The Flood Waters Receed

Today the kids are once again out of school as the flood waters start to receed. Some of the major roads are beginning to open as the river has gone down a couple of feet. It will take until late tonight to get back down below major flood stage. The river crested 5.7 feet about flood stage, the 5th worst flood on record. It seems some of the business that were hit hard in August, were spared this time, but the loss in sales from having to be shut down a couple of days is still hitting them hard. This was the 7th major flood in the past 14 months...not sure how some people are going to make it through this time. Some residents have only been back in their homes a few weeks, since the flood in August, just replacing furnaces and hot water heaters. Many of these people are living day to day as is....hopefully we can come together as a community and help these people. A task force has been formed to address the issues facing our town, something needs to be done soon!!!!