May 22, 2017
Dear Shooters,
We have endured two significant floods in the past two years. The first was the 2015
Christmas / New Year holiday season and we got caught with our pants down. The water
came up overnight and exceeded the forecast level by almost a foot. The club manager and
the board president were both out of town and we didn’t have an emergency plan.
We learned a lot from that occurrence and made changes in the construction of our
clubhouse and approach to the most recent flood in April of this year. We fared much
better, with minimal loss and no damages to speak of. Our volunteers were, and always
will be, the primary effect on our success.
We are in the final stages of a set of written guidelines for future use when we are faced
with an event such as these.
Eric Ege and I have broken down the flood plan into six areas and based our manpower and
equipment requirements on experiences learned from the previous two floods to evacuate
in a timely manner. Any input provided by members will be welcome. Following are the
areas, the manpower and equipment that is required:
Area 1, Clubhouse: Minimum 2 ea. 16’ – 20’ box trucks or trailers or 1 semi-trailer.
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Items to be moved: Guns, computers, files, clothing and other merchandise, furnace,
refrigerator, stove, cabinets, gun safe, furniture and ammo.
Labor required: 6 – 8 people (We feel that more would be in each other’s way.)
Area 2, Maintenance Shed: Box trailer or truck, minimum 14’
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Items to be moved: Tools, machinery (compressor, generator, charging station,
etc.), targets, ammo, lead shot
Labor required: 3 people
Area 3, Low House Skeet Machines:
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Items to be moved: 7 skeet machines raised above the expected water level via
come along, or similar device. Unknown number of targets may need to be removed
or moved to the high house.
Labor required: 2 mechanics with simple hand tools and basic mechanical skills.
2 – 4 laborers with strong backs.
Area 4, Trap Machines: 2-14’ to 16’ trailers
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Items to be moved: 7 PAT traps, 15 bunker traps, targets, electronics
Labor required: 2-3 mechanics with simple hand tools. 4 laborers with strong
backs.
Area 5, Sporting Clays and 5 Stand Traps: Gator, 2 FWD ATV’s with hitches, 3 trailers,
skid steer
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Items to be moved: 34 portable traps, 47 batteries (If we run out of trailers, we can
move some of these to high ground with the ATV’s)
Labor required: 3 drivers, 3 laborers, skid steer operator
Area 6, Grounds: ATV pulling trailer(s) – 2 smaller trailers to transport items
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Items to be moved: All gun racks and benches, 5 stands, sporting stands, tables,
(these can be stored in the maintenance shed with the doors closed, or in the
pavilion lashed to the posts), porta pottys if they don’t get them and if we have time.
Pro-matic counters are water resistant but not waterproof. The displays and the
seams where they go together should be taped with waterproof tape including the
ones attached to the sporting stands
Labor required: 6-10 (catch-all) people
So, as you can see, moving St. Louis Skeet and Trap out of a flood is a very complex
operation. We will need about 40 people, some with skills, some with equipment and some
for their muscles. This is just to get away. We will need the same (number of) people to
come back. We have attached a form to this letter/e-mail. Please fill out the form and
advise what equipment you can provide. If you have equipment that is not mentioned
above and that you believe would be of benefit, please list it as well. If you have no
equipment, please fill out the attached form and advise you are offering your services for
labor, mechanical skills, or another skill not listed that would be beneficial.
Thank you.
John Napoli
Eric Ege