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ST. GEORGE — Public officials are putting out reminders – sometimes repeatedly – for people not to risk getting close to the areas where flooding has occurred. In St. George, for example, trails along the Virgin River have been closed as the river floods over entire segments of the riverside trail.
Despite this, some people still choose not to adhere to the warnings, which can lead to public safety manpower being diverted from certain incidents to ones that are otherwise preventable.
"Our resources are already spread thin," St. George police officer Tiffany Mitchell told St. George over the phone Wednesday evening. She explained she had just left the scene of a weather-related vehicle crash.
"People not paying attention to barriers and trail closures can take resources away when we already know we're going to have issues with weather beyond our control," she said.
