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Impacts: Railroads and Mining. Railroads/Mine/Ports Network. Iron Range Cities and Mines. Limestone. Iron Ore. Ports. Impacts: Railroads and Mining. All Railroads between Mines and Ports were severed. Impacts: Railroads and Mining. Resorted to trucking limestone to the mines.
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Impacts: Railroads and Mining Railroads/Mine/Ports Network Iron Range Cities and Mines Limestone Iron Ore Ports
Impacts: Railroads and Mining All Railroads between Mines and Ports were severed
Impacts: Railroads and Mining Resorted to trucking limestone to the mines
Impacts: Railroads and Mining 70-130 miles round trip (DLH to Iron Range) 4-6 truck loads = 1 rail car Several hundred trucks operating 24x7 for 4.5 days Diesel fuel at ~$4.00/gallon Driver hour limits/Union OT rules All this equals mucho $$$$$$$$$$
Local Duluth Impacts: Challenges • Steep Terrain • Clutter Mitigation on KDLH (no CMD running) • Poor Infrastructure in Duluth • Roads quickly deteriorated/fell apart • Most Flooding & Heavy Rain Fell at Night • Numerous people rescued from basements • Overland Flooding • Water in locations never before seen • Long Time Since Last Major Flood • 15-21 August, 1972 7.91” of rain in Duluth