If kids are tearing up your lawn, call the police. Patterson reminded residents to help their neighbors with their pumps and run their downspouts over the berms if possible. That would be the weakest spot. If you can't get to the berm, use a pump and get rid of the water right away. He reminded them that if the river level is over the top of the street, water will come out of storm sewers and flood the street.
Sandbags are to be used to protect each storm sewer infrastructure.
A resident suggested moving the berms 10 feet east after the river recedes. Glen Mathiowetz of MR Paving and Excavating said others have asked him about what to do with the fill. Patterson said something long-term needs to be done but its not as simple as moving berms 25 feet east. We talked about that after the 1997 flood and we didn't get a grant. We had the '97 and '01 floods.