MADISON IS ANOTHER AREA
HIT HARD BY TODAY'S
FLOODING.
CHECK OUT THIS AERIAL
VIDEO BRANDON SENT TO US
THROUGH
USHARE. DOZENS OF
PEOPLE WERE RESCUED THIS
MORNING WHEN THE CREEK
RUNNING THROUGH TOWN
TURNED INTO A RIVER. THE
TOWN HAS SEEN FLOODING
BEFORE, BUT SEVERAL LOCALS
SAY THIS IS AS BAD AS IT
GETS.
YOU CAN SEE AND HEAR THE
FORCE OF THE WATER IN
MADISON. IT'S THE RESULT
OF NEARLY NINE INCHES OF
RAIN IN JUST THREE DAYS.
NAT
RESCUE CREWS ARE BUSY,
WITH FRONT END LOADERS
AND
BOATS HELPING PEOPLE
ESCAPE SILVER CREEK. THE
WENTWORTH FIRE DEPARTMENT
HAS BEEN
MANNING THIS CORNER ALL
MORNING.
"OFF OF THIS CORNER HERE,
ALONG WITH MADISON FIRE,
THEY'VE GOT SOME JOHN
BOATS OUT HERE AND THEY
WERE BRINGING PEOPLE IN
AND THEN WE WERE PUTTING
THEM
IN THE BACK OF THE PICKUP
AND MADISON AMBULANCE
WAS TRANSPORTING THEM OVER
THE THE ARMORY
WHERE THEY WERE FINDING
SHELTER OVER THERE. WE'VE
HAD QUITE A FEW, I WOULD
GUESS 15 OR 20," TERRY
RECK
FROM WENTWORTH FIRE RESCUE
SAYS.
BUT SOME PEOPLE WERE
CONTENT TO JUST WAIT FOR
THE WATER TO GO DOWN.
"THERE'S STILL SOME DIE
HARDS
THAT ARE SITTING OUT ON
THEIR PORCH TAKING IN THE
SCENERY, HAVING A CUP OF
COFFEE, BUT EVERYBODY
SEEMS TO BE ALRIGHT NOW,"
SAID RECK.
MARK EBEN AND ROY LINDSAY
ARE LIFE LONG RESIDENTS.
BOTH SAY THIS FLOOD IS AS
BAD AS ANYTHING THEY'VE
EVER
SEEN. "I REMEMBER, I THINK
IT WAS
LIKE IN 1962 STANDING HERE
WITH MY DAD AND WE
FLOATED HOUSES THEN," MARK
EBEN SAYS.
"THIS HAS BEEN THE WORST
FLOOD THAT WE'VE HAD
SINCE 1993," ROY LINDSAY
SAYS. THIS MORNING, EBEN
HELPED
HIS RENTER ESCAPE FROM
THIS HOUSE.
"MAIN THING IS FROM WHAT I
UNDERSTAND, EVERYONE IS
SAFE. NO FATALITIES AND
THAT'S REALLY WHAT IT'S
ALL
ABOUT, KEEPING EVERYONE
SAFE." SAID EBEN.
LINDSAY, WHO IS A FORMER
MAYOR, SAYS THE CITY MADE
SEVERAL IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE WATERWAY THAT
KEPT THIS FLOOD FROM BEING
WORSE.
"BEHIND ME USED TO BE A A
FLOWER SHOP AND THE CITY
PURCHASED THAT WHILE I WAS
MAYOR MOVING IT OUT OF THE
FLOODWAY. YOU CAN SEE THAT
NOW THE FLOOD
WATER CAN MOVE THROUGH
THAT AREA EASIER AND
QUICKER." LINDSAY SAYS
HE'S PROUD TO
SEE FIRE RESCUE AND CITY
EMPLOYEES IN ACTION. LIKE
THIS MAN WHO HAD TO WADE
OUT TO THE WASTEWATER
TREATMENT PLANT. BUT
LINDSAY DOES HAVE THIS
WARNING. "DO NOT WALK INTO
THE
WATER. YOU DON'T KNOW IF
THE GROUND UNDERNEATH
HAS BEEN WASHED AWAY AND
YOU ALSO DON'T REALIZE
THE AMOUNT OF POWER WATER
HAS WHEN IT'S MOVING. IT
TAKES VERY LITTLE TO TAKE
YOU OFF YOUR FEET AND THEN
ONCE YOU'RE ON THE GROUND,
THE CURRENT HAS CONTROL,"
SAID LINDSAY.
BE CAREFUL IF YOU'RE
DRIVING IN THE MADISON
AREA. HERE'S
A LOOK AT THE ROADS AROUND
