Northwest Missouri State University - Tower Yearbook (Maryville, MO)

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FLOOD LECACY AMES, IOWA: The flooding from the Skunk River and Squaw Creek swept through Iowa State University pouring 16 feet of wa- ter into Hihon Coliseum. DESMOINESJOWA: Flood waters damaged the main water plant leaving 250,000 residents without safe drinking water for 1 7 days. HANNIBAL, MO.: A new flood wall protected downtown, but a levee broke one mile up- stream which caused 9,000 acres of farmland to flood. JEFFERSON CITY, MO.: The main link to Columbia, U.S. Highway 63, was closed. Most of several hundred residents of north Jefferson City were evacuated. KANSAS CITY, MO.: Kemper Arena and American Royal buildings filled with three feet of water and went without electricity for 18 hours. K f PARKVILLE, MO.: After ap proximately five feet of water flooded the downtown area, three fourths of the businesses were covered in mud. The city hall and post office also had to be moved temporarily. ST. JOSEPH, MO.: The water system that serviced 85.000 resi- dents was knocked out for a week. Buildings at Iowa Sate University in Ames, Iowa, were heavily damaged, in- cluding Hilton Coliseum, where 14 feet of water stood on the main level. School officials believed water would not touch the complex, therefore it was never in- sured against flood damage. Photo by Jon Britton.

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ARA worker Kill lis RliisiK-sliclps.icuvliimcrplckouiiliniyhmiis. Diiiikm ' Doiuils cmploNccs wore required to ulleiui a fise-week training course in Hi».Iom. Plioio h Jaek Vaught. Randall liacon. manager of the Coniie As)iuiii. sorls ihrough a seel ion ol eoinies. The comic store opened in June allhc North Side Mall and was ihcoiil one of it ' s kind in Marw ille. Ph ilo bv Chris Tucker. Allison Todd stocks cereal at Maryvillc ' s newest grocery store. Value Fair. The store added more competition, with bulk items at discount prices. Photo by Chris Tucker. Codi Holhrook and Aiigie .Aley enjoy some ot the new items that Taco Johns offers. With the relocation and expansion of the restaurant, Taco Johns also increased their menu. Photo by Chris Tucker. Student Life 11

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» n what some analysts called the greatest natural disaster of the century, the Great Flood of 93 devas- tated the Midwest with 51 deaths; 65,000 people evacuated from their homes; 34 million acres of land flooded; 50,000 people left unemployed; 517 coun- ties declared federal disaster areas; 57,000 destroyed homes and $5 billion to $10 billion in damages. Many areas were hit as rainfall started in June and did not let up for weeks. Des Moines, Iowa, went without power and water for weeks. Parkville, Riv- erside and St. Joseph, Mo., were flooded and St Joseph also lost its water supply for one week. Northwest was af- fected by the flood, even if minuscule in propor- tion to other areas. It looked like we were down in part-time stu- dents, Michael Walsh, director of Enrollment Man- agement, said. We called freshmen over the sum- mer and there were some who said they weren ' t coming because of the flood. Walsh said others stated financial reasons were the cause for non -enrollment. Walsh said about 30 to 50 people contacted the Financial Assistance Office to say that the flood affected them. — continued THE OREAT FLOOD OF 93 BY DON MUN5CH ilitKlf ' f ' fl •