded-residents-schoolchildren-rescued
Page 2 of 2 Sep 14, 2013 05:33:40PM MDT
Responders on Friday were using at least 12 aircraft -- including Black Hawk and Chinook helicopters -- to
retrieve people from the Jamestown area and to perform reconnaissance, said Dan Dallas, incident
commander of the Rocky Mountain Area Type II Incident Management team dispatched to Boulder
County.
About 200 people across Boulder County were unaccounted for -- meaning their family or friends have not
been able to make contact, Pelle said.
