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Shampoobra

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8. grounded

Reply to leftyohiolib (Reply #2)

Thu Sep 12, 2013, 04:29 PM

Sep 2013

"Boulder County has requested Colorado National Guard vehicles capable of fording deep water as well as rescue helicopters, which are currently grounded because of fog, low clouds and rain, he said."

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