350 RADIOLOGICAL CLEANUP OF ENEWETAK ATOLL Theinitial recovery and repair effort after Typhoon Alice took 3 w Cekg and cost over $264,000. Subsequent repair and replacement of Facitin required to support the cleanup project and rehabilitation Progray: continued for months. Photographs of Typhoon Alice damage are m at Figures 7-16 through 7-20.25.26 Two helicopters were damaged by windblown debris but were repairey and back in service within a week. Boat damage wasrelatively light. On LCU parted its steel mooring lines, bounced across several coral heads and broached on a coral and sand beach. Damageincluded cracks up tog feet long, cracked frames, and buckled bulkheads. Repairs by the USNE augmented by a three-man repair team, took almost 4 weeks. One LCM. also broke loose but received only minor damage.2’ One of the most adverse effects of Typhoon Alice was not discovereg until some time later. Many of the channels which had been cleared jinty islands for soil removal operations had filled with sand, making access extremely difficult. Boken, Aomon, and Lujor channels were severely affected. FIGURE 7-16. TYPHOON ALICE DAMAGE, THE “WHITE HOUSE.” ;