More Flooding

For the second time this year, dozens of families are being forced from their homes because of flooding. Some people had just finished cleaning up and moving back in from the January floods. Carroll County Emergency Management Director Dave McDowell told us sheriff's deputies began using sirens Tuesday morning to alert residents to high water. There are 138 homes in this area. Kim Dunn, who had just moved back into her home the night before, said she never heard the siren. She, and a few other residents, are asking for a better warning system. I think she has a good point. Could the EMA/Sheriff's Department/NIPSCO issue different levels of emergency status? If the Oakdale dam starts releasing a certain amount of water (18,000 cfs), then maybe the residents could be paged or called. It's something worth looking into.