Waters Cresting; Flood Damage Called Light

Chattanooga Times Free Press (January 09, 2009)

Author: Carroll, Beverly
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"One of my crew was driving a bridge on Swanson Road and the water was strong enough to start moving the truck sideways," he said. "It can sweep you off into the creek."

"It really maxed out the (stormwater and sewer) systems," he said. "It can really cause problems if it overflows. You can have manhole covers blow off."

"It's not the worst we've seen, that's for sure," Mr. [Roger Goff] said. "Before I've been able to put a boat in from my front porch."

"I got halfway through, and then I started floating," Ms. Stiles said. "I wasn't trying to drive straight through. I was trying to drive around the edges, but I guess it was too deep."

Extract:

Waters Cresting; Flood Damage Called Light

By Beverly Carroll

and Kevin Cummings

bcarroll@timesfreepress.com

Creeks continued to rise in Northwest Georgia on Thursday from the week's torrential rains, but local public works cr...



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