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Life goes on lines \\"credo\\'1l wasessentiallOthc reco\'cryelTon. "Itwascell phone cit}' oUllherc!" .\Ionis r('calls with a laugh. Residessta}ing in tOllch through mobile phones, kc)'rcpresenlalh'cs met with Bossand Morris lwicedail}' A (() e\'aluate progn.'ss and plan rhe next steps, "\Ve'd hare so man}' _improvements (:aeh day, [hat Bill and I would meet with the c1ealHlp companies and ask, '\\llal did you do today? \\'1Iat resources do you need?'" . Getting rid of debris quickly so that sod and landscaping could he restored was a challenge. "We got a bunch of 40'yard dumpsters, but we cunldn', kc('p themgojngtothedumpfasl enough, soslufTwollld sitolll ill fronlofthcsc buildings in the mllck for two orrhree da)'s," Morrissa}'S. At the S;lI11e time equipnwllt and supplies were being ordered to bring Ihecampll~ back up, United Parcel Senlccwcllton strike, causing somcdeJa}'sin shipmen Is 10 FOrl Collins. The taskoflllaking the campus look and opl'nUe normally again \'acillalcd al times between seemingl}' feasible and IOlall)'o\'cn\rhelming. In the t'mI. classes began as planned on Aug. 25. During that first h'eekJohn Morris spoke with a group of sfudents who said to him, "It's kind of disappoillling. We werr wanting locome here and see the flood damage, and Wt'got here and it's like lherewasnothing tosccexcept (he areas Ihat are cordoned off." "Well. that "'IS the goal." Morris told them. "So. thank )'011.1 glless i I was a SUCCess, .. Aside from c1raning up and refurbishing the physical campus in lime for fall semester, ColoradoStalc faculty. slaff, and student'i tackled A some interesting challengt's brought about by the flood, One was to _establish campwmidc communicalion during the first week slUdents Wl're hack. \\Iith some telephone lines and computer s)'slemsdO\\TI and offices and c1a,'i'i('s Itlm'ed to ne\\' locations, it was essential to find away to Il,t the University's .1,000 emplorees ancl 22.000 students know where the)' could go for financial-aid information, dass schedules, textbooks, updaled classroom locations, and Olher important information. Sincc the Administr..llion Annex had been flooded. there was no cemral location where studellts could go to gel the informal ion ther needed. The solution was (0 setup infonna tion boothsm strategic points on Gunpus. An}'ont' stopping atthest' booths could get a Clip oflcmonade. directions to buildings, and handouls that listed new locations and pholle numbers for ofliccs and classes that had been relocated. There was also a flyer about Iibr3l)' senices and free shuuJe senlce to other H~scarch libraries l\lthin.1II hour of Fort Collins. Uni\'ersit}'cllIplorl'cs from across campus \'oluJlleered to work the boOlhs, \\'earingsmilesand "Recovering Flood '97"t-shirts, thcygrcctcd studclllsand \lsitorsand hdped them na\igale the campus. In t1wfllture, the informal ion booths mar bl~COlllt' a regular feature offall semester. Thc CSU Police Dcpanmem found lemporar}'quarters in A}'lesworth Hall and \\ill erenlUall}' more to its lie\\' pcrmanent location ill Green Hall. Despite losing its headquarters. the csupn continucd 10 operate through lhc night of .1111)' 28. An clI1crgenc}' cOlllmand post was l'stal:r- Iished ill ~e\\'soIl11Iall. ;uul officcrs checked campus huildings to mak(~ sure noonewastr<tppt'd orinjured. Dispatchers .\rindy llcnr)'and Kirstl'll Shier fielded campllS calls through the Fort ('.ollins Dispatch Center. Aproricling unilllernlplt'd ernergt'llcr response scnlce. - Fifr)'~lwo studl'lltsli\ing in garclt'n-le\'l'1 ap;UII11Clll'iatlnrcrnational Village were also r1isplaced.lnlr28 when "nil' feN ofl\'aterl\'ashed through theirquartcrs. Friends, busi nesscs, and Unirersit)'and coml1lllnitygroups hare Wnw to Iheir aid, locating temporary housing and rOJlchlcling '12 (F.krttJdAStIlItU"il~ lIi"IItJ997.98