ADDITIONAL DAMAGE.




[TIM MCG]
AFTER DESTRUCTIVE FLOODING LAST
YEAR, LEWIS AND
CLARK COUNTY OFFICIALS ARE
URGING RESIDENTS TO START
PREPARING FOR SPRING MELT NOW.
[TAKE VO]
COUNTY ENGINEER DAN KARLIN SAYS
SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IN THE
AREA, ON AVERAGE, IS HIGHER THAN
NORMAL -- BUT
STILL AROUND FOUR INCHES LESS
THAN LAST YEAR.
KARLIN RECOMMENDS PEOPLE START
LOOKING AT THEIR
PROPERTY AND TAKING STEPS...
LIKE MOVING SNOW AWAY FROM THE
BUILDING...
AND TALKING WITH NEIGHBORS ABOUT
A FLOOD STRATEGY.
THE COUNTY WILL NOT BE OFFERING
SANDBAGS THIS YEAR.
LEWIS AND CLARK COUNTY IS
PREEMPTIVELY REMOVING DEBRIS
AT FIVE LOCATIONS WITHIN TENMILE
CREEK AND URGES ALL RESIDENTS TO
INSPECT THEIR LOCAL CULVERTS.
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[TAKE SOT: XX:15 OC:..THROUGH
THOSE CULVERTS.]
THAT CULVERT IS YOUR BIGGEST
DEFENSE. SO MAKING SURE BOTH
ENDS OF THAT ARE CLEARED OUT,
ALLOWING
WATER TO FLOW FREELY THROUGH
THERE. MAKING SURE THERE'S NOT A
LOT OF DEBRIS, GARBAGE, TRASH
OR OTHER BUILD UP THAT CAN KEEP
WATER FROM MOVING OPENLY
THROUGH THOSE CULVERTS.




[ON CAMERA TAG]
[TIM MCG]
THE COUNTY IS ALSO WORKING ON
FLOOD MITIGATION EFFORTS AROUND
NORTH MONTANA AVENUE BY THE TRAP
CLUB AND CONSTRUCTION IS
TENTATIVELY SLATED TO BEGIN THIS
