By Fred LeBrun
Keeping up with the aftermaths of the various calamities suffered by
the little village of Hoosick Falls requires checking off quite a
laundry list, and just keeps growing.
On July 1, there was the flash flood that tore up the village when
normally placid Woods Creek, which flows beneath much of the village
through decrepit infrastructure, became decidedly unplacid. The village
remains in clean-up mode, and probably will for some time as Mayor Rob
Allen struggles with crafting short- and long-term solutions to yet
another water problem for Hoosick Falls.
On Thursday, the mayor met with representatives from the Federal
Emergency Management Agency, part of the slow, complicated process for
getting a federal disaster declaration from FEMA. If successful, the
feds will pay most of the flood damage to the village's infrastructure.
The mayor could not hazard a guess how costly that will be. Short term,
the way the rubble was moved from the flood, while unsightly, has
created something of a temporary diversion for excessive water flows
which should mitigate immediate concerns, says the mayor.
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Source: timesunion.com (via The Empire Report)
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