Comments on: Residents Of Areas Still Under Water Seek Help http://www.northescambia.com/2014/05/residents-of-areas-still-under-water-seek-help Local News for Molino, Bratt, McDavid, Century, Walnut Hill, Cantonment Fri, 03 Apr 2026 18:45:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: john http://www.northescambia.com/2014/05/residents-of-areas-still-under-water-seek-help/comment-page-1#comment-266121 john Wed, 07 May 2014 12:58:02 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=177592#comment-266121 The problem in most areas were that the holding ponds filled so fast that water had no place to go. These ponds are not designed for the amount of rain that we had. All the drainage system on Oakfield and Burgess were covered in caked on dirt and leaves and the water could not drain. Had to run down the hill to drain. During Ivan I went down and cleaned 7 drainage holes on Burgess so water could drain. Did not want to go out with all the lighting to do it again. The county doesn't do a good job in keeping the drainage systems cleaned out. They are not pro active they wait for the problem to surface before they do any thing. The problem in most areas were that the holding ponds filled so fast that water had no place to go. These ponds are not designed for the amount of rain that we had. All the drainage system on Oakfield and Burgess were covered in caked on dirt and leaves and the water could not drain. Had to run down the hill to drain. During Ivan I went down and cleaned 7 drainage holes on Burgess so water could drain. Did not want to go out with all the lighting to do it again. The county doesn’t do a good job in keeping the drainage systems cleaned out. They are not pro active they wait for the problem to surface before they do any thing.

]]> By: April Gibson http://www.northescambia.com/2014/05/residents-of-areas-still-under-water-seek-help/comment-page-1#comment-266054 April Gibson Wed, 07 May 2014 00:19:51 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=177592#comment-266054 Thank you so much for reporting this, and for helping get it to the attention of Commisioner Barry! I spoke with one of the Mennonites and he told me they noticed the area wasn't draining so they just went to work on it. In the midst of all the tragedy of the flooding, people doing that out of the goodness of their hearts reaffirms my faith in God and humanity. Thank you so much for reporting this, and for helping get it to the attention of Commisioner Barry!
I spoke with one of the Mennonites and he told me they noticed the area wasn’t draining so they just went to work on it. In the midst of all the tragedy of the flooding, people doing that out of the goodness of their hearts reaffirms my faith in God and humanity.

]]> By: Predra http://www.northescambia.com/2014/05/residents-of-areas-still-under-water-seek-help/comment-page-1#comment-266021 Predra Tue, 06 May 2014 19:41:23 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=177592#comment-266021 Where is FEMA? Where is FEMA?

]]> By: Kristi http://www.northescambia.com/2014/05/residents-of-areas-still-under-water-seek-help/comment-page-1#comment-266010 Kristi Tue, 06 May 2014 17:23:09 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=177592#comment-266010 Exactly Jane!!! Exactly Jane!!!

]]> By: Kay Campbell http://www.northescambia.com/2014/05/residents-of-areas-still-under-water-seek-help/comment-page-1#comment-265983 Kay Campbell Tue, 06 May 2014 13:07:16 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=177592#comment-265983 The drains are not draining in this area either.....it's awful. Three of these houses are my family members and they lost everything. Water was waist deep in their house and had to be rescued by bass boat. They water in the yard was chest high on my 6' nephew......something very wrong with the drainage in this area. The county needs to send an engineer immediately to correct this problem , so that this doesn't happen again. The drains are not draining in this area either…..it’s awful. Three of these houses are my family members and they lost everything. Water was waist deep in their house and had to be rescued by bass boat. They water in the yard was chest high on my 6′ nephew……something very wrong with the drainage in this area. The county needs to send an engineer immediately to correct this problem , so that this doesn’t
happen again.

]]> By: suffering neighbors http://www.northescambia.com/2014/05/residents-of-areas-still-under-water-seek-help/comment-page-1#comment-265968 suffering neighbors Tue, 06 May 2014 12:05:39 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=177592#comment-265968 Thanks so much for reporting this. There are quite a few areas in the Ensley/Cantonment/Gonzalez area which have flooded and have received little or no media attention. Hopefully, the disaster relief organizations are aware of them. If you live in these areas, make sure you report your situation to one of the Disaster Relief organizations such as the one staged at Hillcrest Baptist. If you're in the affected areas, please know you're in our prayers. If you've been helping those in any of the affected areas...make sure you keep in touch with the victims...I think so many of these folks feel isolated/abandoned/forgotten. These folks are going to be dealing with this for quite some time. Let's not forget about them. Thanks to all that have given of their time/money/efforts/sweat/tears to help their neighbors in need. Thanks so much for reporting this. There are quite a few areas in the Ensley/Cantonment/Gonzalez area which have flooded and have received little or no media attention. Hopefully, the disaster relief organizations are aware of them.

If you live in these areas, make sure you report your situation to one of the Disaster Relief organizations such as the one staged at Hillcrest Baptist.

If you’re in the affected areas, please know you’re in our prayers.

If you’ve been helping those in any of the affected areas…make sure you keep in touch with the victims…I think so many of these folks feel isolated/abandoned/forgotten. These folks are going to be dealing with this for quite some time. Let’s not forget about them.

Thanks to all that have given of their time/money/efforts/sweat/tears to help their neighbors in need.

]]> By: Jane http://www.northescambia.com/2014/05/residents-of-areas-still-under-water-seek-help/comment-page-1#comment-265943 Jane Tue, 06 May 2014 09:31:22 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=177592#comment-265943 We have all this flooding here and the County, state and Feds have done nothing to help the problems. The churches and the people have done it. But we can send millions of dollars to other countries, like Afganistan. Something is not right here. We have all this flooding here and the County, state and Feds have done nothing to help the problems. The churches and the people have done it. But we can send millions of dollars to other countries, like Afganistan. Something is not right here.

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