{"id":4695,"date":"2014-04-29T20:25:53","date_gmt":"2014-04-30T03:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=4695"},"modified":"2014-04-29T20:25:53","modified_gmt":"2014-04-30T03:25:53","slug":"conservatory-green-succumbs-to-giant-dust-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=4695","title":{"rendered":"Conservatory Green Succumbs to Giant Dust Storm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[<a href=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/conservatory-green-succombs-to-dust.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/conservatory-green-succombs-to-dust-300x167.jpg\" alt=\"conservatory green succombs to dust\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4696\" \/><\/a>Yesterday (4\/29) Denver experienced unusually high winds, and in the flatlands of Stapleton, these winds can create havoc.  Especially in the area with hundreds of tons of dirt from the <a href=\"http:\/\/frontporchstapleton.com\/article\/tales-life-north-stapleton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ongoing construction<\/a>, Conservatory Green.  \u201cWe could see that something bad was going to happen,\u201d said Conservatory Green resident John Weber.  \u201cWe called some friends in Classic Stapleton and asked if we could come over until the storm passed.  We didn\u2019t know that when we came back, we would have a hard time finding our home.\u201d\n<!--more-->\nAround 4:30PM, after 30-40 mile an hour winds had been whipping around all day, the storm really gained strength.  Three giant dust twisters formed along with several other smaller Texas tornados.  \u201cIt was really scary,\u201d said resident Kristin Nuss.  \u201cWe barely got out.  We could see homes getting covered with massive amounts of dirt and dust.  We are lucky to be alive.\u201d  Over 200 homes in Conservatory Green were completely covered in sand, dirt and dust, and another 400 have considerable damage.\nSUN and residents of Conservatory Green are urging Forest City President Phil Dargossi to declare Conservatory Green a Stapleton disaster area.  \u201cPresident Dargossi needs to come survey the damage, but once he does, I am sure he will take the appropriate measures,\u201d said SUN President Mike Victoria.  \u201cThis area has been hurt badly, but we are Stapleton, and we will endure.\u201d  Dargossi vowed to get out to see the area.  \u201cForest City sends its deepest sympathies to those affected by the dust storms yesterday,\u201d said Dargossi.  \u201cWe assure the people of Conservatory Green, and of Stapleton, that we will make sure our people are taken care of.\u201d  If Dargossi declares Conservatory Green a Stapleton disaster area, they plan to send pig wings from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theberkshirerestaurant.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Berkshire<\/a>, cupcakes from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.happycakesdenver.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Happy Cakes<\/a>, and plenty of booze from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WineCellarsatStapleton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Wine Cellars<\/a>.  Bottled water would also be provided.\n]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[140],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4695","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-issue-79","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4695\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}