I think the best place to contact is the Chicago Historical Society. Their recovery efforts after the 1986 flood are still considered legendary. -Henry B. Crawford >The End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center in Oregon City, Oregon has >received some damage from the recent flooding. Luckilym, they built the >interpretive center structure just above >the 100 year flood mark. Unfortunately, the recent flooding exceeded this >mark by about 18-24 inches. The collections are safe, as are the gift shop >merchandise. > >The museum staff has asked me to ask people on Museum-L about their >experiences in dealing with flood recovery at a museum. What are peoples' >experiences with estimating (and over or underestimating) damage and repair >time? What have people found about landscape recovery? What about >biological things that float in flood waters and sit in a structure for awhile? > >What might be issues that are overlooked during the recovery period that >should be planned? > >What has been the lag period between event and attendance recovery (assuming >a crisis communications plan is in place and the word gets out tha the >center is still open) > >Any feedback would be most appreciated. > >Mike Teskey >CommunityFirst! Partners >e-mail: [log in to unmask] >http://www.csn.net/~tesk Henry B. Crawford Curator of History [log in to unmask] Museum of Texas Tech University 806/742-2442 Box 43191 FAX 742-1136 Lubbock, TX 79409-3191 *********All opinions expressed are mine**********