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Show ? ' ' " 1 - " ' ' ' ' - ( , -V. ' ? i - - " " " . ' 4 ' N - - - fS- " 1 . ' " -', I 1 V, ' . s - West Bountiful city employees Bud Layton and Ralph !f rnn r flfl H I P! f Lees have spent a great deal of time cleaning out the 'IllliiU I Ull rLUUIJllllJ runoff ditches so that in the event of flooding in May or June, the city would be prepared. STUCKI NTIFUL -south end of spending the "i preparing for "J which could M June. Conservation irncd that tics could ' if runoff -'J ahead of Jiiiiniie to be very warm or if we receive warm rain at high elevations, we could be in real trouble, according to the S.C.S. THE STATE climatologist, E. Arlo Richardson, said warm rains fell in the middle of January Janu-ary and the middle of February melting most of the snowpack . on the lower elevations, but there is still a lot of snow up on top. The snowfall this year has been the most since 1952, as recorded by the U.S. Weather Service. MR. RICHARDSON points out that if the spring temperatures tempera-tures are normal, there probably prob-ably won't be much flooding, and runoff should be about normal. However, he says, if we receive re-ceive more precipitation than usual, or if the runoff comes faster than normal, we stand a very good chance of flooding. THE SNOWPACK above the 7000 foot level is still very substantial and there is still a lot of water to come down this spring, he added. With flooding possibilities in mind, West Bountiful City employees em-ployees Bud Layton and Ralph Lees have been working to clean out runoff ditches to enable en-able as much water as possible to run through the channels. IN ADDITION, they have in the past placed flood control structures of screen filled with rock to help prevent erosion at various points throughout the city. |