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State Urges Residents in Low Lying Areas to Prepare for Floods

State Urges Residents in Low Lying Areas to Prepare for Floods - Sunday, March 14, 2010 at 04:16AM EST

Reported by: Laurie Monteforte
Sunday March 14 2010
SHICKSHINNY, LUZERNE COUNTY - The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency is urging residents to prepare for possible flooding. Officials say melting snow combined with persistent rain could force rivers and creeks over their banks. Low lying areas, like Shickshinny, Luzerne County, are especially prone to damage.

Anna Anderson ofShickshinny showed Eyewitness News how foar theSusquehanna River overflowed inJune of 2006.The water rose to the top of her porch steps. She said, "It's nasty when you do get flooded. You have to clean it up and it's hard."

Water washed away her dog house and the clean up took weeks. Anderson said, "The mud is like forget about it. It's paste. It's not mud. It's paste."

So as the river rose Sunday she kept a close watch on it. She said, "I don't want to get flooded. I have valuable stuff and I don't want to lose it."

The 2006 flood is just one of many Shickshinny has survived. There were big floods in 2004, 1996 and 1972. Resident Melvin Hess remarked,"It's getting annoying. I'm ready to move out."

Sometimes the devastation has been so bad that the county actually took houses down. Hess said, "There's a whole bunch of houses they tore down recently." He was born and raised in Shickshinny. He told Eyewitness News he's learned to keep things out of his basement and he tries to take the rising water in stride. He said, "It's a fact of life. If you're gonna live by it - you're gonna play by it - play by it's rules."

That's also how Donald Hargraves feels. He said, "I never get concerned." He's lived in Shickshinny since the 50s. He said he pays his flood insurance, nearly $900 a year, so the rushing river doesn't even phase him. He said, "If that river comes up it comes up - if it goes down - it goes down."

PEMA said anyone who lives in low lying areas should remove valuables from their basements and secure any loose outdoor items.
 


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