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Show F flood Viic&iiinnis Eye Storms' Afffcer maftsTi The cry, "Won't it every stop raining?" during the past week end, has been almost as familiar as the cry, "Won't we ever get rain?" in Cedar City. Within a four day period rains on the northern slope of Cedar Mountain sent three harassing floods .into the western portion of the city from the extreme southern point near 4(X) South on 700 West to 400 North on 1400 West Street. Only through the vigilant efforts of hundreds of citizens citi-zens did the the second and third waves from the moun- tain slope get diverted to avert extreme damages in the already once hit areas. First of the floods, as reported In the July 28 edition of the Rec-ord, Rec-ord, came Thursday afternoon spreading havoc along the main line of the flood area. This included in-cluded homes on 700 West south of 200 South Street Water then moved to the west following the old cseek bed into the fields bove 1150 West and Center Streets. Here waters again ran rampant over residential property proper-ty for a block to 100 North St. where It again moved west and onto property on 1200 West and eventually to 1400 West Street. In the Initial flood these "out-skirt" "out-skirt" property areas absorbed most of the flood waters and damages to personal properties along the flood route la still being be-ing determined. Friday. July 27, residents began a cleanup Job In basements that were filled, in yards. In hornes the mountain slopes fell. It was-n was-n tin sufficient quantity to start light rain within the city and on and along streets. Although a f00. Wood along the already Ultered route. .7 - ; - need Me. t Late Saturday afternoon with "mopping up" operations still under way second cloudburst nit in the Identical area with the second major flood In the three day period cascading down the mountain aide across Highway 91 to the south and in the same flood path. Few control measures had been taken in the southern por- t,on J?f ihe c,ty whn c- ond flood, of lighter proportions, nit and additional damage was recorded although minimized considerably along the 700 West Street route. ;5"Wents and volunteer helpers tI"uviiMui the community communi-ty pitched In while flood water wa-ter was on its way to build diversion dam above the proper, ty on 1150 West Street Just south of Center Street Because the water was in a considerable quantity and other diversion steps had been taken to the south, the dam in that area diverted di-verted water Into the fields and away from the residential area. Wall Constructed Saturday evening and Into the night until nearly midnight vol-unteer vol-unteer workers. In cooperation with city officials and equipment equip-ment built a retaining wall at the 1150 West Street site nearly six feet high to hold additional waters that might threaten the area. ' In the meantime a diversion ditch was dug out behind property on the east side of 700 West Street to take water past the property on the north. At approximately 8 a. m. Sun-day Sun-day another thunderstorm struck sending the second largest flood , Into the area. Ditches along 700 West plus gutters along the street, moved the water past that area with no apparent damage reported. At the dam above 1150 West further efforts to sandbag during the storm helped to hold back the water and moved It harmlessly out into sage brush and some farm lands west of the dlesel plans and airport road in the northwest tip of the city. Further control measures were continued Sunday as caterpillars were taken south of the city limits and a canal dug to help divert water completely away from the residential area. The canal is located at approximate-ly approximate-ly 600 South and Just north of Highway 91. . With the flood damage apparently appar-ently over, perhaps for this season, sea-son, officials are turning their attention to the question of providing pro-viding permanent protection from ; such floods. The matter had been , under study tor some time, and now the problem will tiost cer-tainly cer-tainly be approached wit renewed re-newed vigor. . |