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Slide 4: Disaster Recovery at the Findlay-Hancock County Public Library

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Slide 7:  POPULATION  73,824

Slide 8:  Main Library  Bookmobile  Arlington Branch

Slide 9: 905,671 items checked out

Slide 10: BOOKS TOTALS FOR 2007  ADULT FICTION  148,569  ADULT NONFICTION  73,466  BEGINNING FICTION  65,116  CHILDRENS FICTION  24,805  CHILDRENS  27,141 NONFICTION  YOUNG ADULT  15,598

Slide 11: AUDIO VISUALS TOTALS FOR 2007  AUDIO BOOKS  22,616  COMPACT DISCS  45,710  DVD  215,211  VIDEO  61,767

Slide 12: Established on April 16, 1888 The Findlay-Hancock County Public Library was established on April 16, 1888 by an act of the Ohio General Assembly and opened its doors to the public on January 27, 1890 in a basement room of the Hancock County Courthouse.

Slide 13: 1935 Finally, in 1935 the Findlay Public Library moved from the Courthouse basement into the old Post Office building on Broadway. Built in 1906, the building was purchased from the federal government for $50,000. Also in 1935, Ohio libraries began receiving state funding from the intangibles tax.

Slide 15:  June 14, 1981  January 3, 1991 Flood: Lost 13,000 Lost all carpeting in Children’s Books and the lower level. 3 $50,000 in equipment inches of sewer water and furnishings in the flowed through the Children's Room after lower level. Loss of a flood hit Findlay. carpeting in the administrative offices, board room and break room. No books were lost.

Slide 16: Flood Categories (in feet) Major Flood Stage: 13 Moderate Flood Stage: 12 Flood Stage: 11 Action Stage: 8 Historical Crests (1) 18.50 ft on 03/13/1913 (2) 18.46 ft on 08/22/2007 (3) 17.43 ft on 06/14/1981 (4) 16.76 ft on 02/11/1959 (5) 16.50 ft on 02/07/2008 (6) 16.10 ft on 01/22/1959 (7) 15.42 ft on 06/02/1997 (8) 15.40 ft on 12/01/1927 (9) 14.85 ft on 12/31/1990 (10) 14.78 ft on 01/06/2007 Low Water Records (1) 0.6 ft on 09/12/1976 (2) 0.7 ft on 09/18/1968 (2) 0.7 ft on 10/17/1965 (4) 0.8 ft on 09/21/1980

Slide 17: JUNE 12, 1997 .  Lost all carpeting in the basement due to sewer  water flowing through the lower level. Replaced carpeting in administration. Tile was placed in hallway and break room.

Slide 18: Main Street in Findlay

Slide 19: Library Basement—Friends of the Library Used Book Store

Slide 20: Supply Room

Slide 21: . AUGUST 22, 2007  . 100 year flood hits Hancock County. Lost entire basement: Administration, Technical Services, Book Cellar, Adult Services Offices, and Maintenance. All services were lost: phones, internet, boiler, electric, HVAC etc.

Slide 22: . FINDLAY BECOMES A FEDERAL DISASTER AREA  President . Bush declared the City of Findlay a disaster area on September 11, 2007.

Slide 23:  CONSTRUCTION  COMMUNICATION  CUSTOMER SERVICE

Slide 24: Phone list of key employees Home emails Backup tapes of NT network AND Keep the library patron’s informed!

Slide 26: As you can see, we get about 500 hits a day. Notice it dropped to ZERO after the flood, as our Web Server was offline.

Slide 27: Work with FEMA and Insurance to move things along as quickly as possible. If you do not know what you are doing, hire a temporary person to help. Ask FEMA or Insurance people for contact names.

Slide 28: Work even harder to keep the patron’s happy, they have had flood issues too!

Slide 30: On the road 7 days a week during FLOOD RECOVERY

Slide 31:  River crested at 18.4 feet  Hancock County was deluged with 9 inches of rain in one night  82.4 billion gallons of water fell in 24 hours  Damages estimated at 60 million

Slide 32: 100 year flood hits FINDLAY, OHIO

Slide 33: Items from the Lower Level brought up by the Staff who could get to the Library as the Blanchard River crested.

Slide 34: That sign stayed up for 3 months

Slide 36: August 22, 2007

Slide 37: Note hometown hero Ben Roethlisberger on the Billboard. Bridge over the Blanchard River on Main Street in Findlay. Bridge built this low becomes a dam during a flood and makes the situation worse.

Slide 38: Still closed to the Public to this day during Construction

Slide 39: Water in drawer—Lower Level

Slide 40: Lower Level

Slide 41: Library Lower Level

Slide 42: August 23, 2007

Slide 43: Friends of the Library Used Books Storage Area

Slide 44: Tri-Weh Construction

Slide 45: August 2007

Slide 46: Book Drop Closed. No Fines Today

Slide 47: Note temporary office for Tri-Weh in the Lobby

Slide 48: Super heating the upper level to save the Books

Slide 49: Lower Level. Note the Mural on wall

Slide 50: Electronic……

Slide 51: Very few items could be saved

Slide 52: All drywall and carpeting had to be removed

Slide 53: Main Library re-opens on December 3rd, 2007. Rebuilt basement and new Administration & Technical Services area to open mid-October 2008