[net-gold] DISASTERS: FLOODS : UNITED STATES: STATES: PENNSYLVANIA: After flood, Pennsylvania Town Laments Lack of Levee
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- Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 07:48:33 -0400 (EDT)
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DISASTERS: FLOODS :
UNITED STATES: STATES: PENNSYLVANIA:
After flood, Pennsylvania Town Laments Lack of Levee
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After flood, Pennsylvania Town Laments Lack of Levee
USA Today
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/storms/story/2011-09-21/
lee-flooding-pennsylvania-levee/50487314/1
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A shorter URL for the above link:
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http://tinyurl.com/3r6g5ke
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WEST PITTSTON, Pa. (AP) Shoveling river mud from what remains of his
dry-cleaning business, Chris Economopolous had some choice words for
opponents of an unsightly and ultimately never-built levee system along
the Susquehanna River that might have saved his town from catastrophic
flooding this month.
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"What do they want to look at?" said Economopolous, who lost hundreds of
thousands of dollars' worth of equipment to the flood. "There's no view.
This is one of the most polluted rivers in the country."
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In West Pittston, population 4,868, residents blame wealthy riverfront
citizens who two decades ago didn't want a dike spoiling their view of the
Susquehanna. A piece of graffiti spray-painted on the exterior of a
damaged building captures the sentiment of many flood victims: "Levee or
view?"
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The truth about West Pittston's failure to support a $25 million levee
system a generation ago turns out to be a little more complicated. While
many people in town did oppose a levee when it was discussed among them
occupants of the stately riverfront Victorians that line the borough's
nicest street, Susquehanna Avenue it was the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
that made the ultimate decision to leave the borough unprotected.
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Corps spokesman Chris Augsburger said public opinion factored in the
decision, noting most residents who attended a public meeting in 1990
registered their disapproval.
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But the Corps also relied on its own analysis that showed that for every
dollar spent on a levee system for West Pittston, only 30 cents of
economic loss would be prevented.
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Whatever happened decades ago, West Pittston has to live with the
consequences of a decision made decades ago.
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Forty percent of its land was flooded last week when the Susquehanna left
its banks and inundated hundreds of homes and businesses even those well
out of the flood zone. Statewide, extensive flooding caused by the
remnants of Tropical Storm Lee damaged or destroyed many thousands of
buildings and prompted President Barack Obama to issue a disaster
declaration.
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Situated along a bend in the river, about halfway between the northeastern
Pennsylvania cities of Wilkes-Barre and Scranton, the borough featured
graceful tree-lined streets and immaculate homes and yards until
floodwaters remade the landscape, turning a leafy idyll nicknamed "the
Garden Village" into a sodden, debris-choked mess.
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Block by block, contractors and residents are gutting homes and
businesses, leaving huge piles of refuse on the curbs from floorboards
and insulation to pianos and bronzed baby booties. River mud covers yards
and sidewalks, and heavy equipment kicks up clouds of dust. Portable
generators whine and hum. A foul odor lingers.
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The complete article may be read at the URL above.
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