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From YouTube: Inside Boulder News - June 7, 2013
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This week on Inside Boulder News: Monsoon season brings heightened flash flood awareness; Boulder earns 'StormReady' community designation; Civic Area plans to be unveiled; and OSMP volunteers track raptor health.
A
A
Welcome
to
inside
folder
news,
I'm,
Natalie
Wood,
flash
flooding
in
Boulder
can
happen
at
any
time,
but
during
the
summer
our
town
is
on
heightened
flood
awareness,
monsoon
season
lasts
from
may
through
September
and
storms
in
the
city
and
the
mountains
can
cause
a
flash
flood.
Unlike
other
places
around
the
country
where
rivers
rise
slowly,
flooding
in
Boulder
can
happen
within
just
a
few
minutes.
Here's
how
you
can
prepare
it.
B
Can
flood
any
time
of
the
year
in
Boulder?
It
just
depends
on
if
a
big
storm
sits
in
the
right
spot
for
a
long
enough,
but
this
time
during
the
summer
between
now
and
and
September
is
were
on
heightened
awareness
because
of
the
monsoon
season.
So
those
storms
are
more
likely
to
happen
this
time
of
year.
B
The
number
one
thing
we
want
people
to
know
is
that
it
can
flood
here
in
Boulder
and
it
can
flood
very
quickly.
This
isn't
like
the
floods
you
see
in
other
parts
of
the
country
like
the
Midwest,
where
they
rise
rivers
rise
slowly
over
a
few
days.
Flash
floods
here
will
happen
within
minutes,
so
walk
and
get
out
of
the
way
and
get
up
hill
families.
A
Are
encouraged
to
plan
ahead
on
meeting
places
and
ways
to
contact
each
other
in
a
flood
event.
Residents
living
in
a
floodplain
should
also
have
a
flood
evacuation
kit
on
hand,
visit
Boulder
flood
Infonet
to
prepare
a
family
action
plan
and
get
tips
on
creating
a
flood
kit.
Colorado
weather
isn't
easy
to
predict,
but
our
community
is
prepared
for
when
severe
weather
strikes,
the
National
Weather
Service
recently
designated
Boulder
as
a
storm
ready
community.
This
is
because
of
the
city's
commitment
to
creating
systems
that
will
save
property
and
lives
notice.
C
How
the
vertical
it's
dan
here
I
believe
this
is
a
nice
result
morning
today,
I'm
doing
some
spotter
training
for
the
max
group
at
Boulder
max
group.
We
do
about
25
or
30
of
these
a
year
and
we
typically
do
it
in
the
spring
right
before
severe
weapon.
Ideally,
they
will
have
a
better
understanding
of
storms
why
they
form
how
they
form.
What
to
look
for
in
the
storms
to
assess
the
strength
of
the
storm,
a
little
bit
safer
approach
to
looking
and
storms.
D
Everyone
likes
to
think
they're
prepared.
No
one
wants
to
walk
around
all
day.
Thinking
of
my
gosh
there's
a
threat.
That's
going
to
hurt
me
or
harm
my
family
or
cut.
You
know,
wreck
my
house.
That's
one
of
the
challenges
we
have
in
trying
to
prepare
the
community
is
is
finding
ways
to
make
it
a
relevant
message
and
where
people
can
balance
that
with
everyday
life.
It's.
C
D
Weather,
if
people
just
can
understand
when
they
get
a
warning,
is
to
go,
find
more
information,
they're,
taking
the
first
step
and
being
able
protect
themselves.
If
you
get
a
warning
that
is
on
your
phone
or
across
the
television
of
the
sirens,
go
off
or
you
get
a
phone
call
that
says:
there's
a
there's,
a
problem,
nowhere
to
go,
find
more
additional
information
so
that
you
can
decide
quickly
and
decisively
what
actions
need
to
take
visit.
A
Boulder
OEM
org
to
sign
up
for
local
emergency
messages
from
ideas,
meetings
to
design
contests
and
even
input
from
boulders,
smallest
city
planners
happen
a
couple
times.
The
community
has
shown
what
they'd
like
to
see
become
of
Boulder
civic
heart.
Now
it's
time
for
council
to
decide
on
the
next
steps
for
the
boulder
civic
area
project.
There's.
E
Been
some
great
ideas
put
on
the
table
some
great
designs
at
this
point
we're
not
doing
any
building
designs
that
will
come
next,
but
I
think
it's
definitely
raised
the
level
of
the
conversation.
So
at
the
City
Council
meeting
June
eleventh
Tuesday
will
be
presenting
to
council
some
initial
recommendations
for
some
of
the
key
choices
that
we
need
to
make
in
the
Civic
area
plan
and
seeking
their
feedback
and
direction,
and
this
is
leading
up
to
the
hopeful.
E
Adoption
of
a
vision
plan
in
the
September
timeframe
really
encourage
people
to
stay
involved
and
keep
bringing
the
great
ideas
to
the
table
it's
going.
This
is
about
creating
something
for
the
community
for
generations
to
come
and
we
think
it's
an
exciting
and
important
project
and
hope
people
will
continue
to
engage
with
it.
Stay.
A
Up
to
date
on
the
Civic
area
website
and
watch
council
meetings
and
news
updates
at
boulder
channel
8
com,
many
young
are
leaving
the
nest
this
time
of
year,
not
only
graduates
but
birds
of
prey.
Every
year,
Oh
SMP
tracks
the
health
of
four
different
species
of
raptors.
With
the
help
of
a
team
of
volunteers,
we
followed
a
volunteer
to
a
perch
to
watch
a
raptor
family
in
action.
F
And
into
Lisa
dear
off,
who
is
the
volunteer
coordinator
for
the
city?
We
were
talking
about
nature
and
Wildlife
and
things
we
like
to
do.
I
have
a
degree
in
zoology
from
a
million
years
ago,
but
I
never
used
it.
I
was
a
CPA.
Was
my
career,
I'm
retired
now,
and
she
said
oh
well,
you
would
be
perfect
for
our
Raptor,
monitor,
group
and
I
said
that
sounds
interesting.
F
G
G
They're
very
fragile
to
human
disturbance
and
so
kind
of
that
that
feeling
that
humans
are,
in
fact
protecting
habitat
is
very
easily
seen
in
some
of
these
successful
raptor
nesting
attempts,
and
so
I
think,
in
terms
of
the
city
of
Boulder,
you
know
our
history,
at
least
in
this
Raptor
management
program,
is
one
to
be
proud
of.
We
began
this
with
Boulder
County,
nature
Association
and
the
climbing
community
in
the
80s
to
learn
more
about
the
nesting.
Attempts
become
more
educated
as
to
where
the
birds
were
nesting
and
that's
kind
of
evolved
into
our
program.