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Boulder's Tech Workers Cope With Historic Flood

Posted by Soulskill on from the be-safe-out-there dept.

dcblogs writes "Boulder Co. was recently ranked first in nation for its 'high-tech start-up density,' for cities of its size by the Kauffman Foundation. The ranking is based on a ratio of start-ups to population. But the tech community has left its downtown offices, some of which are flooded and others under threat. Normally there are 70 people working in Gnip's office, but Chris Moody, the CEO, in response to request from the city to get traffic off roads, closed the office. In another part of downtown, TeamSnap's building was flooding, and Dave DuPont, its CEO, said his only commute option was 'by boat.' The city's decision to ask businesses to close was a sign 'that the worse might still be in front us,' said Moody."

3 of 85 comments (clear)

  1. Re:From Someone Who Works in Boulder by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    You should have been using Hadoop and big tables and/or nosql as well as a more synergistically scalable green cloud solution. Your core incompetency has directly contributed to global warming and you now reap what you have sown as the cows come home to roost. Your check has come due and the consequences will never be the same.

  2. Re:Idiots by ColdWetDog · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Cue the eurotrash telling us how we are so stupid for building so close to the coast, where floods are a problem.

    Boulder County has been in FEMA's 'disasters waiting to happen' for decades. One of the more entertaining factoids is that the major communication center, the Police Department is located, wait for it, in a flood plain, in a building that was supposed to be used for a hotel but the developer could not approval from the city to complete the structure.

    So it was taken over by the City and County.

    Strong work, there.....

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    Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!
  3. Referendum against diverting flood water by JoeyRox · · Score: 5, Insightful

    In keeping with Boulder's progressive nature I have filed a request for referendum at city hall that would make it illegal to direct, divert, absorb, or otherwise disrupt the natural flow of flood water through the city. Unfortunately this will mean homes and businesses will be flooded beyond repair but someone must represent Mother Nature's interests.