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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1989

- Vol. 5, Issue No. 48 —

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. Terrace was hit with the sec+
-ond heaviest 24-hour rainfall in

ing. A total of 91.9 millimeters

(a little over 3.5 inches) of rain

_ fell overnight,’ only 1.1 milli-
imeters.short of the all-time rec-" |

ord of 93 rnillimeters set in.1956.

According: to the ‘city's. difector...
of engineering, Stew Christen-’ . /

sen,.a number of water-related
problems ‘were caused by debris-

clogged storm drains, By 5:30
‘a.m. Tuesday morning.a total of

12 public works employees were
busy. cleaning the mess.

‘by Tod Strachan

Christensen says that major

problems occurred in two areas

of the city. The first was on
Greig Ave. between Atwood and
Kalim. He says flooding in this
area was caused by debris divert-
ing ‘rain water away from a
storm sewer near the Park Ave.

' pumping station. As a result, a
-river of rain water eroded a two-

foot deep ditch parallel to Park
Ave. between Apsley and Clin-
ton and then flowed down city

streets to Greig.

The front office of the Ter-
race Review was under about

- Nine inches of water and the Ter-

race Hotel, which was probably
the hardest-hit, had some elec-

’ trical services under water when

more than a meter of water

‘flooded the electrical room.

There was less damage to base-
ment storage rooms and the
Ironworks Gymnasium, which
only had about two inches of

-. water on the floor at the peak of

the storm.
_ Another area of town hit hard

. was the 4600 block Scott and

and Straume Ave. Some home-
owners reported up to two
in their

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“Lock It or Lose It.” This Is the theme for the month of
December when an increasing number of motorists tend
to leave valuables In an unlocked vehicle. In order to

prevent theft, the RCMP will be checking parked
vehicles for the next few weeks and In any they find
unlocked will leave a note to remind the driver that he
may not be so lucky next time — the next person to test

the unlocked car door may be a thief. Cpl. Jim Porteus
(above) agreed to pose for a Lock It or Lose It picture but.
a pose wasn’t necessary — the second vehicle he
checked in the Terrace Shopping Centre parking lot was

‘hot only unlocked; the keys were laying on the seat as

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