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Hennepin County Hazard Mitigation Risk/Vulnerability <br /> 2. Vulnerabilities <br /> ® Transportation routes <br /> • Freeways <br /> • Pipelines <br /> o Railroads <br /> • Severe weather <br /> • Tornados — example: Maple Grove 1939, 1965, 1987 <br /> ■ Area is far more developed now, <br /> • Slab on grade construction common (no shelter) <br /> • Straight line winds — example: Champlin 1987 <br /> • Flooding <br /> • Urban <br /> • Riverine <br /> • Land locked lake <br /> • 302 facilities (92) — see map <br /> • Other sensitive industries <br /> o Defense contractors <br /> o Medical technology companies <br /> • Repetitive loss structures <br /> o Golden Valley (8) <br /> o Medicine Lake (1) <br /> • New Hope (1) <br /> • Plymouth (1) <br /> • Other repetitive damage areas: <br /> • Hwy 55 & General Mills— flooding of roadway <br /> • Bassett Creek— flooding of homes <br /> • Champlin — flooding of homes along Mississippi, <br /> caused at times by ice jams at the Coon Rapids dam <br /> • St Anthony= Silver Lake Road and St. Anthony Blvd <br /> street flooding <br /> • Osseo — flooding of basements during heavy rain in <br /> area of 1st Ave NW south to Hwy 81 <br /> • Vulnerable populations <br /> o Elderly, impaired <br /> ■ Concentrated in senior housing or assisted <br /> living <br /> 1s <br /> TIAV N.—A Ridr_V„In hility 4caa+c—t Ai <br />