May 2011 MLGW Flood Assistance Efforts in the Community

MLGW employees helping fill sandbags to be used for flood mitigation efforts across the city. Teams were using various methods to fill hundreds of sandbags that MLGW crews were then taking out in the field.

MLGW crews, some with backhoes, dump trucks, and other heavy equipment, were assisting the City of Memphis in building floodgates in the concrete floodwall that runs East/West along Chelsea Ave. and North/South along McLean - helping to seal off those areas from the rising waters of the Wolf River.

MLGW crews assisted in setting up a generator to run lighting and air conditioning for the Memphis/Shelby County EMA's Shelter Assistance Center at the Raleigh Springs Mall, the location set up for people who've been told to evacuate their homes to be checked in to be routed to specific shelters around the city.

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