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<br />003276 <br /> <br />SPEECH BY KENT LARSEN <br />BEFORE PACIFIC SOUTHWEST INTER-AGENCY COMMITTEE <br />SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH <br />SEPTEMBER l5, 1983 <br /> <br />IT IS A SPECIAL TREAT POR ME TO ADDRESS YOU IN THIS GREAT CITY <br /> <br />TODAY. BECAUSE, FOR ME IT IS A HOMECOMING. I WAS BORN AND RAISED <br /> <br />HERE. AND IN READING MANY NEWS RELEASRS F'ROM THE COLORADO RIVRR <br /> <br />BASIN THIS SUMMER, I HAVE BEEN REMINDED THAT THE MORE THINGS <br /> <br />CHANGR, THE MORE THEY STAY THE SAME. <br /> <br />BACK IN WASHINGTON WE WERE DULY IMPRESSED WITH THE SHOW THAT <br /> <br />MOTHER NATURE PUT ON OUT HERE, WITH THE COMBINATION OF LATE <br /> <br />SNOWPI\LLS, MELTING RAINS AND INTENSIVE HEAT vJAVES. WE ARE OFTEN <br /> <br /> <br />TEM~TED TO TREAT SUCH SPECTACULAR EVENTS AS A SORT OF ONE-OF-A-KIND <br /> <br />THING--BUT HISTORY Dm~S HAVR A ,iJAY OF REPRATING ITSRLF. <br /> <br />IT DOESN'T SEEM THAT LONG AGO THAT I, AS A STUDENT AT SOUTH HIGH, <br /> <br />VOLUNTEERED WITH SOME OF MY ,CLASSMATES TO MAN THE SAND BAG BRIGADE <br /> <br />ON EITHER SIDE OF 13TH SOUTH TO DIRECT THE RUNOFF WATER THROUGH <br /> <br />THE CITY. I VIVIDLY REMEMBER HOW THE STREET WAS CONVERTED INTO A <br /> <br />RIVER. A GLANCE AT MY HAIR SHOULD CONVINCE YOU THAT I AM NOT <br /> <br />TALKING ABOUT 1983. YET WHEN I SAW NEWS PICTURES SHOWING SANDBAGS <br /> <br />LINING THE STREETS OF SALT LAKE CITY ONLY WEEKS AGO, AS YOU CAN <br /> <br />IMAGINE, I FELT A KINSHIP WITH THOSE ~lRN AND WOMEN. <br /> <br />. AND <br /> <br />SCHOOL CH I LDREN <br /> <br />. . WHO LABORED TO PROTECT THIS CITY PROM <br /> <br />FLOODING. I COULD IDENTIFY WITH THAT! <br /> <br />C-6 <br /> <br />. <br />.;1 ~ <br />