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Originally Posted by Griff
I wasn't sure why you didn't want this flood to be serious, but being that it was the most serious flood in Binghamton since 1935, I suppose it must be your political agenda.
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Worse flood than 1972 Agnes? So what changed? Was it really a big flood? Was it created by man (for example in NY that may not install flood control on all new construction)? Or was it really nothing more than the local gossip hyping a story? If the flood in Binghamton was so bad, then why was it a non-event just downriver in Wilkes Barre - that does flood planning since 1972?
I see nothing that justifies all this hype. So I took an all day bike ride up towards Reading - downriver of that big orange spot. Nothing. No serious flooding. Just the usual flood plain soil replenishment and dirt where roads were too low.
If Binghamton had serious flooding, then Binghamton has serious planning and code enforcement problems in and upriver of Binghamton. Sounds like a manmade problem to me.
To repeat a primary point: where problems existed, then the town / region must fix their problems. This was not a Big One. And what I 'want' is not even stated or implied. It was only a serious flood where man has failed to act responsible - and will be worse later if what 'was only a warning' is not heeded. It was not a major news story as we all saw in national news. But then things close to NYC too often get more hype.