La Grange officials and representatives of the Metropolitan Water & Reclamation District (MWRD) held a special meeting Oct. 18 to explain the causes behind the record summer floods that filled the basements of many homeowners, and also to detail the solutions they are pursuing in an effort to prevent future flooding events.
There's little sense in repeating here the details found in last week's online coverage of the meeting by other La Grange news operations. One can read those by clicking here, here and here.
Also, video coverage of the entire meeting, which lasted more than two-and-one-half hours can be found on the village's official website. By the way, we applaud the village for its recent decision to post videos of some of its meetings online, in addition to showing them on cable television public access channels.
That said, some La Grange Today readers may find value in watching an excerpt of the meeting, taken from our own footage, in which Community Development Director Patrick Benjamin and Village Engineer Tom Heuer review some of the steps homeowners might take to mitigate flood damage.
These flood prevention tips may not stop a cascade of water rolling off the country club grounds from smashing through your basement window wells, but village and MWRD officials say they are working to prevent a recurrence of that unforeseen nightmare.
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Posted by: nfl jerseys | June 07, 2011 at 01:17 AM
Once a house has been flooded, dealing with it will be difficult. So it's necessary for homeowners to prevent that from happening. In their basement, molds will surely stay once the flood water has been drained, so cleaning it as soon as possible will be important.
Posted by: Emerson Paynode | July 12, 2011 at 08:14 AM