I remember swimming in parks that filled with water and riding my bike in streets where my wheels were halfway underwater. For children this was a fun, exciting, and fascinating experience. The adults just seemed way too serious during this time.
What a great video. Thanks for sharing. What was a banal AAR tool for the department decades ago is an engaging piece of history for the rest of us now.
Thank you for sharing! There was some flooding just recently (July 2017) in some of the areas mentioned. Nothing even close to what happened in 1983, but there was some flooding on 1300 South between West Temple and about 900 west.
Gauds I can remember that so vividly. My family and I were living in Eastern Utah near Huntington on our small ranch. We'd watch the news as water rushed down State Street. The hill side slipped in Spanish Fork Canyon blocking the water and created a dam that took along time to bypass. At some points, I-70 was blocked from landslides as well as the Manti side of Huntington Canyon and we were unable to drive to Salt Lake. Instead, drove to Grand Junction, CO to do any major shopping.
Thistle was flooded when there was a mud slide blocking the canyon, not sure if it’s still under water or not though. The last time I drove that way it was (90’s).
uhhh guys,while its nice to toot your horn, however there were a whole bunch of people who volunteered to help with both the setting up and removal of the sandbags, It would be nice to toot their horns as well. Seems a bit egotistical to imply that no one besides the fire department helped out. I bet none of the firefighters came to help scrub down the damaged buildings so that merchants or homeowners could get back in as soon as possible
Well, here it is 40 years later and many of those recently have been deemed to be a severe drought. At last, this year our mountains are once again boasting near record snowfall. Hydrologists are not yet predicting conditions similar to '83 but the snowfall reports certainly propose the possibility. Many other factors present then, have not been reported. We can only hope our '83 experience has forewarned us and mitigation has been previously employed. In '83 I was directed by our Church authorities to provide at least 100 volunteers and shovels to fill sand bags on several occasions. We were also commissioned to provide 24 hour management of the sand bag barriers in the event of rising waters or damage to the barriers. This direction went to all Church units throughout the valley. No one turned down the invitation to serve in these extenuating circumstances. I don't recall seeing any firemen aside from those who had volunteered from our area in Bennion. I suppose it would only be fair to suppose that they were employed elsewhere. We labored between midnight and 4 AM at the north side of Liberty Park. There was no time to lean on shovels.
Unfortunately, we do not have a higher quality version. I can send you the source video file, if you're interested. I'm available at david@slcfire.com.
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Eso no volvera a pasar en Utah, todo ha avanzado en tecnología, los acueductos son modernos, esto solo permanecerá en la memoria de quienes lo vivieron, un mal recuerdo.
What’s funny is that Utah never gets floods, then this happened and we were able to keep damages extremely low, and were able to keep daily life normal with commutes normal, and cities that gets floods all the the time have never accomplished anything like this that often lol
@Zen Furry well we only get severe flames during the summer, after summer ends everything just gets all wet and cold and all the fires die out really quickly, they also happen in the middle of nowhere where no one lives so it never had a big impact and just gets slightly mentioned on the news
Leo Latour * * Maybe we met. I helpt set sand bags along the State Street River. Remember those wooden walk-ways over the water? I have a photocopy of that Tribune editorial cartoon: What To Do At The State Street River. *
@@sharonnichols2922 I helped sand bag State Street. Was there during the evening. What a memory, I was only 19 at the time. I remember the flood and also the awesome lightning storm that lasted all night. Unfortunatley can't remember when the lightning storm happen. Had to be 1982-1983.
