0-10 Min: recalls two floods one in 55 and one in 56; meeting of alumni in ridgefield on the night of the flood; storm isolated the group on rte 7 at around 11 that night; center of danbury was flooded by 12; recalls that people were injuried, but not specifics; the streams leading into danbury and particularly still river running through danbury were built over which constrained their flow cited as a cause for the flood; states that there are a tremendous amount of streams that feed the still river; the reconstruction in the wake of the flood;
10-20 Min: damage caused by the flood and the reconsturction effort after the flood; since the flood occurred on a Friday night classes were not affected; the business disrict of main street was hit the hardest; most of the stores on main st had storage in their basements so their stock was largely ruined; Don Woods was president of the historical society for a while and was in the fire dept during the flood;
20-30 Min: talks about streams that run under main st and elm st that are now covered over but were not during the flood; recalls the salvation army handing out coffee and doughnuts in the aftermath;