Comments on: Atmore Officials: Florida Road Design Is Causing Alabama Flooding

By: FL Girl

FL Girl — Sun, 27 Mar 2016 17:51:48 +0000

No one ever seems to mention how Atmore pollutes Pine Barren Creek. Years ago you could drink the water out of the creek. Then Atmore found it to be a convenient sewer for themselves. In many states, Atmore would be in deep do-do for what they are doing to the creek.

As Atmore grew and increased the amount of blacktop that creates more run-off, the creek has suffered, as well as the highways and bridges downstream. Atmore has polluted both Pine Barren and Boggy Creek that I know of. You can actually smell sewage in Boggy Creek, which comes from Atmore’s “water treatment” facility.

In Atmore, both business and residential areas, I remember ponds existing when I was very young. Today, the water they held back then is funneled to Pine Barren Creek. Atmore needs holding ponds for their runoff.

By: Wonder

Wonder — Sat, 26 Mar 2016 23:59:08 +0000

Wonder if someone lays eyes in them pipes if a Beaver is getting in there and packing mud and sticks to make a dam. Simple solution. Put a grate over and check to make sure the Beaver didn’t tear it back to daub it back up. Country common sense.

By: Kane

Kane — Sat, 26 Mar 2016 17:50:14 +0000

@Just Sayin… Katrina hit in 2005 that makes it just about 10 years ago people we live in Florida learn your damn history. Yes this seems to me to be an Alabama problem the flow starts on their side and should be controlled by them. Alabama should pay for the construction or devise another way to handle the water flow.

By: Southern Belle aka Georgette Harris

Southern Belle aka Georgette Harris — Sat, 26 Mar 2016 14:54:13 +0000

The politics in Escambia County Fla. cannot make any progress on this situation without paying some engineer-survey contractor a couple of hundred thousand dollars to “STUDY” the problem and make sure that water runs down hill first.

By: Mom

Mom — Sat, 26 Mar 2016 09:35:46 +0000

It was Hurricane Dennis, & maybe Atmore just needs to keep the debris from clogging unless they think Fl aught to do that too.

By: Just saying

Just saying — Sat, 26 Mar 2016 01:48:15 +0000

Hurricane Erin and Opal hit in1995 that was 21 yrs ago and Ivan it in 2004 that was 12 years ago. Just saying

By: Willis

Willis — Fri, 25 Mar 2016 23:05:55 +0000

About 10 years ago was Hurricane Opal. Lots of things flooded.

These pipes were here long before Atmore upgraded their canal systems helping the water to run faster and long before most of the homes that would be claimed to have been flooded because of them were built.

By: Oversight

Oversight — Fri, 25 Mar 2016 22:45:17 +0000

CW…. You understand my point exactly. 113 project benefited Florida; we paid to upgrade it. With that said, replacement of the culvert system on Greenland Road would benefit Atmore so Atmore should pay for it. Otherwise, only one flood in 60 plus years doesn’t create an emergency on Florida’s part. By the way, what happened a little over 10 years ago that would contribute to a blockage? Hurricane Ivan’s aftermath that’s what.

By: CW

CW — Fri, 25 Mar 2016 18:13:50 +0000

@oversight

The widening of 113 was done for Florida’s benefit since it is a hurricane evacuation route.

Anyways, looking at Google Earth I dont see any problems downstream with increased flow through Greenland Rd, as long as the bridge on hwy 4 can handle it.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 25 Mar 2016 16:55:03 +0000

Sounds like the problem is on the FLA side, so FLA is responsible. So, the burocrats (heehaw) need to take the months it will need to form comittees, schedule meetings, hold plate dinners, & or whatever else time needs wasting to get this problem solved, including holding auctions or bidding wars amongest contractors. Hwy engineers, traffic planners, irrigation & fluid dynamics specialists and scientists enlisted, wildlife impact studies done, deal with Audubon Society protests, on & on, ad nausea.

All this may cause dizziness, but seems necessary, if homes are getting flooded. Think of the lawsuits that might arise if i FLA is in fact legally deemed culpable in this.