Before dawn on May 30, 2003, something breached the Grand Ditch, which slices across steep mountainsides in the backcountry on the western edge of Rocky Mountain National Park. An avalanche, perhaps, or a slope failure, abruptly sent the ditch's flow pouring downhill at some 70 cubic feet per second -- enough to fill one Olympic-sized swimming pool every 21 minutes. It quickly picked up soil, gravel and boulders, and uprooted |
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Margaret Bassett passed away August 21, 2011. She was a treasured member of the Opednews.com editorial team for four years.
Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.