Slideshow: Flood damage in Jamestown, Colo.

By Colorado Public Radio Staff
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(Photo: CPR/Pat Mack)
<p>Silt from flooding surrounds a resident&#039;s truck in hard-hit Jamestown, Colorado.</p>
&lt;p&gt;This is what greeted visitors at the end of September when they drove into Jamestown on the only road that was open. The Little James Creek parallels the road on the right.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A damaged home teetering on the brink of collapse on the Little James Creek.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A road sign appears to offer an ironic comment to the damage to this road.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So much sand and dirt filled this backyard along Lower Main that it buried this bench at the end of September.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The storm caused a rock slide as well as mudslide and flash flooding. This is the aftermath at the end of September in what was the driveway of a home on Lower Main Street.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This home is along Lower Main Street in Jamestown.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A picnic table that you can now walk across the top of thanks to so much sand and dirt flushing into this backyard.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The flag flies at half staff at the post office in honor of Joe Howlett, a community resident killed in the first hour of the storm.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A view of the damage where the Little James Creek and Big James Creek meet in the heart of Jamestown.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The channels for the confluence of the Little James Creek and Big James Creek in the heart of town.&nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Volunteers haul supplies into the town hall, a disaster aid center. It&#039;s the only place in town to get food, water, produce, cleaning equipment and other supplies. Next door is the cafe that was owned by Joe Howlett. He was the community patriarch and was killed in the first hour of the storm.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;More damage along Lower Main Street in Jamestown.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A destroyed lawn mower.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Wendy Stokes hauls a laundry basket full of belongings from her destroyed home on Lower Main Street.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A couch in this home appears to be one of the few things not destroyed.&nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A sign of faith at a Jamestown church.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This is the sign you see as you drive out of Jamestown, back to Boulder. This is the only route to and from the town. The trip to Boulder usually takes about 25 minutes but it&#039;s more than an hour with the emergency route.&nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

The town of 275 people is raising money privately to cover the costs of rebuilding that won't be paid for by the federal government. The cost to fix everything could be tens of millions of dollars.

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