{"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<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2013\/03\/the-rest-of-the-story-on-waste-water-tim-carroll.html\"><br \/>\nTim Carroll&#8217;s email.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=s4C6PeoYfXs\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b017ee8e7adfa970d\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b017ee8e7adfa970d-pi.jpg\"    \/><\/a><br \/>\nAll, Gabe Fisher here\u20142420 Meadow Brook. I do not currently<br \/>\nhave the time, nor mental capacity to fully think through this<br \/>\nissue, but I want you all to see what the sewer system is currently<br \/>\ndoing to our backyards.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=s4C6PeoYfXs\"><br \/>\nThis video<\/a> was taken today, in by backyard,<br \/>\nafter the flood. It has been spilling at least at this same rate for<br \/>\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><br \/>\nWhat the sewer system is currently doing to our backyards \u2014Gabe Fisher<br \/>\n<br \/>\nVideo by Gabe Fisher, Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 3 March 2013.<br \/>\n<\/small>\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThis contaminated water breached my crawlspace, around 24&#8243; deep, and<br \/>\nmust absolutely be dealt with ASAP. What is the city going to do for<br \/>\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<br \/>\nresults since the flood in 2009. Yes, maybe receiving 12&#8243; inches of<br \/>\nrain is an act of God, but that does not account for all the man<br \/>\nmade structures that force the flood waters higher at my location,<br \/>\nnor other obstacles it must overcome to quickly and efficiently<br \/>\nescape our area\u2014such as the train trestle along Gornto. And it<br \/>\nabsolutely does not account for the city&#8217;s poorly planned sewer<br \/>\nsystem..\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThis isn&#8217;t the first sewage spill since the flood of<br \/>\n2009\u2014there have been countless others in my area. I have<br \/>\nphotos and video evidence of at least 5 that would likely be<br \/>\nclassified as &#8216;major&#8217;.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThis cannot and will not be &#8216;swept under the rug&#8217;.. I am still<br \/>\ncurrently upside down on my property due to the flood of 2009 and<br \/>\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,<br \/>\nand turning on Flood Map, Lakes and Rivers, and Aerial Photos,<br \/>\nyou can see that his property and most of all his neighbors&#8217;<br \/>\nlots are in the flood plain:\n<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/8526097040\/sizes\/z\/\" title=\"Floodplain\"><br \/>\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<br \/>\nhad jurisdiction at the time) ever let any of those houses be built?<br \/>\nThis is not a question for Gabe Fisher, since he most likely had nothing<br \/>\nto do with that.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s probably not even a question for the current council and commission<br \/>\nmembers, since they probably weren&#8217;t serving at the time that decision<br \/>\nwas made.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s a question for the local governments.<br \/>\nAnd now that they have houses built in flood plains,<br \/>\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<br \/>\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\"><br \/>\nTim Carroll&#8217;s response<\/a> follows.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n-jsq<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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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