178/365 02/16/2026 (Extra 02)

It was spring of 1890. After two years of gray skies, unseasonable cold and winters of heavy snow, the sun came through. The snow up in all the mountains around—gleaming white mountain caps—melted down and became whitecaps in rushing rivers through the gullies and <other mountain feature>. The water picked up all the tree fall and rocks and boulders and loose debris and bought it all down to the town. Buried half the place completely, and wrecked most everything else. We lost half the town over those few days. Close to 1,200 people.