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<br /> <br />, <br /> <br /> <br />the sudden change in location Ihey were also able 10 build a smaller maze out of hay bails at the new Rendezvous siIe, <br />which still made money for the FF A chapter. 12 Cooperation. innovation. community spirit. feelings of security instead <br />of dread, relief to taxpayers-Ihese are a few of the results Ihat have made Ihe Flood Buyout Program such a success <br />in the Cedar City/Jefferson CiIy area of Missouri. <br /> <br /> <br />Due to low elevation <br />and close proximity to <br />the Missouri River, <br />Cedar City was sub- <br />jected to catastrophic <br />flooding. <br /> <br />-=-~ i?L <br /> <br />........... <br />....-..."""... .........t' <br />-- -:.r-,~..~f' . <br />..~ ..'" , <br />,..._~ <br /> <br /> <br />j i,......~" MF-A OIL. i <br />~~ ~1DZ~, .....-=: ~~ " <br />tt -a-~,.., .-"9'99 ror J, <br />,_~ "'" CLOSED <br />:- ~...., GONE <br />~'- .~~, FISH IN <br />~--... <br />""""-.:::'='C'. <br />"IIlJt';-~ ~.:-~ ~' <br /> <br />.~ <br /> <br />I:. <br /> <br />.- <br />'= <br />"'l:l" <br />-;~., <br />~ . <br /> <br />~:~- <br /> <br />.~ <br /> <br />~ <br />;~,...:;;r~:;z- -:-"" '"" <br /> <br />Today Cedar City is <br />mostly vacant lots. The ABB <br />transformer plant is still there <br />as are most of the businesses <br />that were there before the flood, <br />including the airport, but every <br />empty lot marks the site of a <br />home that will never again need <br />to be defended from the rising <br />waters of the Missouri. <br /> <br />Page 26 <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />Closed <br />Gone Fishing. <br /> <br />Even when facing certain <br />disaster during the floods, <br />Missourians exhibited a <br />strong spirit and were <br />able to maintain an excel- <br />lent sense of humor. <br /> <br />