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Monday, March 2, 2009

Sonora, Tuolumne County flood assistance - Sand bags not!

Sand Available For Flood Victims

Monday, March 02, 2009 - 07:00 PM

Bill Johnson

MML News Director

Sonora, CA -- Sand will be available for those who were overwhelmed this afternoon by the storm cell that hit Sonora at four o'clock.

Kathleen Rustrum from the Tuolumne County Office of Emergency Services says the sand will be delivered to two locations at approximately 7pm and available for pickup at 9pm.

Pickup locations are the Jamestown Fire Department at 18249 Fourth Ave. and the Columbia Airport.

Rustrum adds that you must bring your own bags, shovels and muscle. There is no charge for the sand.

Source: mymotherlode.com - Link

Editors note: This is where the local Government EOC always gets it wrong, getting cheap on the bags...Where are the citizens supposed to get burlap sacks at eight o'clock at night, While water is coming in the door?

There should be a pallet or two of plastic rice sacks or manila burlap sacks at every city corporation yard way ahead of time. Or out back behind a firehouse. Just think this person that made this call is probably getting paid six figures and saved a couple hundred dollars with this bone head thinking process..Now if some fire Captain makes a few Nextel calls I bet some sacks could be found....Maybe set out some shovels, get some Probies or Boy Scouts to start filling some?

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