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70th Year, No. 42 Freeport, N.Y. 11520
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WATER RISING: The scene on Guy Lombardo between Grant and Robert Street Friday evening, October 14.
Baldwin firefighters fight the flood
by Joan Delaney
Baldwin Fire Department volunteers, under the direction of Chief of Department Joe Bacherty and Deputy Chief Douglas Weidmann, responded to 51 flooding-related alarms on Friday, October 14.
According to Fire Department spokesman Jerry Brown, the flooding was not caused by overflowing bulkheads, but rather by the low water table as water seeped up through the ground. A 40-year resident of Barnes Avenue told Mr. Brown that it was the worst he's seen in four decades.
The alarms included responses to electrical fires caused by the flooding as well as" the setting off of carbon monoxide alarms. There were three medical aided responses and two pedestrians struck by cars. Also, the
explosion of a transformer left the fire headquarters without electricity and they had to use an emergency generator.
An electrical fire in a ceiling light at Baldwin Senior High School caused the school to have to be evacuated in the midst of the Friday downpour.
By Saturday, while residents bailed out basements, the fire department received only a dozen calls and was "back to normal." Volunteers had been on stand-by on Friday because of the sheer volume of calls.
Oddly, areas of north Baldwin on Forest Avenue, south of Centennial Avenue, which had flooded in the . Spring on a day when there was a huge volume of rain, "didn't have a puddle," according to Mr. Brown.
Help may be on the way
In a letter to public officials, from Governor Pataki to Congressman Peter King and Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy, to Senator Charles Schuraer to County Executive Thomas Suozzi, Legislator Dave Denenberg {I9th LD) asked that the Federal Emergency .Management Agency (FEMA) declare Nassau County a disaster area from recent rains so that fmanfcial assistance for-flood responses and flood insurance can be secured.,
"The flooding is causing extensive damage
to people's homes, as well as to public and private property," the letter continued.
Mr. Denenberg asked that FEMA guidelines be instituted that would provide that "federal and state procedures necessary be taken to secure financial assistance for flood response and for flood insurance to be available to my constituents."
If you have had damages due to the storm contact the Nassau County Office of Emergency Management at 573-0636 to fill out forms or go online at www.co.nassau. ny.us/oem/home. html.
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| Title | The-Leader_2005-10-20 |
| Subject | Newspaper |
| Description | This is a Newspaper distributed locally within the Village of Freeport and Baldwin. |
| Creator | Linda Toscano |
| Publisher | L & M Publications, Inc. |
| Contributors | Scanned by Imaging & Microfilm Access, Inc. (Bohemia, NY 11716) |
| Date | 2005 |
| Type | Periodical |
| Format | PDF; TIFF |
| Source | Freeport Memorial Library |
| Language | English |
| Coverage | United States |
| Rights | This digital image may be freely used for educational uses, as long as it is not altered in any way. No commercial reproduction or distribution of this image is permitted without written permission of the Freeport Memorial Library, 144 W. Merrick Road, Freeport, NY 11520 or email: frreference@freeportlibrary.info |
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