In addition to my previous post I have now had a chance to watch the evening news and learn the full scope of the problem. The storm that hit us is being called the worst in at least twenty years. The annual rain fall for Las Vegas is about 4 inches. Today we received about three inches in a couple hours. There is serious flooding throughout the valley and the governor has been called in to declare disaster areas. Major streets and a large portion of the 95 freeway have been closed. Numerous businesses and homes have been flooded or completely destroyed. There has also been some damage down town. The shopping center portion of Caesar's Palace was flooded. There are two fatalities blamed on the storm. Interesting that I should be the new kid in town and all this hits now! I met up with a couple of pianos movers today who told me that they got an emergency call to remove a Steinway from a flooding house. When they got there it was half submerged!! To learn more here is the CNN web page on this story. http://www.cnn.com/WEATHER/9907/09/vegas.flood.01/index.html Hey, come visit Las Vegas this summer! Don't worry folks, we'll get it together again. This is Vegas-- anything is possible. Rob Goodale, RPT University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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