Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Down came the rain and washed my neighbors OUT!

My neighborhood has been in the news several times for a very serious problem:

As you may notice from this picture courtesy of Fox 2 News, several homes are close to falling into Fish Pot Creek. The storm runoff is in debate by many. With each storm that rolls through, more land, chunk by chunk is falling off and into the creek. This is right across the street from my house and effects approximately 5-6 houses in my neighborhood alone. It is literally feet from their homes. That "cliff" is approximately 25 feet high and a serious threat to the families that live in those homes. I do believe that every house has a family, meaning children! I am happy to say that MSD is finally going to fix the problem after a long road of debate (which I am a great debater myself) and many voices speaking out! A couple of fellow residents that reside in those homes have done an outstanding job having MSD finally fix the problem! We were on the news yet again last night which is excellent publicity for us! Being a trustee for my neighborhood this really has been top priority and very concerning for us - but in reality it has been the people that live there, one particular man that has really taken the lead and got things moving in the reconstruction process, Clay!

4 comments:

Jenn's way said...

OH.MY.GOD~ That is very dangerous and extremly serious!!! WTH caused that, just erosion? Those poor families are probably freaking out. How will they fix it, I suppose I should read all about it on the link you provided! SCARY.

Spirit's Breeze Photography personal blog said...

It is complicated, really. Most importantly though is that it is going to be fixed!

Spirit's Breeze Photography personal blog said...

WATCH the video!!!! Lower right corner on Fox's web.

Anonymous said...

That looks very dangerous. Thank God they are fixing it. Any accidents?
Michelle