DISASTER CHIEF: FLOOD OF ENERGY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91-00587R000100030043-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 8, 2011
• Sequence Number: 43
• Publication Date: February 26, 1986
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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ARTICLE APPIu"
ON PAGE
USA TODAY
26 February 1986
Disaster
chief: Flood
of energy
For two weeks, Bill Medigo-
vich's diet has been mostly fast
food and coffee.
As director of California's
Office of Emergency Services,
he has worked 20-hour days to
help the 50,000 people dis-
placed by flooding in Northern
California. The storms left 13
people dead and caused nearly
$320 million in damages.
Last week, the disaster took
him back to his hometown,
Maryvsille, Calif. "It was deja
By Weft Zeboski, AP
MEDIGOVICH: Fighting Moth-
er Nature
vu," said Medigovich, who true," he adds."We had over
helped sandbag levees of the 20,000 volunteers. Seeing that
Yuba River in a 1955 storm. is a reward."
"The hardest part of an The cleanup has just begun
emergency is people's lives are for many. Today, the state will
at stake and there's little room open nine centers to process di-
for error," says Medigovich, 45, saster assistance forms.
of Roseville. "You keep going Medigovich. who has
because you see what happens worked for the CIA. says it's
to people during times of crisis. tougher to t Mother Nature.
They come together. than criminals. "It's less ore-
"The B-grade movie scenar- dictable," he says.
io with the roving gangs and
packs of wild dogs just isn't
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