Tragically, the heavily traveled touristroute became the site ofthe worstnaturaldisasterinColorado'shistoryduringacatastrophicflash flood in July 1976.
In 2005, as Katrina became the single most catastrophicnaturaldisaster in U.S. history, Nagin took center stage on behalf of victims when he excoriated the slow pace of federal and state relief efforts, even using profanities.