Thank the lord we didn't during the storm because it would have been hopeless to expect any help under the conditions. Most of the beds were eventually moved to the dining area and the gas operated stoves and ovens in the kitchen turned up to provide heat. More than 18 inches of snow fell in some parts of Iowa, with winds reaching 65 mph.
Although electrical power to homes in the city was off for about 45 minutes, the municipal utilities force was quick to activate the three diesel generators in the local plant when an outage occurred in the transmission lines from the Bureau of Reclamation.Carl Olbertz, manager of the utilities plant, said the outside source of power failed about 5 p.m. Friday, and he and his employees immediately started to activate the generators.It takes over half an hour for the generators to reach full production of power. It's estimated that over 100,000 farm animals died in the Midwest during the 4-day blizzard.
Omaha Estimates included 15,000 cattle; 15,000 hogs; 1,500 sheep; and 70,000 chickens totalling to about 20 million dollars in losses. Senators Dick Clark and John Culver of Iowa and James Abourezk of South Dakota, Representative Richard Nolan of Minnesota and State Senator Irvin Bergman of Harris stopped at the Cohrs farm to talk with the state’s biggest livestock loser and other Dickinson County farmers about their losses in the recent storm.The Politicians, who were touring the disaster areas by helicopter Friday and Saturday, were told by Cohrs that “a long term loan is a must” to get storm struck cattlemen back on - their feet.The feeling was expressed during the discussion that some farmers wouldn’t even apply for a five-year loan because they wouldn’t recover in time to pay back such a short term loan. Doug Forbes was working on his house next door and moved into Stan’s about 3 on Friday afternoon, followed by Mr. and Mrs. Dick Zweibahnen and two children. . Snowfall of a foot (30.5 cm) or more was common from Nebraska to Minnesota, with a high amount of 27 inches (69 cm) in Riverton, Minnesota. And nearly as many swine producers suffered heavy losses.Jim Yungclas, Dickinson County extension director, and Duane Curry, ASCS manager, spent Monday polling (by telephone) livestock producers in the county. But there’s another disaster Mother Nature doles out from time to time in the Hawkeye State: blizzards. PHIL JOHNSON/THE WORLD-HERALD
You’ve probably heard or read the word blizzard a few times in the last few weeks. However, workmen were unable to battle their way through the blinding storm and the drifts to close a switch that would put that line into service.The switch must always be open, according to Block, because the power cannot be fed from this line if the other two primary sources are operating normally.Because of immobility, at that point all Iowa Electric crews could do was serve those customers on IE’s 2,400 volt distribution system from its generating plant on Ithaca Avenue in Spirit Lake. It was time then for maintenance crews to again attempt clearing streets and highways-but it was slow, since even the heavy duty equipment had problems slicing through mammoth mounds.About noon on Sunday a few cars and trucks could navigate, but their travel was limited since not all highways and streets had been opened-even heavier equipment had to be called in to cut through some of the hard-packed piles of snow. You can cancel at any time. At 10 a.m. Saturday, the B of R power lines were sending “juice” to Milford again and the generators were shutdown.But there was another crisis for the utilities employees. Glynn, a diabetic, persisted in getting along without his insulin so as not to inconvenience anyone, but by Sunday morning it became apparent that he would need assistance and Jerry Stukey was dispatched from the Dickinson County Memorial Hosp. ROBERT PASKACH/THE WORLD-HERALD Be truthful, nice and proactive.
A search party found his body about 10 a.m. Saturday approximately a quarter mile west of Highway 71 north of Spencer.Numerous storm related deaths were discovered in the midwest as the holocaust subsided and stories of storm related hardships unfolded. The storm had little effect on gas lines since they run under ground.“A lot of people learned how to light their own pilot light, though,” Hagberg quipped.The man “on call” received a lot of phone calls for advice during the storm, according to Hagberg, but the storm prohibited house service.The company experienced some low pressure in its lines when the electricity came back on and all the furnaces kicked on at once, but no problems resulted.Civil Defense Director William Conner was stranded by the storm at his residence on Crescent Beach on West Okoboji.Jerry Stuckey of Spirit Lake pinch-hit for Connor at the Civil Defense office while Connor handled more than 150 calls at his home in directing the emergency operations.Connors cited the snowmobilers and snowmobile clubs for their outstanding assistance during the emergency situation, and expressed his gratitude to the many others that helped during the storm.Jerry Stuckey contributed the use of his four-wheel drive International Scout to the Sheriff’s Department throughout the storm for use in rescue efforts.
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