Robert Cairns at the Walton Reporter published a story on Facebook today about the outlook for Thursday's flooding in Delaware County. In short, it's looking bad.
Cairns reports that Delaware County Emergency Services Coordinator Richard Bell is expecting Delhi and Walton to get two more feet of water than they did during last fall's October 1st flood:
Bell said flood waters in Delhi and Walton could rise as much as two feet higher than than a flood last fall, reaching 14 feet in Walton. "That's going to be more than last year's event, but less than 1996," he said. The level of the west branch of the Delaware River reached 16.8 feet during that flood and was much higher during the historic flood of 2006.
In his note, Cairns also announced that the Reporter is planning to cover the flooding tomorrow in real time, via its Twitter feed and its Facebook page. We heartily approve.
