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May 31, 2017
May 30, 2017
TODAY IS THE 69th ANNIVERSARY OF THE VANPORT FLOOD -15 DEAD, THOUSANDS LOST EVERYTHING & PRESIDENT TRUMAN ARRIVED
A reminder of Katrina, Public Officials led the population (mostly Black) to believe that the damage would be slight. Call to action came very slow.
President Harry Truman arrived June 11th, 1948.
40,000 lived in Vanport. The flood hit at 4:05 PM on this day, May 30, 1948
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