{"id":59,"date":"2013-03-03T16:41:45","date_gmt":"2013-03-03T21:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/03\/what-the-sewer-system-is-currently-doing-to-our-backyards-gabe-fisher.html"},"modified":"2013-03-03T16:41:45","modified_gmt":"2013-03-03T21:41:45","slug":"what-the-sewer-system-is-currently-doing-to-our-backyards-gabe-fisher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/03\/what-the-sewer-system-is-currently-doing-to-our-backyards-gabe-fisher.html","title":{"rendered":"What the sewer system is currently doing to our backyards &mdash;Gabe Fisher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Received today in response to\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2013\/03\/the-rest-of-the-story-on-waste-water-tim-carroll.html\">\nTim Carroll&#8217;s email.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=s4C6PeoYfXs\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b017ee8e7adfa970d\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b017ee8e7adfa970d-pi.jpg\"    \/><\/a>\nAll, Gabe Fisher here\u20142420 Meadow Brook. I do not currently\nhave the time, nor mental capacity to fully think through this\nissue, but I want you all to see what the sewer system is currently\ndoing to our backyards.\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=s4C6PeoYfXs\">\nThis video<\/a> was taken today, in by backyard,\nafter the flood. It has been spilling at least at this same rate for\nthe last 7 days.\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s4C6PeoYfXs\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<small>\nWhat the sewer system is currently doing to our backyards \u2014Gabe Fisher\n<br \/>\nVideo by Gabe Fisher, Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 3 March 2013.\n<\/small>\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThis contaminated water breached my crawlspace, around 24&#8243; deep, and\nmust absolutely be dealt with ASAP. What is the city going to do for\nme, and my neighbors who are in this same situation??\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThere is no other word for it\u2014I am pissed. I have seen zero\nresults since the flood in 2009. Yes, maybe receiving 12&#8243; inches of\nrain is an act of God, but that does not account for all the man\nmade structures that force the flood waters higher at my location,\nnor other obstacles it must overcome to quickly and efficiently\nescape our area\u2014such as the train trestle along Gornto. And it\nabsolutely does not account for the city&#8217;s poorly planned sewer\nsystem..\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThis isn&#8217;t the first sewage spill since the flood of\n2009\u2014there have been countless others in my area. I have\nphotos and video evidence of at least 5 that would likely be\nclassified as &#8216;major&#8217;.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThis cannot and will not be &#8216;swept under the rug&#8217;.. I am still\ncurrently upside down on my property due to the flood of 2009 and\nthis current flood has only further degraded my property&#8217;s value.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nGabe\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nLooking at his address in the Lowndes County Tax Assessor&#8217;s maps,\nand turning on Flood Map, Lakes and Rivers, and Aerial Photos,\nyou can see that his property and most of all his neighbors&#8217;\nlots are in the flood plain:\n<\/p>\n\n<!--more-->\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/8526097040\/sizes\/z\/\" title=\"Floodplain\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\"  src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8516\/8526097040_13544fbdcb_z.jpg\" alt=\"Floodplain\"><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\nI wonder why did the City of Valdosta (or the County of Lowndes; whichever\nhad jurisdiction at the time) ever let any of those houses be built?\nThis is not a question for Gabe Fisher, since he most likely had nothing\nto do with that.\nIt&#8217;s probably not even a question for the current council and commission\nmembers, since they probably weren&#8217;t serving at the time that decision\nwas made.\nIt&#8217;s a question for the local governments.\nAnd now that they have houses built in flood plains,\nwhat do they plan to do about it?\n<\/p>\n<p>\nI asked Gave Fisher if he minded if we post his video, and he responded:\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\nGo for it.. Also watch WCTV tonight at 6. We just spent the last\nhour talking with them about the sewage problem.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThanks, Gabe\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2013\/03\/the-wwtp-is-firing-back-up-as-we-speak-tim-carroll.html\">\nTim Carroll&#8217;s response<\/a> follows.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n-jsq\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Received today in response to Tim Carroll&#8217;s email. All, Gabe Fisher here\u20142420 Meadow Brook. I do not currently have the time, nor mental capacity to fully think through this issue, but I want you all to see what the sewer system is currently doing to our backyards. 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