MATTHEW ARDEN HATFIELD/Standard-Examiner I Lynn Wyatt drives a tractor through flooding farmlands after a levee along the Weber River broke in west Weber County on Tuesday. Below, f water from the Weber River (left) breaks through sandbags on top of a levee and floods a field Tuesday in west Weber County. Want to hold back the water? Stack sandbags the right way By JASEN ASAY Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau jasay@standard.net NORTH OGDEN — As a result of snowpack levels being higher than normal, flooding has become a problem in Utah. But the higher-than-usual water levels in the rivers are not the only problem flood-fighting volunteers face. Delon Atkinson spent Monday night and Tuesday morning delivering sand and sandbags to people along the Weber River. When he returned to check on the sandbags later Tuesday morning, Atkinson noticed some problems. "A lot of times, people don't place the sandbags correctly," he said. "Sometimes the sandbags are filled too full, and after the wall is built, you can stand back and see holes." Obviously, if you can see through the sandbag wall, Atkinson said, then water INSIDE: Learn the correct way to set up sandbags to prevent flooding/7A can also find its way through the holes. That makes the sandbags ineffective. Atkinson, of North Ogden, is a volunteer ham radio operator with the Weber County Sheriff's Office. He also has a lot of experience helping prepare for floods by filling and stacking sandbags. "In North Ogden, we have more floods than anyone," he said. Atkinson said if the filling and stacking of the sandbags are done right, according to tips from a brochure provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, it is very possible to have dry land on one side of the wall. However, people often make simple April 20,2011 49