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<br />A second common impact of blizzards and severe winter storms on the planning area is <br />the loss of power. The weight of heavy continued snowfall and/or ice accumulating on <br />power lines often brings them to the ground causing service disruptions for thousands of <br />customers. This can cause a loss of community water and sewer services, as well as the <br />supply of gasoline, as these services almost always require electrical pumps. In addition, <br />prolonged power outages can mean loss of food to grocery stores, large facilities that <br />provide feeding services (such as prisons, hospitals and nursing homes), and restaurants. <br /> <br />The county-by county "History of Hazard Losses" identifies specific impacts (the <br />monetary impact and number of downed power poles) where the data was available. <br />Estimating future dollar losses is difficult though because one never knows which <br />counties, and which areas within those counties, will be impacted by any particular storm. <br />We can state unequivocally though that future severe winter storms will occur, and that <br />most losses will be related to snow removal, roadway closures, and loss of electrical <br />power. <br /> <br />Drought <br />The Planning Team's research showed that the II-county planning area has experienced <br />6 multi-year droughts since 1893, with the two most pronounced being in the 1930's and <br />1950's. Similar to blizzards and severe winter storms, drought impacts such a vast area, <br />that the MCPC considers the risk of drought to be the same across the entire planning <br />area. The risk does not vary from county to county. <br /> <br />The impacts of drought have been wide and varied. <br /> <br /> <br />:;. <br /> <br />...~ .. oC:::-~...~ <br />. ..)(tjO'':l,t~;~~ <br />--" . <br /> <br />- <br />- <br /> <br />...... <br /> <br />"f,{t.._ <br /> <br />~~~'o~ <br /> <br />Jackson Lake in Morgun Count)' at lowest point in years, <br /> <br />31 <br />