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Show THE SENTINEL occurs during the melting period and to mid-Jun- e from mid-Apr- Flood organizatoin outlined months have broken preceding precipitation records, according to National Weather Service, reports, which also states that Utah Lake is 180 percent of normal, the Great Salt Lake is rising to 4,203.7 feet, snow in the mountains above Utah Lake is 124 percent of normal and is increasing. With these alarming statistics in , s snow-pack- content to ?. TELL US many times have you "That should be in the thought paper." It can be. Phone How department has also inspected and strengthened dikes and 255-355- 6. Thursday, May ir.n) $rv, Page 5, 1983 wan ock work 7 -" mnm. UPHOLSTERING HOUSE Upholsters of Fine Furniture 561-011- 1 51 N. Main. Midvale 1 c: ' rIt and projections of serious flooding, the Salt Lake County Flood Control and Water Quality Division along with other governmental agencies have set up a network of communications, operations, phases of emergencies and readiness, and sand providing sandK-gresidents of areas that hnve high flood potential. , and spring To prepare for temperatures. the flooding, the SLCFC has cleared and dredged the river beds, gates and conduits of blockage and debris. The water flows and result in flash flooding. While this type of flooding is more likely in the period when the spring run-of- f streams are high, it can happen anytime during the year. In addition, the flooding River and finally to the Great Salt Lake. It is this drainage system that causes flooding in the Salt Lake Valley and any major rain or snow storms over this mountain range can increase these stream From October 1982 to March 1983 the Wasatch Front has received 159 percent more precipitation than what is normal and four of the last 18 depends upon the sandbagged and are areas r i n m riiTTlni r i w v m s tC0K3o., ! &6 No. 400 goukJTiPVL- - 1 V2Pi I085T 6T, , conditions. Although the SLCFC is the prime agency with the overall responsibility for flood response in Salt Lake, Director Terry " v loos Holzworth claims the main emphasis of flood control is one of prevention rather than response. "Resource limitations will not permit prevention of all flooding. While the weather 7 p'Mf vtffr n n It . ' ifu elements that contribute to flooding conditions are beyond the control of any government entity, actions can be taken to increase the drainage-system capability of handling water runoff." . . . Lake Salt County Commissioner D. Michael Stewart adds the 1983 county budget for flood control is $7.2 million and since 1979 $25.6 million has been spent on the flood control county-wid- e budget. An additional $1.2 million has been spent on last September's flooding clean-u- p and in preparation for this spring's flooding. Suggesting that cities provide , the first response to all calls in the areas when flooding occurs, Holzworth adds there are four phases of emergencies ranging from the possibility that flooding could occur within a 24 hour period, flooding is in progress but is being contained in the drainage systems or in some areas water may be out of the drainage systems but posing no significant threat to property or persons, water is out of the" drainage system and poses a major threat to people and . property and will require extraordinary resources to respond, and flooding is causing damage to property and displacing people from their homes and cannot be controlled with the resources within the county. Assistance is then required from v the state or federal level. To meet the emergency phases, a readiness program has which established been coordinates all governmental agencies and communities throughout the county with the the SLCFC declaring and directing all emergencies OLOfeMft K3TF2F5I FSFSI F2rUtHT -- HARASS W?TS TUK QORN CHIP? l'fMTD4ki 1 n I -- ke2 ftp H 4 Ml flood control activities. The response to these flooding conditions has been an 23b on-goi- function of the SLCFC. the Holzworth explains of characteristics geographical it make Lake Salt County the both from to flooding subject flash and spring runoff-snomelt flooding. Bordered by the Wasatch Mountain Range with peaks rising to 11,000 feet, the range has seven streams on its western drainage that flow through populated areas of Salt Lake County into the Jordan Lou) WfT I una ni PDPSIOUES w old eU$o -- 1 f; tDCTTHTvoTB mviuOor nor TaCO L mmmLCZ'i 4 -- This man made his pneral arrangements this morning.,. W.I COOFDKi t)fe UilTH I COUPOtO 6000 UMW ... and he's fishing this afternoon. Making funeral arrangements in advance is not an unusual thing to do. In fact, it's one of the nicest things you can do for your family, for It removes the burden of decision-makin- g WEST JORDAN MORTUARY I I West 7I0S Smrtb MtM HUH tm MM MM PnMtM "Ml MI.PUNMINO " HMHMMtPUmMt MMU CfIUMfB m I iGrXWLADA For complete Information about funerals, see us. flMM MM 2- - from their shoulders at a difficult time. mi "Bl. a HlMtM M iOOKl.IT ! |