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What National Preparedness Month means for Colorado and Clear Creek County BY OLIVIA JEWELL LOVE OLOVE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
The course was rocky and muddy most of the way.
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2 feet on the ground, 13,000 feet in the air The Divide 100 race is 100 miles starting in Georgetown and going up BY OLIVIA JEWELL LOVE OLOVE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Only four people finished Colorado’s highest 100-mile race, the Divide 100, which featured nearly 29,000 feet of vertical gain and an average altitude of 11,500 feet. On Aug. 26, seven racers took off on foot in Georgetown. The runners ran through rugged terrain, rocky
paths, streams, creeks and puddles. The course climbed the Argentine Pass, Glacier Mountain, Teller Mountain, Red Cone, Guanella Pass and other iconic locations. The highest point runners reached was 13,207 feet at Argentine Pass, which is the highest pass on the Continental Divide. The group of racers started out together, chatting for about the first hour, then everyone established their individual paces and dispersed. This race, unlike many other ultramarathons in Colorado, SEE DIVIDE 100, P4
Raphael Sarfati celebrates crossing the finish line.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is asking people to evaluate their levels of disaster preparedness during September, which has been designated National Preparedness Month. According to Clear Creek County’s Hazard Mitigation Plan, wildfires are the area’s top risk for a disaster that could occur. But, residents should still think about events like snowstorms and flooding, too. Ronnie Warren is FEMA’s regional training manager for Region 8, which includes Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming. He sees being prepared as a way to instill confidence in yourself and your family. “When you’re prepared, you have that self-confidence in that ability to provide for yourself and your family in that moment that is complete chaos,” Warren said. “It just takes a lot of worry away when you have a plan in place.” Warren encouraged people in Colorado to think about some SEE DISASTER, P5
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