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Newspaper
Matteson Star
Location
Matteson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1993
Page
5
Illinois National Guard soldiers and volunteers work the levees near Quincy as floods rise. Sgt Eric Wedeking recalls camaraderie with inmates, locals, and a Beardstown food worker who discovers kinship amid heat and mud.
A Gov. Jim Edgar issued report titled The State's Response At A Glance covers Illinois actions from June 29 to July 23 during the Great Flood of 1993. It highlights EMA manpower, 9.5 million sandbags, about 600,000 National Guard man hours, 7,000 ISP hours, 300 inmates daily, 430 DOT staff, 108000 tons rock and sand, 75 EPA staff, 26000 tetanus shots, 100 portable toilets, and farm aid plus hotlines and aid to hospitals and wells.
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