The key to combating this year's spring flooding, former Salt Lake City Mayor Ted Wilson says, is the same as it was in 1983: residents who show up to help.
SALT LAKE CITY — Record-breaking snowpack this winter has led to intense flooding in the Salt Lake Valley reminiscent of the floods of 1983. The key to combatting that flooding, former Salt Lake City Mayor Ted Wilson says, is the same as it was 40 years ago: residents who show up to help.
Luckily, Utahns learned a lot from those floods and have instituted infrastructure and other mitigation efforts to be more prepared for flooding this year. This includes the Little Dell Reservoir, built near the mouth of Parleys Canyon, that created a storage facility upstream, as well as a county-run storm drain facility in the Wasatch Hollow neighborhood of Salt Lake City.
The former mayor said volunteering to fill sandbags can make for a wonderful and fun day for families. His daughter Jenny Wilson, Salt Lake County's current mayor, visited several sandbag filling locations Saturday, joining theJenny Wilson said she's heard stories from her dad about being mayor during the 1983 floods and, as a senior in high school, she remembers joining in sandbag filling events back then.
"This will be an ongoing operation," the county mayor said Saturday, "So bring your suntan oil and your sunblock. I think we are going to be at this through the spring." "It's been special to hear his stories over the years about the '83 flood. to this day feels that was the moment that really defined his time as mayor," the county mayor said. "The community came together. We all remember the big river down State Street — that was a pretty scary time period — but again, the community showed up just like they're showing up now."
"When we started to see these rising snow levels in the middle of winter, people like Ted were able to help us say, 'What is our strategy come runoff season?'" she said.
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