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MITW Flood Response Emergency Management Response & Environmental Services

Keshena Flooding

Keshena Flooding

Keshena Flooding

Frazil Ice Formation • Formed only in areas of open water • Formed in turbulent water Flow velocity Wind mixing • Formed in supercooled water -.01°C to -.02°C

FRAZIL ICE IN RIVERS FRAZIL ICE IN RIVERS Ice Crystals Nucleated in Cold Air Seed Crystals Stable Ice Cover Surface Growth and Surface Flocculation Supercooled Water Buoyant Deposited Anchor Ice Entrainment Slush Disks Disks Transported Frazil Anchor Ice

Frazil Slush

Programs Assisting Environmental Serv. • Mechanical Ice removal • Dam – Balsam Row & Keshena Creek • Dewatering highway 47/VV Intersection • Technical Advisory and Coordination • Technical Lead and Research

Actions Taken

Actions Taken

Actions Taken

Actions Taken

Actions Taken

Programs Assisting Tribal Chairman’s Office • Per Chapter 196: – Issued Declaration of Emergency – Redirected $50,000 in tribal funds from Maintenance of Tribal Buildings to Emergency Management – Suspended normal procurement procedures for flood work • IGA is handling press and public relations

Programs Assisting Housing/Comm. Dev. • Home Assessments • Pumps and Generators • Basement Modifications for Sumps • Information Updates to Residents • BIA Road Engineer Communications

Programs Assisting Utilities • Assessment of Lift Stations • Communications with IHS • Wastewater Management and Control/Repair

Programs Assisting Law Enforcement • Increased patrol for downtown areas • Traffic safety control in residential areas • Direct communications with residents

Programs Assisting Emergency Management • Overall Management and Coordination • Communications with Internal and External Parties • Interviews with Media • Communications with Residents

Partners Assisting • State - WI Emergency Management, WI DOT, WI DNR, Governors Office, UW Extension, WI Dept. of Corrections • Federal – USACE, FEMA, HUD, IHS, Senator Baldwin • Tribes – Oneida, Ho-Chunk, Stockbridge, Mole Lake, Forest County • Counties – Menominee, Shawano, Marathon, • City of Shawano • Private – Gillett Cement Products, Grunewald Const., Mi-CON, Jenda Trucking, Krueger & Stienfest Const.