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Dear Harazard City Manager & City Council,
Here in Hazard city and the surrounding towns of Riverside and the historic Ralston we are blessed with having four magnificant season to do whatever our heart disieres but we must also realize the consequences that come with them. Every spring the snow melts from lava Mountain, down the Palouse River into the Johnson Reservoir and into Clearwater River. Sometimes it’s very difficult to predict how much discharge is going to come down the river at once since 80% of the Lava Mountain’s discharge comes in the early summer and late spring. So there is an extremely high posibility for downstream flooding in the towns of Riverside and Ralston. Riverside is extremley suseptable to serve damages caused by flooding due to the fact that the mobile home community is built upon sandy soils of the flood plain. Due to park regulations they do not prohibit perminant foundations and with out a foundation there is almost no doubt that some part of the Riverside community will suffer some damage. Another important part of Hazard City that could be in danger is the well known subdivsion of Ralston, located on the north bank of Clearwater River. This magnificant city is know for its rich history, stunning large, wood framed, 19th century Vicorian style homes. I would like to propose that Hazard City put levees in place along the Clearwater River and the Palouse River around the areas of Ralston and Riverside. If these levees are not put in place then there will be no doubt in my mind that there will be survre damage to structures, land, personal property and possibly even puttin human life in danger. A couple other ways to prepare these areas for a flood is to purchase flood insurance, purchase sandbags, create a flood kit, channel restoration, place gaboions along the flood banks, and have a pamphelt delivered to every household on how to deal with a dangerous downstream flood.
It’s only a matter of time before these areas...