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<br />d. 'Soil Conservation Service. The Soil Conservation Service <br />compiled damage data for agricultural lands and rural areas. . <br /> <br />e. Geological Survey. <br />compiled data of peak flood <br />River basin. <br /> <br />The United States Geological Survey <br />discharges throughout the South Platte <br /> <br />f. Weather Bureau. The United States Weather Bureau compiled <br />storm rainfall data from its 'regular" reporting network. <br /> <br />g. Other agencies. The Small Business Administration provided <br />pUblic information on loan procedures for repair and restoration of <br />flood-damaged property and provided flood disaster loans., The Federal <br />Housing Administration, the Veterans Administration and the Farmers <br />Home Administration provided public information on loan 'and refinancing <br />procedures under their respective authorities. The Federal Bureau of <br />Public Roads assisted in collecting data on damage to roads and bridges <br />and provided' assistance, in restoration of transportation facilities., <br /> <br />24. OPERATIONS OF NON-FEDERAL AGENCIES <br /> <br />a. State of Colorado. The Governor of Colorado assumed active <br />leadership in coordinating State and Federal measures to alleviate <br />suffering' and restore essential public services. The Colorado National <br />Guard was 'used to help evacuate persons stranded by flood waters, to <br />patrol flood 'damaged areas, and to protect flooded areas against <br />looters. State and local departments of public health' issued warnings <br />of water supply contamination and instructions for purifying suspected <br />water supplies. These departments also provided inoculation against <br />typhoid and tetanus, and publicized measures for disposing of dead <br />animals'and preventing outbreaks of mosquito and, rodent disease <br />vectors. The, State Engineer provided information on flood discharges <br />and cooperated in collecting hydrologic data. <br /> <br />b., Metropolitan Denver. The fire and police departments 'of the <br />municipalities of metropolitan Denver and County Sheriffs provided <br />initial warnings to residents of, flood hazard areas and assisted in <br />the evacuation of people. Particularly in metropolitan Denver, the <br />efforts, of police and fire departments in evacuating residents from <br />the path of the" flood are credited with preventing loss of human <br />lives in metropolitan Denver. After the flood had crested, fire and <br />police departments, with the aid of auxiliary forces, spent endless <br />hours fighting fires, barricading hazardous areas, unsnarling <br />monumental traffic tie-ups, and providing protection against the <br />hazards of downed power lines and escaping gases. <br /> <br />c. Local actions. In other areas of the basin, local authorities <br />prevented additional. flood damages by erecting emergency levees. .At <br />Sterling, Colorado, local officials erected an emergency dike on the <br /> <br />17 <br />