NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT

To:        All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:      Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:  Wednesday, January 11, 1995

Broadcast: By 1000 ET

INCIDENTS

95-06 - California Parks - Follow-up on Winter Storm Impacts

Several more initial and follow-up reports have been received from California
parks regarding the storms that have been buffeting that state:

* Whiskeytown - The park has received over 17 inches of rain since Monday. 
Winds are blowing at speeds around 40 mph, with gusts to 70 mph.  All
tributaries into the lake are flooded and filled with debris. 
Whiskeytown Lake has risen 7.4 feet, and was about go over the glory hole
(drain) at the time of the report.  All park roads are closed due to
falling trees (thousands have fallen) and downed powerlines, and power
has been out for two days; the park has accordingly been closed.  Two
visitors were evacuated yesterday from a camp.  Two families have been
evacuated from park residences because of flooding and the lack of power.
One government vehicle has been damaged by a falling tree.  Concessioner
docks have broken loose from their moorings.  Sewage pollution is a
possibility because of the lack of power; at present, sewage is being
pumped manually from the lift stations.

* Point Reyes - The park has received almost eight inches of rain since
Friday evening, and winds of up to 80 mph have been recorded along the
coast.  There have been power outages for the last three days in outlying
areas of the park.  Roads have been closed intermittently due to
flooding, mudslides and downed trees.  Park campgrounds and trails were
closed Monday; there are uncounted trees down on the more than 100 miles
of trails in the park.  No major structural damage has yet occurred.

* Lava Beds - Five park structures - two of them historic buildings - were
damaged by high winds Monday.  About 50 trees are down in and around
developed areas of the park.  Many wayside bulletin boards and signs have
been damaged, as has the park's emergency siren, which blew down, went
off, and caused something of a stir.  The campground has been closed
because of downed trees and will remain closed until an assessment can be
made on Friday.  One residence remains threatened by a tree; the occupant
has been evacuated.  Power and phones have been restored.

* Yosemite - The park has been struck by heavy rains for the past seven
days, but no flooding has yet occurred.  An ICS operation has been
established, and criteria defined for implementing management actions
when conditions warrant.  The saving grace to date has been the snow
line, which remains below 8,000 feet.  Should the predicted rains
materialize and the snow line rise to the 9,000 foot level or higher,
significant flooding and evacuation of some areas could occur.

Several more storms are forecast for the area through the balance of the week. 
[Larry Carr, CR, WHIS; Acting Superintendent, PORE; Craig Dorman,
Superintendent, LABE; Betty Knight, PAO, LAVO; Bob Andrew, CR, YOSE; all
reports, 1/10]

95-07 - Anacostia Park (District of Columbia) - Shots Fired

On the evening of January 9th, Park Police officers attempted to stop and
question a suspect driving a van near the park as part of a narcotics
investigation.  The driver attempted to strike one of the officers with his
vehicle.  The officer responded by discharging his service weapon, which struck
the windshield near the driver.  The driver fled the scene, but his abandoned
vehicle was found and recovered a short time later.  It is not known if the
officer's shot struck the driver.  The vehicle has been impounded.  No arrests
have been made, and the investigation continues.  [Mark Kerr, RAD/NCRO, 1/10]

95-08 - Acadia (Maine) - Rescue; Serious Injury

On the afternoon of January 8th, S.W., a 50-year-old local climber
with over 20 years of experience in technical climbs on rock and ice, fell
approximately 70 feet while climbing an ice area known as "The Bulge" on Dorr
Mountain.  S.W.'s fall could not be arrested by his climbing partner
because S.W. had climbed too far beyond his fixed protection; he therefore
fell a full pitch before his belay came into play.  Witnesses immediately went
to summon rangers, who initiated a response in conjunction with volunteer
members of a local SAR association.  After a difficult approach moving
equipment up the ice along fixed lines, rangers and a paramedic treated and
stabilized S.W., who had suffered many serious injuries, including a
severed spinal cord.  Good weather and daylight permitted a helicopter hoist
evacuation by a helicopter from an Army medevac unit from Bangor.  S.W. was
taken to a local hospital, where he is in serious condition.  It's expected
that he will suffer permanent paralysis due to his spinal injury.  S.W.
probably would not have survived if the helicopter rescue had not been
possible.  [Norm Dodge, CR, ACAD, 1/10]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No field reports today.

OPERATIONAL NOTES

No notes.

MEMORANDA

No memoranda.

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