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Thursday, March 28, 2024

Byram residents make flood preps

Credit: WAPT
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Byram residents make flood preps
Byram residents make flood preps
City leaders say the flood could be so bad it could displace hundreds.

AT CITY HALL TOHEAR FROM RESIDENTS WHO AREDEALING WITHFLOOD ISSUES FROM THIS WEEK'SHEAVY RAINS... LEADERS SAY THATEVENT IS JUST A PRELUDTO WHAT MAY BE ON THE HORIZON... BYRAM CITY HALL WAS THE LOCATIONFOR ACRITICAL MEETING...CITY, COUNTY, AND STATEOFFICIALS ON HANDHEAR CONCERNS FROM RESIDENTS...ON THE HEELS OF FLASH FLOODINGDAAGO...MORE WATER COULD BE COMINGAGAIN...TIMOTHY JERNIGAN SAYS HIS HOMEIN BYRAMESTATES HAS BEEN EXPOSED TOFLOODINGTOO OFTEN...THANKS TO SEVEREWEATHEREVENTS..IT HAS BEEN A MESS...WE HAVE MUDEVERYWHERE, WATEREVERYWHERE.

WE HAVE STILLMOISTURE IN THE HOUSE, THAT THEWATER HASN'T RECEDED YET BUTSYLVIA WATLEY SAYS AFTER 13YEARS IN HERHOME IN THE BRANCH CREEKSUBDIVISION, THISIS A FIRST...SATURDAY'S FLASH FLOODSURROUNDHER HOME WITH WATER, AND CAUSEDDAMAGE..IT CAME IN THROUGH THE GARAGE,IT DID DAMAGE TO MY CARPET, ANDJUST THROUGHT THEHOUSE.

SO I'M GONNA JUST HAVE TOHAVE RESTORATIONDONE WITH THATBUTT THESE SOTS TOGETHERI'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT THE MAYORAND EVERYBODY HAS BEENCONCERNED, AND COMING UP WITHSOME SORT OF SOLUTIONS.

NOW WEJUST NEED THE CORPS OF ENGINEERSTO GET ON BOARD, AND UM THEBOARD OF SUPERVISORS, AND THESTATEMAYOR WHITE SAYS HE IS HOPEFULTHATRESIDENTS CAN GET THRU THISWEEKENDWITH LIMITED DAMAGE, AND HEBELIEVES HEKNOWS WHAT THE SOLUTIONS TOFUTUREISSUES COULD BE.WE'RE GONA PUT A DETENTION PONDIN NEAR THE STREET...THAT WILLHELP IT ON FLASH FLOODING, WHEREWE CAN HOLD THE WATER, AND LETITGO WHEN WE WANT IT TO.

THAT'SGONNA MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE TO PREPARE FOR POTENTIAL PEARLRIVERFLOODING, BYRAM OFFICIALS SAY...KEEP YOUR STORM DRAINS CLEAR OFGRASSCLIPPINGS AND LEAVES...IF YOU SEE A SINK HOLE OVER ACULVERT, LET THECITY KNOW.ALSO, THERE ARE SANDBAGSAVAILABLEDAVIS ROAD PARK...YOU'LL HAVE TOFILL THEM YOURSELF...AND, EMAIL THE CITY ABOUT ANYISSUES YOUSEE...IN THE NEWSROOM, TROYJOHNSON...16 WAPNEWS AT 10... WITH THE PEARL RIVER ALREADYABOVE TH

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