March 23, 2021 |
Carbon County has taken delivery of a sandbagging machine, just ahead of winter runoff and potential flooding. Wyoming State Hydrologist reports that snowpack in the high country is 98 percent of annual average.
Carbon County Emergency Management Coordinator Lenny Laymen made the machine a priority purchase after the Mullen Fire. Emma Diercks reports the list of private donors and State grant money that contributed to the machine’s $15,000 price tag.
Pictured above: From left to right: Commission Vice Chair Sue Jones, Chair John Johnson, Commissioners Travis Moore (center back) and John Espy (center front), Saratoga Hot Springs Representative Sarah Williams, Emergency Management Coordinator Lenny Layman, and Sinclair Wyoming Refining Company Public Relations Specialist Annette Penman stand with a check presented for the purchase of the sandbagger. The SWRC and Saratoga Hot Springs donated a combined $15,000 for the purchase. Photo by Cali O’Hare/Bigfoot 99.
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