[(***MJENSEN***)]AFTER
DESTRUCTIVE FLOODING LAST YEAR,
LEWIS AND CLARK COUNTY OFFICIALS
ARE URGING RESIDENTS TO START
PREPARING FOR SPRING MELT
NOW.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 AN
TAKING STEPS...
LIKE MOVING SNOW AWAY FROM THE
BUILDING...
AN
TALKING WITH NEIGHBORS ABOUT A
FLOOD STRATEGY.T
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.####




{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, GARBAG
TRASH OR OTHER BUILD UP THAT CAN
KEEP WATER FROM MOVING OPENLY
THROUGH THOSE CULVERTS.
}[(***MJENSEN***)]THE COUNTY IS
ALSO WORKING ON FLOOD MITIGATION
EFFORT
AROUND NORTH MONTANA AVENUE BY
THE TRAP CLUB AND CONSTRUCTION
IS
TENTATIVELY SLATED TO BEGIN THIS
SUMMER.#####




[(***MJENSEN***)]NORTHWES
