Some may blame climate change, and the intensity of recent storms, and I’m sure that is part of it. The house next to that has suffered the same fate. The poor young couple who bought it, has been displaced three times in three years.
The house next door didn’t flood even with hurricane Floyd, but in the last three years, it has had up to 10” of water inside. Who is measuring and how is that determined, because things have definitely gotten worse.
Yes, every new development must submit stormwater management plans to the township, but do those plans only protect the new construction from flooding? It is my understanding that new developments are not required to make things better for those of us downstream, but they certainly are not supposed to make it worse. As big, new developments have popped up along Valley Creek, one has to wonder how all the building and impervious ground cover impacts those of us downstream. There are two streams that wind through our development Valley Creek and an unnamed stream. We are one of (if not the) lowest point in the Whiteland valley. Meadowbrook Manor built in the 1950s before anyone ever thought about floodplains or storm water management. And they sent me a little statement as well which I am sharing with my readers verbatim:
Some folks from Meadowbrook Manor in West Whiteland have asked me to share the photos you see in this post and the videos.
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