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 IN
DAMAGE.
500-YEAR FLOOD EVENTS ARE
BECOMING MORE COMMON.
ZAC SCHULTZ TRAVELING TO SAWYER
COUNTY.
WE'LL HEAR WHY HIGH WATER AND
HEIN NORPERMANENTFLOODING 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 IS 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 HOW OTHER
COMMUNITIES ARE GRAPPLING WITH
REBUILDING AFTER REPEATED
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