Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1923-07-26 | Page 4 | Floods in Wyoming

FLOODS IN WYOMING While the the- weather Is extremely warm arm cloud cloudbursts burs Is are to be ex- ex expected ex expected in ID the desert regions of the west Of late Wyoming has had ItS Ms Lull ull share of the storms which have swept 0 over oser er the mountains and Thermopolis in the northern part of the state has been the center of the destructive force of ot water With three feet Ceet of o water In the streets Thermopolis is walling waiting for forthe forthe the receding of Big Horn river be- be before before be before fore fully tully determining the damage and Booneville nearby is reported to have been des destroyed oyed Every stream north of the Union Pacific tracks in Wyoming is la on ona ona ona a rampage and the railroads are struggling to prevent Interrupted train lImn service The cloudburst Is the one vio vio- violent violent lent force foice of nature from Crom which the Rocky Mountain region suf suf- suffers fers fens But the pathway of ot the cloudburst Is well defined The flood nood must follow the canyons WIth a roar that can be heard for miles mUes the angry waters give warn warning am- am amIn In Inc ing malting making escape possible Those In the course courbe of o the onrushing stream even when caught in a can can- canyon canyon yon need but climb out of the tho gulch to avoid disaster That is 19 why the the loss of life is comparatively iy comparative comparative- ly Jy small