TOLEDO, OH (Toledo News Now)
Toledo Mayor Paula Hicks-Hudson spent time Thursday listening to residents’ stories and looking at storm damage after recent flooding.
“It’s just important for people to be able to see a face and to know that we do care, that we’re trying to do the best we can to alleviate the situation in the future, long-term solutions that we’re looking for,” the mayor said.
Kathryn Plock was one resident visited by the mayor. She was one of many residents affected by the storm. She says she’s lived in the area of Poinsetta and Burnham avenues since 1961 and has seen her fair share of flooding.
“Back in ’06, we had up to the ceiling,” Plock said.
Thankfully, that wasn’t the case this time around, but her basement wasn’t spared completely.
“I had about four inches in the basement,” she said. “After you’ve lived here that long, you just expect something. We used to have furniture and everything [in the basement], TV in there and everything, and got rid of all that.”
Mayor Hicks-Hudson is currently in talks with the Ohio Emergency Management Agency to get federal funding for a pump station in Plock’s neighborhood.
Click here for the city’s Guide to Basement Flooding. Visit the city’s website for more information on flooding prevention. Apply for the Lucas County Job and Family Services PRC plan here.
