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<br />Slide K9. Riverfront park along the Chemung River <br /> <br />This shows the riverfront park in downtown Elmira in 1994. The buildings on the river <br />side of Water Street were removed to open views to the river from the city center and <br />create this pleasant promenade. Many of the buildings were in poor condition and <br />under-used before the flood. Viable businesses were relocated elsewhere in downtown. <br />Federal funds available for recovery allowed the city to undertake a major <br />redevelopment project that would not have been politically or economically feasible <br />before the flood, Downtown still serves as the region's business center. Although not <br />all of the plan was implemented and downtown is still subject to flooding, the <br />combination of a new upstream dam and removal of floodplain buildings means that <br />the city is less vulnerable than before. <br /> <br />Slide KI0. Flood-damaged house, Rapid City, South Dakota, 1972 <br /> <br />Rapid City, South Dakota also endured a flood in 1972. Storms stalled over the Black <br />Hills dumping up to 10 inches of rain in the Rapid Creek watershed. An earthen dam <br />above Rapid City was washed out and a wall of water descended on the city killing 238 <br />people and destroying 770 houses and 565 mobile homes. This shows one of the <br />destroyed houses. <br /> <br />Slide Kll. House knocked from foundation, Rapid City, 1972 <br /> <br />This house was knocked off its foundation and tipped into its basement. <br /> <br />Slide K12. Owners teeing off on former home site, Rapid City, 1992 <br /> <br />This is the same location 20 years later. The property is now part of a golf course and <br />the former homeowners are teeing off where their house used to stand. <br /> <br />Slide K13. Green belt in Rapid Creek floodplain, 1992 <br /> <br />The golf course is part of a green belt running the length of Rapid City along the creek. <br />In addition to the golf course, the green belt contains hiking trails, a bike path and <br />facilities for picnicking, soccer, polo, ice skating, horseshoes, and volleyball. With an <br />infusion of funds from several federal agencies during an election year, Rapid City was <br />able to acquire and transform its floodplain lands. Rapid City is safer from floods, more <br />beautiful, and much better supplied with recreational facilities than before the <br />devastating flood. <br /> <br />Slide K14. Flood damage in Estes Park, Colorado, 1982 <br /> <br />Ten years after the Rapid City flood, Estes Park, Colorado got its turn. This shows <br />damage from the 1982 flood which struck this tourist town at the entrance to Rocky <br />Mountain National Park. A dam above the town failed sending a wall of water down <br />Fall River into town. <br /> <br />Script-Task K, page 3 <br />