In 1983, snowmelt and runoff led to extreme flooding conditions in Utah. Now, 40 years later, community leaders from past and present are coming together to prepare for similar conditions this spring.
MIDVALE, Utah — In 1983, snowmelt and runoff led to extreme flooding conditions in downtown Salt Lake City and around the state.
Jayel Kirby and her husband Michael spent two hours helping fill sandbags at the Flood Control Sandbag Shed at the Midvale Operations Public Works Yard on Friday.That was back during the flood in 1983, when the Kirbys were in high school.The Kirbys were nostalgic, all while trying to help the community.
"We would like to get up above 15,000 sandbags in these next two days, and if we get up more than that, we'd be really happy to see," said Kade Moncur, the director of the Salt Lake County Flood Control Division."We look at the snowpack in the mountains, we have concerns and we needed some help from the community," said Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson.Mayor Wilson also grabbed a shovel on Friday to fill sandbags.
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