----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 2:29
PM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] List members in
Florida
Not all of the devastation was in
Florida. There has been quite a bit of
damage in Tennessee, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Alabama,
Georgia, and Texas. This has been a rough month for
many.
My little
town of Etna had a "500-year flood". The water was up to 20' deep in
some places as Pine Creek and the Allegheny river both overflowed their banks
to drench the town. With over 8" of rain in 5 hours, the Allegheny went
32' over flood stage. We're looking at more than 50 homes being
condemned here out of the 250 or so that were flooded, and our neighboring
Boroughs of Millvale and Sharpsburg both also sustained heavy
damage.
President
Bush was just here to survey the damage, and he has promised relief from
FEMA. It's especially bad that since our last floods in 1986, there was
a 150 million dollar flood control project, and the government declared that
we would "never have flooding again". Therefore, almost everyone dropped
their flood insurance.
The
cleanup is progressing, although slowly. Vacant lots in town are filled
with mildewing garbage that they can't get rid of fast enough. Submerged
vehicles (about 2000 in Allegheny County) are piled everywhere; there simply
isn't any way to move them all out fast enough. We also are coping with
up to 10' of mud in some places -- mud which has mixed with raw sewage from
the overflowing sewer plants. And as it dries, the clouds of dust have
been choking and reduced visibility to near zero... Now the National
Guard is around, and the place looks like a war zone. Half of the roads
are still closed around here, and it's a daily challenge to get from point A
to B. They are saying it may be months before all of the bridges are
repaired enough to drive
across.
Fortunately, my house is at the top of 'Mount Etna',
and did not sustain any damage, but we were lucky. This morning I just
saw them bulldozing the garage I nearly rented for the DeSoto, Plymouth, and
Gremlin. It had been under about 6' of water. The two Woodies
inside were a total loss...
-Dave
-----Original
Message-----
From: Forward Look Mopar Discussion List
[mailto:L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tony
Boatman
Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 1:01 PM
To:
L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [FWDLK] List members in
Florida
Hi,
Watching the devastation across
Florida the
past few weeks, I?m wondering how our list members there have weathered the
storms.
Please check in and let us know
how you are doing!
Tony in
Idaho
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