Historic 1983 flooding in Salt Lake City -- including 'State Street River' -- still remembered 40 years later
SALT LAKE CITY — If you were in Utah in 1983, chances are you remember the flooding. Or if you were born since or moved here recently, you might have heard of the “State Street River.”
“40 years is a long time. I was 39, now I’m 80,” said Lorayne Frank, who was the director of Utah Comprehensive Emergency Management when most counties flooded in 1983.“Everything is much better after 40 years. We learned a lot," Frank said."Clearing of streams and information dissemination to the locals — it’s just amazing what’s been happening from the time that was like the stone ages, compared to now.
“Trying to get as many sandbags — we went through a million and a half. We were out. We were telling people to take shirts, button them up, put sand in it and take the arms and tie them up,” said Frank.
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