In the wake of what Borough Officials are calling horrible flooding just last week, Meyersdale council members held a meeting with the public and emergency officials.
Tonight, our Baylee Wojcik was there and tells us what they discussed and how they’re moving forward.
Area leaders walked through the Borough’s response to the flooding and proposed several action plans to potentially prevent disaster in the future and make repairs following last week.
While the streets of Meyersdale are no longer filled with water, borough officials spent Monday evening discussing the events that took place that made the region look like this.
They say that in the midst of Tuesday’s chaos, they could not be more thankful for the local Volunteer Fire Departments, Police Departments and Community Members.
“And even the people itself. I mean, we didn’t have any looting or trying to get in properties or anything. We had just the opposite. We had neighbors helping neighbors, which was great to see.”
Now borough officials are looking for a plan and some relief. One council member proposed a meeting with emergency officials to develop a new flood plan for future disasters.
“What used to be considered a 100 year flood plan. With the changes in the weather patterns, you know, it could be a 20 year like in our lifetimes. We could see something like this again and just take everything into account with all the right people, put all our heads together.”
Council members also discussed an upcoming multi-agency resource center, which will soon be located in Meyersdale, to help County residents easily access recovery information.
Several borough officials also mentioned grant programs that they plan to apply for while the area recovers.
“We’re doing, what we can as much as we can do to help our residents here with this flooded basements and damages and things like that.”
Council members are now encouraging donations to the Meyersdale Volunteer Fire Department, which lost an engine amidst the flooding.
A Red Cross Resource Center will also be available at the Fire Department from May 22nd until the 24th. If you need relief from the Red Cross, call 1-800-733-2767