Floods

“It’ll make homes less affordable than they already are, and that’s already an issue that we have in the city."

“These aren’t small repairs. A furnace is anywhere from $2,000 to $4,000.”

“It’s like a race against Mother Nature."

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

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.

"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."

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

“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."

"If you look at what’s happening in the school alone, you’re talking multi-million dollars worth of damages throughout our communities.”

"While there are shipping interests and energy interests and environmental interests, the human interest, specifically, the residents and business owners along the shore are first and foremost in my mind."