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for most of the morning, Snowplows were used to clear the mud and sand from the roads. 1-25 at Abriendo sustained major damage: a slope washed off into the interstate, chlDlks of asphalt and debris blocked the road, two feet of mud and water lay on the road in some plaees, and parts of the interstate were completely undermined, Although they cleared most of the damage very fast, they will still be working on repairing damage from this flood for quite a while, as will the City and COlDlty, Some of the damage has turned into long-term repair projeets, The Pueblo Chapter of the American Red Cross also responded to the flood later Friday morning, They ealled out their disaster assistance, damage assessment and family serviees vollDlteers locally and from other areas of the state to assess the situation and help vietims reeover from the flood, Some vollDlteers performed damage assessments in order to keep traek of who would need certain kinds of assistance, A mass shelter was made ready and an emergeney serviee eenter was opened near the hard-hit areas to help victims recover what ever losses they could, A few large dumpsters were made available to help vietims dispose of flood generated debris, The YWCA made showers available for people who did not have hot water. They also provided mattresses and a large amolDlt of other furniture, such as refrigerators and stoves, The Family Counseling Center helped victims with colDlseling and financial aid, City Couneil members surveyed the damage and spoke with the people about the flood and the clean up proeess, The Red Cross, together with eity eOlDleil members and city Pueblo Flood Hazard Miti"at;on Plan employees, planned a eonnunity clean-up that next Saturday, The Red Cross organized about six volunteer groups to go through the affeeted eonnunity and help people dispose of their damaged materials, Waste Management and Pueblo Sanitation together eolleeted approximately 90 compacted yards of trash, The Colorado State Office of Emergeney Management and the Pueblo County Publie Safety Offiee held a flood mitigation workshop in Pueblo on Monday, June 6, innediately following the flood, Twenty- four experts- engineers, building officials, publie safety workers and emergency managers- spoke with eonnunity members about how to proteet their homes from future storms, Nearly thirty eitizens eame to the workshop and were able to sit down and talk one-on-one with different professionals who would make suggestions on how to help prevent future problems from floods. Representatives from the Department of Local Affairs, Pueblo Field Services Office and from Pueblo County Publie Safety and Operations worked on follow-up with a few people from the workshop regarding finaneial assistanee for home improvements, Public Serviee Company of Colorado responded innediately by turning meters off. The next day they installed locks to meters to ascertain that repairs would be made before restoring serviee, They referred people to private contractors to inspect furnaees and water heaters and then turn on pilot lights, Pueblo Regional Building Authority primarily dealt with making sure eodes were followed. They estimated that less than 40 homes lost both gas and electricity. Only one or two homes reeeived structural damage to the point where the electric system needed rewiring, Most of the 15