Boulder County development rundown (9: Update: Winding Rocks Mountain city y'all

[89James89 1,169]

Lovely views there Plokoon. Loving the winding highway as well though I agree some of the roads are a bit steep (I'll just blame it on too much RCT3 playing lol).

 

Cheers

 

James

[Mymyjp 1,052]

What an amazing development from the first entry...your city is simply beautiful.

You have definitely master the way to promote this game in a very positive way!

[tankmank 853]

Wow, some tricky looking terrain you are building on, looking forward to see how development continues 

[PK111 19]

 

Lovely views there Plokoon. Loving the winding highway as well though I agree some of the roads are a bit steep (I'll just blame it on too much RCT3 playing lol).

 

Cheers

 

James

 

 

 

What an amazing development from the first entry...your city is simply beautiful.

You have definitely master the way to promote this game in a very positive way!

 

^ Thanks that means a lot! Hey I call it as I see it, if its a good game then it deserves to be shown in a good light right?

 

Wow, some tricky looking terrain you are building on, looking forward to see how development continues 

 

^ Its tough at times, but it makes the city interesting in my eyes. A few headaches here and there but challenges are fun!

 

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FLOOD!

 

It turns out after a major 4-10" of rain in the county, along with what happened upstate, Boulder River crested to historical levels! 22 feet above normal flood stage to be exact! Luckily the local weather station has warned many people of areas vulnerable to flooding, such as Belton and bits of Metromills along Boulder River to evacuate immediately, through some were brave to stay and they had to be rescued by helicopter and boats. Many fire stations were borrowed to help with the rescue efforts. Some photos found on facebook and other means of social media.

 

 

Carl R. "Looks like a bit of flooding. OMG."

 

 

^ Helicopter Arial. Water began to overflow the bridges, and they were shutdown.

 

 

^ A few cars on the bridge left to be overtaken by the fury of Boulder River.

 

 

^ Belton downtown began to experience the worst. Causing a lot of chaos.

 

 

^ Picture from Sarah P. on twitter "This is just insane, I never seen it flood like this. #flood #Belton #disaster"

 

 

^ helicopter footage freeze frame of absolute destruction.

 

And below you can witness what happened to the only bridge in and out to Boulder Island, as it couldn't hold any longer.

 

 

 

 

^ There she goes, floating down stream. A few concerns that it would effect other bridges down stream, but luckily it sank.

 

 

^ Finally signs of receding finally happening after 6 hours of flash flooding.

 

Belton and surrounding communities now have a lot of there hands as they clean up and survey damage.

[iviaarten 534]

wow, great pictures.

 

Question though; intentional? Accidental? Bug?

[89James89 1,169]

Well that is definitely not going to help with the growth of the city lol. Pretty epic flooding right there.

 

Cheers

 

James

[Sanshy6544 42]

This is an amazing flooding. I hope you citizens will recover on that one.

Nice pictures :-)

[PK111 19]

wow, great pictures.

 

Question though; intentional? Accidental? Bug?

 

^ Actually no I did it on purpose! However I did make it accidentally flood today when I was working on the city, which was strange but interesting. It was strange because it was like a real life flash flood, for some reason the water would rise some how, then it went down, then up again. It did 6 times before it finally calmed now. But you guys will see that when I post the next update, and some interesting ideas as well.

 

 

Well that is definitely not going to help with the growth of the city lol. Pretty epic flooding right there.

 

Cheers

 

James

 

 

^ No it won't effect it too much, but yeah a pretty massive flood.

 

This is an amazing flooding. I hope you citizens will recover on that one.

Nice pictures :-)

 

^ Thanks! They will surely recover! The Bouldinians are strong.

 

Thanks for the support guys, I am working on the next update will be be posted this weekend when I have time, in the meantime... there are other awesome city journals out there in this forum!

[PK111 19]

Update time! Found some free time!

 

 

 

^ Districts of Metromills and Belton have taken state loans to control a flood protection plan. It included putting in man made wing dams that trap the water, however due to popular water sports such as river rafting, a wing dam was the best option, as rafters could still go through. It is about 8 feet tall, but its benefits are larger than that. It took 3 years to finish the dam.

 

 

^ Looking upstream at our newest destination.

 

 

^ New Rapids is a river town in the mountains, small but quiet. A lot of rich folks live up here.

 

 

^ Its source of power is the wind mills on the hills (I rhymed!) New Rapids has many historical homes and a very visible bell tower.

 

 

^ Looking upstream at a bridge crossing.

 

 

^ And another actual dam, with an old canal path for boats to go to bypass the dam. Now rafters can go through it carefully tho, its dangerous!

 

More next week!

[iviaarten 534]

interesting playing with water I like the look of that rafting bypass. Nice use of the terraforming mod.

[PK111 19]

^ Thanks!

 

I also want to thank Benedict for adding this city to his top list! Such an honor, and many other great projects as well!

 

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Some updates, and some new areas to check out!

 

 

^ An overview of Boulder County, my has it grown!

 

 

^ Northeast Corridor as it is the main in and out towards the Blue Mountains, where many like to vacation over the winter and summer. (FUN FACT: Did you know that many names of the areas in this region (besides the river, and creek) are all based off of names in the area I live in! Like the highway names, townships ect. Someone gets a prize if they can figure it out, or at least get the state right.)

 

 

 

^ Looking up towards the mountains, a few radio towers can be seen, many of the area's biggest radio statons have antennas up there.

 

 

The small town of Winding Rocks, very peaceful and quiet. Well that was before the highway went through it haha.

 

 

^ As the highway crests up Winding Rocks you can see Boulder River, and in the distance the town New Rapids.

 

Thats it for today, I also have been working on another city project as well as this one!

[BLANKBLANK 4,414]

That last picture is amazing! Better yet your city has become so large that the mountains border certain areas so it feels like a different area entirely!

[tankmank 853]

A lot of growth has happened, sprawling across the countryside. 

[PK111 19]

Sorry for the lack of updates guys! I've been a bit busy at the moment!