The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, April 09, 1975, Page page 12, Image 12
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Continued from p. 1 1 All the air troops were from Lincoln, but the guardsmen who performed 250 ground operations were from local armories in North Hatte, Scottsbluff, Alliance and Chadron, as welt as from Lincoln, he said. A total of 418 men were used in the operations. The 1949 blizzard, in which 613 riven wete used for 30 days, was the last storm to approach, last week's storms in terms of men used, he said. Stranded in Ogallala Guardsmen rescued 45 motorists stranded near Big Springs, transported four loads of veterinary supplies, four transports of feed and housed 75 stranded people at the Ogallala armory. "Some of the ranchers are having a bad time," he said. "If you have 1 ,000 head of cattle on the range, there is nowhere to put them during a storm. It's a built-in problem that there is no answer for." The main problem in rescue operations, Krenk said, is establishing an operations base and an effective communications network. "We have to tell people who to call and where to go, and we have to get this information to the media fast so people will know," Krenk said. The State Civil Defense Agency first informed Gov. J. James Exon of the situation the night of March 28, which prompted him to request the military aid from the National Guard. When the Guard went on duty then, a 24-hour operations base was set up in Lincoln to handle calls for assistance, Krenk said. A major problem in the operations was the supply and location of JP4 fuel needed for the helicopters, he said. SPA fuel was available only at North Platte, Scottsbluff and Alliance, Krenk said. 100 m.pii. The large "Huey" helicopters will fly for two hours and 15 minutes at 100 m.pJi. on a full tank of fuel, Krenk said. "Chadron was a real problem," he said. "It was one of the worst-hit areas, but we couldn't refuel there. By the time we flew from a base to Chadron and back, it left us only 45 minutes of operational time, and you can't do very much in 45 minutes." When Exon requested 100 per cent activation on April 1, the Nebraska National Guard requested . and received help from their counterparts in Iowa, Krenk said. A Chinook helicopter, used for refueling, helped solve the fuel problems, he said. "With its 1,200-gallon capacity, the Chinook is like a flying gas tank," he said. "When we acquired the use of the Chinook, we based it at Valentine. It made our operations in that area a lot easier." Guards welcomed "We were a helping hand and most people welcomed us," Krenk said of the Guard's role in postblizzard recovery. "You can never get 100 per cent satisfaction. Some people are dissatisfied because their requests were determined not to be of top priority. "You can't believe some of the requests you get when you're in on these operations. At the height of the storm, one lady called in and requested the delivery of a pack of cigarettes " A spokesman for the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS) in Morrill County called the blizzard "the worst in this area in many, many years," he said. Compared to 1966 Kent Stauffer, director of the ASCS operations in Cherry County, said five people worked full time in his office fielding requests for helicopter assistance, coordinating the helicopter requests and providing information, "I think the consensus of the population here is that the blizzard was worse than the one in 1966," Stauffer said. "It will result in some severe losses." ASCS work ranged from locating cattle to getting machinery and parts to farmers and ranchers, he said. "The weather forecasts were adequate," he said. "I don't think anything else could have been done to prevent the losses." Joan Colwell, program assistant and acting manager of the ASCS office in Sheridan County, said, "Out here, the drifts were so high that the calves couldn't breathe. From the air, everything is so white we are having trouble helping locate the dead cattle." People were generally satisfied with the service offered, but several complained of being snowed in, she said. "The county has the authority to plow only the roads, not all the way up to the house," she said. "As a result, some people still couldn't get out even though the roads were plowed, and they were getting pretty hostile." Beulah Shoopman, program assistant of the ASCS office in Cheyenne County, said this blizzard didn't last as long as the one in. 1949, but losses still will be heavy. "In addition to those already dead, a lot of cattle are sick now, so the losses will increase," she said. NU station hit Leo Lucas, director of the University of Nebraska experimental station in North Platte, said the operations there also lost some cattle. Although he was r.ot directly involved with the rescue operations, Lucas said observations relayed to him indicated that the area west and north of North Platte was hit hard by the blizzard. The station may become involved, he said, because sick cattle may be brought in for treatment. However, road conditions made travel to the station difficult as late as April 4, he said. "The wet and cold conditions many of the cattle went through may cause a lot of bronchitis and dysentery problems," he said. "The facts arenrt all in yet, but our work may be ahead of us. 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