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Flood Report for
District 25-C
Flood
Update February 7, 2008
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The Floods
on the Tippecanoe River have been declared a
Federal Disaster Area by
President Bush, after application was
filed by Governor Daniels last week. There
is action pending to expand the scope of the
area due to the extended flooding in the
Wabash Valley.
With warm
temperatures and heavy rain melting existing
snow on the ground, the saying "here we go
again" fits like a painful glove! After two
days of heavy fog and rain, the
Norway and Oakdale dams are once
again running at flood capacity of 22,000
cubic feet a second. This has brought
donwstream levels on the Tippecanoe back to
within a few feet of last month.
The larger
problem is that the flooding now extends
throughout the Wabash River as well.
Yesterday, the Wabash at
Lafayette was at 22 feet, 11 over
flood stage, and is predicted to crest at
23+. This will spare the
West Lafayette levee area, but flood
all lowlying housing again.
Many
houses that were flooded last month on the
Tippecanoe and had been partially repaired
are now flooded again. Red Cross re-opened
their shelter at Delphi's First Presbyterian
Church last night after closing it the day
before.
DG Ron
Spivey is working with Emergency Services
Chair PDG Wanda Wentland to re-open our LCIF
grant application and dispense additional
food vouchers today. More news on this as it
becomes available. We are not collecting
clothing or housewares at this time.
VDG
Charlie Short
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Update January 22, 2008
The flood is still with us and
many of our neighbors.
Take a look.
Photos of Flood provided by
VDG Charles Short |
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The pictures do not
begin to describe the personal devastation caused by a flood.
If you have replacements for some of the items shown in the
pictures, please contact your District Governor, the Red Cross,
or another relief agency. Your gesture will be most
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Flood Update Jan
17, 2008
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:03:06 +0000
As the damage
assessments from Emergency Management
Departments and the Red Cross are being
complied, the flood's scope is now better
defined. Current estimates are:
738 homes
affected by flooding
165 are
considered total losses. (4' or more water
inside house)
285 homes
have major damage
288 homes
have minor damage
109
houses are still not accessible by land.
Red Cross and
Emergency Management expect a federal Disaster
Area declaration soon.
Delphi, Battleground, Monon, and
Monticello clubs are still dispensing
food vouchers and helping our neighbors shovel
out their homes' contents.
Carroll County Highway Department started
debris pickups yesterday as announced.
Contact
information for the current effort:
PDG Wanda
Wentland, 25C Emergency Management Chair:
(574) 583-7413
Ed Geisler, President
Battleground LC : (765)
567-2317
Jack Hughes,
Secretary Monon LC:
(219) 253-8325 home
Fred Rinehart,
President
Monticello LC: ((574)
583- 7567
Webmaster
25-C
If you or your
club would like to help, give them or myself a
call!
Area humane
societies are not accepting any further dogs for
shelter at this time. The cats seem to be taking
care of themselves!
VDG
Charlie Short
District
25C
Indiana
Trustee,
Indiana Cancer Control Fund, Inc.
W. Lafayette, IN
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January 16, 2008
Many of you have wondered about Lions in flooded
areas of District 25-C. Here is the latest report.
We, the District, received a $10,000 relief grant
from LCIF for this effort. PDG Billy Chastain
Just a note to let you know what the Battle Ground
Lions Club has been doing with the Food Vouchers.
The Red Cross opened up a pickup point in the Battle
Ground Lions Building on Monday, January 14, 2008.
They were giving out Clean Up Kits and cases of
water. The Battle Ground Lions Club was passing out
the Food Vouchers for Wallmanns Quality Foods in
Delphi, IN. I had also contacted Mary Lou Donuts
and they have furnished us with donuts to give to
the flood victims. The BG Lions has coffee, hot
chocolate, milk, and soda available for them while
in picking up their kits. We give them a dozen
donuts to take with them if they want them. In the
first two days we have had 17 households come in.
Some have been from Horseshoe Bend and Tecumseh
Bend, Goldsberry Road, and Morning Side Lane. I
know the Horsehoe Bend and Tecushe Bend are in
Carroll County but we were not going to make them
run around to different locations. I'm not sure how
or where the food vouchers are being given out in
Carroll and White County. If you have any further
information please let me know. The way I
understand it the locations in Battle Ground Lions
Club will be open through Sunday, Janauary 20, at
least.
Ed Geisler, President, Battle Ground
Lions Club
White County is being served by Monon
and Monticello LC's, while the Carroll County
Distribution is being handled by Delphi LC. There
will be some overlap as the Battle Ground LC is at
the very northern part of Tippecanoe County and on
the main road to Horseshoe and Tecumseh Bend areas
in Carroll County. So far, no problems.
I'll
get more info and get back to you today. Red Cross
is doing mass feeding from their trucks,
distributing cleanup materials and other comfort
kits. Overall, its a very good and coordinated
response by the standards of what i have witnessed
in the past. The bad news is that it's COLD. But it
does keep the stink and mold down! VDG Charlie
Short
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