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Author
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Michael was 18 years old on the evening of the Flood when the 1962 Chevy panel truck he had just refurbished stalled in the fast moving water on Omaha Street. He and a group of others eventually made it to a roof where Michael describes the fires, buildings and debris rushing by him as "a wild and terrible view." Michael wrote about his experiences seven years ago which helped him tremendously in understanding the emotion involved when one experiences...
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Norma Jean, her Father, sister and brother lived behind Fischer Furniture in a mobile home park the evening of the Flood. They floated in their mobile home for four blocks before hitting a retaining wall followed by a vehicle crashing through the middle of the trailer. Norma Jean was one of 28 students at the time studying to be a nurse. She was immediately sent to the Air Force base where the students went to work helping victims of the Flood. Her...
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Darol's brother, Jamie Johnson, was visiting a friend below Canyon Lake the evening of the Flood. His family learned two days later that Jamie had died that evening. Darol who was 11 years old in 1972, moved with his mother, father, and sister to San Diego, CA in November of 1972. The first time he came back to South Dakota was in 2012 for the 40th anniversary.
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Gail was eight years old and living with her family on Thunderhead Falls Road the evening of the Flood. When the water came rushing in their basement the family was forced to take refuge on a hillside. They were able to return to their badly damaged home the next day but remained on the missing list for two weeks as the National Guard could not reach them.
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Millie, her husband, their three children, and two young German music students they were hosting were stuck in the Flood while evacuating the Dieter home. They were swept in different directions leaving Millie and her eight-year-old daughter, Patricia, clinging to a fence. Millie was separated from her daughter and eventually rescued from a tree. She lost her husband, Lowell Dieter, and Patricia in the Flood. Her two other children and the two German...
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