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1972 Rapid City flood through the eyes of Adrian resident Merlyn Inglett


		June 27, 2012

Merlyn Inglett holds a book covering the devastating 1972 flood in Rapids City. Merlyn was among a group of volunteer funeral directors who helped Rapid Cities overwhelmed funeral home directors.	Rapid City officials issued a plea for volunteers who were licensed funeral directors to help the city's overwhelmed funeral home directors. Merlyn heard that plea. . .he would go out to Rapid City and help in any way that he could.

Cathy Marsh Staff Writer On the evening of Friday June 9, 1972, an extremely large thunderstorm stalled over the Black Hills, just to the west of Rapid City. That storm dumped 15 inches of rain on an area that was already saturated from previous rains. In the town of Keystone, 15 inches of rain fell in 6 hours. Another location reported rainfall at the rate of 4 inches in just 30 minutes. A 60 square mile area received over 10 inches of

Merlyn Inglett was one of a group of volunteers who experienced the aftermath of the flooding in a way that only a few could imagine.

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