“What’s happening in the watershed in terms of land use and these precipitation patterns means that these boundaries shift.”

“(W)hen hurricanes occur the rainfall associated with them is more intense because of human-induced climate change and Ida will not be an exception."

This week marks ten years since flood waters from Tropical Storm Lee left residents in Owego displaced, without electricy, and scrambling to save their homes. WSKG is sharing some of their stories.

"Our soils aren’t that deep and are full of rocks and clay - if you try to dig around here, it's pretty difficult. So our soils saturate rapidly.”

"They lost it once and they knew what it was like and they didn't want to lose it again.”

"I’ve toured the plant, there’s a huge wall there and they say it’s ready for a thousand year flood. So I’m pretty confident. There’s redundant systems, things are behind concrete walls. So there may be minor destruction but nothing like happened on September 2011."

"I was like, 'oh my gosh, oh my gosh, what do I do?'"

“That doesn’t exist. We don’t have a lot of affordable housing anywhere in Delaware County.”

Students heading back to school may not hear about climate change in the classroom because of outdated science education standards.

“We’re very limited on additional housing solutions in that region, so I’m not sure what the permanent solutions are going to be at this point."