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Pierre Chamber Coordinating Food Donations

  The work is going on around the clock and those volunteering need to be fed!
If you want to help in this way,  the Pierre Chamber is coordinating food donations. Call them at (605-224-7361).  Anything at all is appreciated!



 Latest headlines from the Capitol Journal  

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KELO Land News Reports
Several videos and news reports

South Dakota Disaster Recovery Website

City of Pierre 

 

Many Hands - Heavy Work

     As folks worked to save their homes and businesses, help came from many places, in many ways.  

Just a couple examples:

   An elderly couple asked if they could sit at a sandbagging station at the Expo Center in Ft. Pierre.  They came with with two shovels and a desire to help in any way they could.   He had recently had shoulder surgery, and she had a bad back, but, at their own pace, they could fill sandbags.  A full sandbag was too heavy for either of them to lift, but they found lots of willing helpers, once they had them tied.

   Fourteen year old, Conner, spend all day Friday sandbagging.  At 2:30 AM he woke up and could not get back to sleep, so he got up and came down to start sandbagging again.  He stayed at it all day Saturday, too.

   

 There are countless examples of caring and personal sacrifice.  Families and individuals are setting aside their personal needs to help those in much greater need.  

Thank you - to each and everyone of you!

Sandbagging

 All along the Missouri and Bad Rivers, families and businesses are fighting for survival.  Officials estimate that more than 2000 people will be displaced as flood waters rise.

     Friends, neighbors and strangers are working side by side, doing whatever it takes: filling sand bags, moving furniture, bringing food, finding housing.......

    

Friday, water was being released from  Oahe Dam at a rate of 85,000 cubic feet per second.

   Due to weather conditions upstream, it became necessary to increase the flow to 150,000 cubic feet per second within the next week.

   

Workers were told this 4 foot sandbag berm would have to be increased to 8 feet.