The next 24 hours are going to be the most crucial on this. The question will be whether we can escape this with just a minimal amount of rain or end up seeing some additional flooding. |
The storm has arrived -- finally. |
There are definitely going to be lessons we'll be taking away from this, |
There are ongoing discussions that we think will lead to a settlement with the Department of Justice. |
There's the potential for all sorts of problems all over the state. |
These weren't life-threatening conditions. These were just things the staff on site thought needed more attention. |
They are working upstream with dams that hold back other ponds and other lakes. They are trying to slow the other water down. But it is not going to be a solution because there is only minimal amount of capacity up there. |
They want to vote on a plan and don't have any idea of what it will cost. |
They were knocked off their feet. People were clapping and cheering for them. There was weeping and hugging, all this emotion. There wasn't a dry eye in the place. |
They're not talking major stuff yet. It won't be anything like it was last weekend. |
This was the widest-spread flooding event we've ever had in the commonwealth. Literally every stream (and) small river at some point exceeded its banks. |
We came here to win medals; when my guys are in tears it's tough. |
We could have had a lot more wind damage, certainly. And the rain, we ended up on the low end of the scale of what we could have gotten, around 2 inches around the state. We managed to avoid the worst-case scenario. |
We have to keep everybody sharp and ready. There's a real possibility we could be mobilized again with little notice. |
we'll roll with the punches. |