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...major assistance was a makeshift radio network that stitched together the community. When Wilkes-Barre station WILK was knocked out by power failure, nearby FM station WYZZ took over round-the-clock broadcasting of emergency news, aided by WSCR of Scranton. Public service announcements alternated with appeals for news of missing persons, directions for physicians and instructions on where to send food, clothing, bedding and money for refugees. Adding to flood damage in the city was a series of fires that could be fought only by chemical-spraying helicopters: fire trucks could not reach the scene. Most buildings burned...
...main street of the city is normally about level with the river and only enormous grass-covered 20-foot dikes separate the Susquehanna from the business district. Driving down "Five-Mile Hill" on the main road into Wilkes-Barre one can easily see how a rescue worker from Scranton could say, "It's just a hole...
...evacuees from the city were first brought. In the midst of betting windows and grandstand seats, displaced residents were given temporary shelter and emergency first aid before being scattered out to Civil Defense refuges and hospitals around Luzerne County. Once emergency operations were switched to the Wilkes-Barre-Scranton Airport the track reverted to its former function and within a week after the disaster ponies were again trotting where weary refugees had sought shelter...
Free food and medical care was available for flood victims throughout the week at the Airport where Scranton Mayor Eugene G. Peters had organized an emergency Flood Committee to coordinate Red Cross, Salvation Army, Civil Defense and local aid. Volunteers from states all over the East poured into the Airport to man food dispensaries and information services and live on a couple of hours of sleep every day. "We had whole carloads of people coming in from nearby states wanting to help out," Carmen Minora, one of the mayor's aides said. "It was really good. In fact, if anything...
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