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Sep 13 2008, 03:21 PM
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Spends WAY too much time at CBTL Group: Admin Posts: 16,460 Joined: 8-December 06 From: Michigan City, IN Member No.: 2 |
We went out to Garwood today, and driving along Highway 20, there are significants parts of it underwater. Behind the Big Lots building, where the marshland is, that has overflown and is covering a lane to a lane and a half of the road, and it is still raining. Going along 20, there are lots of parts of Evergreen Plaza and Trail Creek that are flooding as well. Hopefully everyone out there is OK!
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Sep 16 2008, 10:47 AM
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Spends WAY too much time at CBTL Group: Admin Posts: 16,460 Joined: 8-December 06 From: Michigan City, IN Member No.: 2 |
http://thenewsdispatch.com/main.asp?Sectio...amp;TM=45929.32
QUOTE Tree trunk blocks storm drain Laurie Wink The News-Dispatch MICHIANA SHORES - Michiana Shores Fire Chief Jim Imes on Monday got a close look as what more than 48 hours of rain did to the small lakefront community. Imes said several streets were flooded, thanks to a tree stump plugging White Ditch, causing water problems for a dozen homes. He said the heavy rain also knocked out phone service in Michiana Shores. However, Imes credited La Porte County Emergency Management Agency for a rapid response. "They were here within an hour with a backhoe to pull out the debris," Imes said. "The county response has been very good." Seven ditches flow into White Ditch, which was up to five feet higher than usual, Imes said. Clerk-Treasurer Steven Millick said the standing water in Michiana Shores was the worst since the early 1990s. He said the town will work with the La Porte County Drainage Board to get larger culverts installed. Paul Young, director of county emergency management services, anticipated a busy Monday. After stopping by to see the damage and clean-up progress in Michiana Shores, he was heading to Trail Creek, where the ditch running through the town overflowed Sunday. Trail Creek Clerk-Treasurer Ann Dobbs said, "It was too much rain too fast. We just awarded a contract to widen and deepen the main ditch." For some residents in Trail Creek, like Larry Weaver, work on that contract can't begin soon enough. On Monday, Weaver said he was upset that the Coolspring Township Volunteer Fire Department wouldn't pump out about 3 feet of water in front of his house and that of a neighbor's, both on Black Oak Drive. "I called the fire department and Assistant Chief Silcox said he couldn't commit a truck and crew to do that," Weaver said. Dobbs said town engineer John Doyle and the five council members were out four hours Saturday inspecting the town ditch. She said the town was aware of the flooding problem around Weaver's house, but said there was nothing that could be done. Even if a fire pumper was to begin pumping the water, she said there was nowhere to send where it wouldn't flow right back into the area. ""They're on a cul de sac that's very low. It's been a problem for a long time," said Dobbs. Dobbs said the town spent $150,000 to address drainage problems last year and just awarded another $110,000 contract three weeks ago. She is anticipating a large turnout at the Trail Creek Town Council meeting at 7 tonight. "We have a lot of self-appointed engineers," she said. Contact Laurie Wink at lwink@thenewsdispatch.com. |
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