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The flood emergency began on Harch 12, when the Emergency Operations Center
was activated to coordinate the public response to the rising floodwaters. As
the ~lood emergency continued, Nebraska, Bloomingdale, Riveihaven, Belle Vista,
Lakeside,Spy Run, and other neighborhoods were evacuated. Sandbags were
used. in several key locations to build makeshift dikes or to reinforce existing
dikes. Thousands of community residents, many of them school children,
volunteered their time to fill, transport, and place the sandbags. The Red
Cross, .the Salvation Army, and other service organizations provided clothing,
food, and shelter to evacuees and volunteers. After visiting the area, the
President of the United States declared Allen County a National Disaster Area,
paving the way for Federal assistance in the recovery effort.
Before the flood emergency was over,. residents, businesses, and local governments
experienced more than $51,000,000 in damages and lost business. Approximately
$10,000,000 were expenses and damages incurred by Fort Wayne .and
Allen County governments. These costs do not include intangible costs, such
as social and economic disruption, environmental deterioration, and personal
stress in coping with flood problems.
Although the. Flood of 1982 caused extensive damage to property., it might have
been considerably worse had the City's dikes failed or had the weather worsened.
The potential costsofa breach. of the Pemberton dike and the flooding
of the Lakeside neighborhood have been estimated at nearly $25,000,000. The
potential costs of a breach of the Griswold dike and the flooding of the Spy
Run neighborhood have been estimated at more than $4,000,000.
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Object Description
| Title | Fort Wayne-Allen County flood protection plan: abstract |
| Topic | Floodplain, Floods |
| Subject |
Flood control--Indiana--Fort Wayne Flood control--Indiana--Allen County Flood damage prevention--Indiana--Fort Wayne Flood damage prevention--Indiana--Allen County |
| Geographical Coverage |
Fort Wayne, Indiana Allen County, Indiana |
| Date of Original | May 1982 |
| Time Period | 1900-1999 |
| Source | Print version: Fort Wayne-Allen County flood protection plan: abstract. (Fort Wayne, Ind.: s.n., 1982), 18 p. |
| Additional Availability | Print version might be available at IPFW Helmke Library. See online catalog. |
| Rights | Copyright Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, 2006- . All rights reserved. May not be reproduced without permission. For information regarding reproduction and use see: http://cdm16776.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/about/collection/p16776coll1/ |
| Date Digitally Created | April 17 2012 |
| Digital Publisher | Walter E. Helmke Library, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne |
| Digitization Specifications | This pdf file was derived from 400 dpi, 1-bit, uncompressed TIFF images that were scanned from the originals using a Fujitsu 5750C scanner with Adobe Acrobat 9.0 Professional scanning software, black and white configuration. |
| Content Type | Text |
| Digital Format | text/pdf |
| Collection | Fort Wayne Area Government Information |
| Identifier | 30000121976348 |
| File Name | 30000121976348.pdf |
Description
| Title | Page 5 |
| Transcript | The flood emergency began on Harch 12, when the Emergency Operations Center was activated to coordinate the public response to the rising floodwaters. As the ~lood emergency continued, Nebraska, Bloomingdale, Riveihaven, Belle Vista, Lakeside,Spy Run, and other neighborhoods were evacuated. Sandbags were used. in several key locations to build makeshift dikes or to reinforce existing dikes. Thousands of community residents, many of them school children, volunteered their time to fill, transport, and place the sandbags. The Red Cross, .the Salvation Army, and other service organizations provided clothing, food, and shelter to evacuees and volunteers. After visiting the area, the President of the United States declared Allen County a National Disaster Area, paving the way for Federal assistance in the recovery effort. Before the flood emergency was over,. residents, businesses, and local governments experienced more than $51,000,000 in damages and lost business. Approximately $10,000,000 were expenses and damages incurred by Fort Wayne .and Allen County governments. These costs do not include intangible costs, such as social and economic disruption, environmental deterioration, and personal stress in coping with flood problems. Although the. Flood of 1982 caused extensive damage to property., it might have been considerably worse had the City's dikes failed or had the weather worsened. The potential costsofa breach. of the Pemberton dike and the flooding of the Lakeside neighborhood have been estimated at nearly $25,000,000. The potential costs of a breach of the Griswold dike and the flooding of the Spy Run neighborhood have been estimated at more than $4,000,000. 2 |
