An early March “bomb cyclone,” followed by quickly-melting snowfall, caused many rivers throughout the Midwest to quickly swell.
By March 15, floodwaters from the bulging Missouri River began creeping onto Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, home of U.S. Strategic Command, which oversees the Pentagon's nuclear strategic deterrence and global strike capabilities.
Preparing for the worst, base personnel strategically positioned more than 200,000 sandbags and 460 flood barriers to check the rising floodwaters. However, by March 16, officials knew there was no holding back the rising water and sandbagging efforts were abandoned. By March 17, one-third of the base was under water.
On March 18, Moon Hemm, a project manager with the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, opened an email from the Air Force Petroleum Office notifying her of the flooding at Offutt AFB.
Hemm manages several Air Force projects under Huntsville Center’s Fuels Program using the GSA Facility Maintenance and Management Schedule contract. The contract ensures fuel storage tanks and equipment are maintained and repaired as needed.
| Date Taken: | 11.20.2019 |
| Date Posted: | 05.07.2020 15:51 |
| Category: | Video Productions |
| Video ID: | 751620 |
| VIRIN: | 191212-A-QY194-002 |
| Filename: | DOD_107805108 |
| Length: | 00:04:37 |
| Location: | HUNTSVILLE, AL, US |
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