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<br />homeless families find housing, dispatched food by horseback <br />to volunteers working on threatened dams in the hills, and <br />scouted campsites where the 4,000 people had been vaca- <br />tioning. '1 he Salvation Army set up three food lines to serve more <br />than 10,000 meals a day. <br />Despe,ately, Rapid City tried to mpe with its fate. The fire <br />department ignored all but major bla7es and concentrated on <br />saving lives and evacuating the injured. J\1ore than 400 homeless <br />were lodged in schools, churches and private dwellings. The <br />Red Cross setup three shelters. President Nixon ordered the <br />Office of Emergency Preparedness to extend disaster aid, and <br />South [)akota Sen. George McGovern interrupted his Presi- <br />dential campaign to survey the slricken area. <br />Damage to homes and businesses alone stands at $:l'1 million <br />and overall estimates run as high as $'120 million. In all, well over <br />half of Rapid City h.ls been devastated. Said the Mayor, "the <br />entire city has been knocked to its knees." <br />The final tragedy according to some authorities is that only <br />about $14 million of the total loss is expected to be covered by <br />insurance. Rapid City became eligible for flood insurance over <br />one year ago, but only 29 residents took advantage of the <br />opportunity to protect their homes and businesses. <br /> <br />......f\ \~S'w"'- <br />',,"- Jl? 4SHttVc-"_ <br />~<J~ TON ..-..,..... <br />.1 i T.;i:jNr;'~'-"_"_,,_ <br />f , "-"-"_ <br />~ i i "-"-('N-O"-"-"-"-"-'" <br />-0:: i " i RTH DAKOTA <br />. \ . <br />ORfGON '-?' ';.1 f <br />,-,",\ j <br />~. .-"_ rsmiiH"5A"i<o"iA'-'---'-' <br />.......-.-....J .-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'--l <br />I 'DAHO j WYOMING' <br />1'0'_' I <br />I CAU;'OR....;_. I j i . Rapid Ct'ty <br />) "IA -','- i . <br />, NfV.oA.-...... i ! <br />~ I -'-'-','_' I ~._._. <br />i urAH-'-'l i NEBRASKA.-.-.-.____. <br />i i ; <br />,. i ~'_ i <br />I .-.,... , <br />' \ ','~'" i. i ; OOi""",--'--.L_., <br />'rJ' \ Iii <br />( \. i / r.;iNSAS'-'-'-'-'- <br />~] '. i i ! <br />'. ,j i ! <br />\ . I <br />\ fARIiOi;A"-'-'_'! i <br />\ -'-+;.,-'-,-,_,_ i <br />\ ! Ew MEXICO .-.-.-.-.'!"'...;..._._._._._._._._ <br />~'_~. I .1-__._._. OKLAHOMA <br />.....-., " TEXAS -; <br />I !! <br />~ \0 j!! <br />~ Phoenix i !! <br />.. I ~ <br />"-.._.. I i <br />Tucson j i <br />· i i <br />..... i I <br />.'.-..-..L r.._.\-._J <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />15 <br /> <br />