COMING
IN
THE NEXT
WEEK, WE
% CAN
KICKING
OFF
SOME
% COLLABORATIVE
REPORTING
WITH
OUR
% COLLEAGUES
AT
WISCONTEXT ON
THE
% TOPIC
OF CLIMATE
CHANGE
AND
% FLOODING.
% IN RECENT
YEARS, TORE
REN
CHEL
% RAINS
AND
RAINS
AND
FLOODS
HAVE
% CAUSED
MILLIONS OF
DAMAGES I
N
% DAMAGE.
% 500-YEAR FLOOD
EVENTS
ARE
% BECOMING MORE
COMMON.
% ZAC SCHULTZ
TRAVELING
TO
SAWYER
% COUNTY.
% WE'LL
HEAR
WHY
HIGH
WATER
AND
% HEIN
NOR
!
PERMANENT
!
FLOODING
ARE
PERMANENT
FIXTURES
% IN
SAWYER
COUNTY.% >>
SANDY
FEELS
LIKE
MOST OF
THE
% WATER
IN
SAWYER
COUNTY COMES
% THROUGH HER
BASEMENT?
% >>
THIS
WHOLE
AREA
FLOODS
AND
IT
% COMES IN
EVERYWHERE.
% >>
AFTER
HEAVY
RAINS,
THE
% GROUNDWATER SPRAYS
INTO
THE
% BASEMENT.%>>
IT'S
LIKE
SOMEONE I
S
STANDING
% WITH A
SQUIRT
GUN BEHIND THE
% WALLS AND
JUST
IT
COMES
THROUGH
% EVERYWHERE.
% >>
WHEN
THE
FORECAST
CALLS
FOR
% HEAVY
RAINS,
SANDY
CAN'T
SLEEP.% >>
VERY
OVERWHELMING.
% ALL I
DO
IS
RUN
BACK
AND
FORTH
% BETWEEN
THE
TWO
HOUSES
AND
MOVES
% PUMPS AND
HOSES.% >>
BUT
SANDY
SAYS
IT
WASN'T
LIKE
% THIS
WHEN
SHE
BOUGHT
THESE
% HOUSES.
% THIS CREEK
AND
POND
WOULD
% OCCASIONALLY
DRY UP.
% >> LIKE I
SAY,
THERE
WASN'T EVEN
% WATER
IN
THIS
CREEK.
% I
MOWED
ACROSS
IT.
% >>
THE
WATER
LEVEL
IN
PLACES
% AROUND SAWYER
COUNTY
IS
JUST
% HIGHER
THAN
IT'S
EVER
BEEN.% >>
IT'S
AT
THE
BOTTOM OF
THE
% DRAINAGE SYSTEM
SO
IT
HAS
% NOWHERE TO
GO
FROM
HERE.
% >>
THE
FIRE
CHIEF
AND
PUBLIC
% WORKS DIRECTOR FOR
THE TOWN
OF
% HAYWARD HAS
BEEN
MONITORING
THIS
% ROAD.%>>
THERE WOULD BE
STRUCTURE
% ISSUES
THAT
HAVE TO BE
% ADDRESSED.%>>
HE
CAN
FIX THE
ROAD,
BUT
THE
% BIGGER
QUESTION
IS
HOW
SOON
WILL
% HE
HAVE
TO DO
IT
AGAIN?
% >>
ARE
WE
GOING
TO
BE
ADDRESSING
% THESE PROBLEMS
CONTINUALLY
FOR
% THE NEXT
20,
50
YEARS?% >>
YOU
CAN
SEE
THE
FULL
REPORT
% NEXT
FRIDAY
FOLLOWED
BY AN
% INTERVIEW
WITH
STATE
% TRANSPORTATION
SECRETARY DID HE
% DESIGNEE
CRAIG
THOMPSON.
% WILL
CUSHMAN
REPORTS
H
OW
OTHER
% COMMUNITIES ARE
GRAPPLING
WITH
% REBUILDING
AFTER
REPEATED
% FLOO