Story by Bob Brockley, Photo by Andrew Mangiona
Record-setting September precipitation in La Plata County, including last Sunday’s 1.72 inch deluge, has damaged over a dozen local roads, destroyed crops, and damaged local homes.
It is either the wettest or second wettest September on record for the Durango area, depending on which data set is used, said Joe Ramey, meteorologist for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Grand Junction, in a phone interview.