PSA time!
The newspaper has started it's annual "WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!!" thing it does every year when the river starts rising. There are two things that you really should keep in mind about it, though: 1) the Colorado River doesn't really have any "floodplains" as such. It's mostly in a valley all the way to Mexico, so there's not a whole lot of places for it to flood to. 2) Despite point 1, there is an awful lot of snow this year (I think some watersheds were up to 140% of normal, curse you Algor!), and when the temperature jumps by 20 degrees in a week like it just did, the snow will melt fast enough to flood some of the areas that are close to the river.
Both points 1 and 2 work together for my next point, which is 3) when the absurd amount of snow in the mountains is melting, and making the river flood (even if it isn't "flooding"), THERE IS STILL A FREEEKING AMOUNT OF WATER FLOWING! I can't believe the number of morons who are going out on the river right now--there's already been several deaths. Don't even get me started on the couple who went tubing WITH THEIR INFANT CHILD and had to be rescued.
So there you have it. We're not ALL going to die, but Mr. Red will go after you IF YOU ARE A MORON.
DON'T BE A MORON.
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