Fairmont State University - Mound Yearbook (Fairmont, WV)

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Morgan Hall residents wait as the water goes down so that they can return to their building. The flood waters lifted cars up and floated them on top of each other in the parking lot at Morgan Hall. Flood 19

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Get dressed! Get out of the building! Flash Flood! These were only a few of the remarks that residents of Locust Avenue heard while being evacuated from their build- ings when a flash flood hit the area. Approximately 3.12 inches of rain fell from 1 a.m. till 5 a.m. on Aug. 18. The sewer system could not handle all the rain once it had been added to the already swollen ground. Several parts of Locust Avenue were covered with water, causing basement apartments and automobiles to be da- maged heavily. The state set aside relief funds of $300,000 for Marion County to help cover the damage. Firemen and police did everything they Bailing out! could to evacuate everyone, so no one would be injured. Firemen had to break out the window of one building to remove two students who were trapped inside. Their refrigerator had floated across the door blocking it and making it impossible to get out. All this added to the excitement of freshman orientation. The electricity was off for several hours, hindering the regis- tering of freshmen, the purchasing of books and supplies in the Bookstore, and freshman activities. When power was restored around 11:30 a.m., residents began cleaning up what could be saved and students re- turned to their daily routines. Mess is not a good word to explain the condi- tions that were left when the water had gone down. President Hardway and Lee Karlen watch as the flood waters go down in the Morgan Hall parking lot. 18 Flood

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Performers of Night Sky, ' ' a bluegrass band, sing behind the LRC Building for a special event of the Spring Fling. TOMMY OiT TONIC Hand accuracy juggling is one of the featured acts of the Tommy Scott Old Time Medicine Show. Michael Belmear discusses the ins and outs of bet- ting on horses to students who attended A Nite at the Races, fund-raiser for United Way. 20 Campus entertainment