Longmont industrial area hit hard

LONGMONT — WP Manufacturing owner Steve McLean surveyed the scene on the east side of his business as employees and volunteers sifted through and cleaned thousands of pieces of mud-caked inventory to determine what could be salvaged after historic floodwaters had rushed through just days earlier. As he did, a couple of realities set in.

“The good part is the people,” McLean said Sept. 17, noting that some of the volunteers were members of his church, although he didn’t know where all had come from. “I think there’s just volunteers here who are good people. For people to come out here…