Lake Bonny residents create a petition for independent examinations for flooding according to Milton

Lakeland, Fla. – – A group of residents of Lake Bonny collects signatures for their petition, in which an independent examination is required about how the floods according to the hurricane Milton have taken place and how the local guides plan to take them again.

Local perspective:

Jan Morsey is still not back in her house on Lake Bonny.

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“We had to take out every wall,” she said. “We all lost our furniture. All of our devices. Everything.”

The background story:

Hurricane Milton led devastating floods that took weeks for the state officials and the Army Corps of Engineers industrial pumps to bring the water to the Lake Parker.

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Morsey and her neighbors recently created a petition, in which an independent examination of the causes, management attempts and the lack of efforts of flood protection by the city of Lakeland, Polk County and the Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFMD).

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“We don't want money or money,” said Morsey. “We only ask for security and security, so that this does not happen to another municipality, since the infrastructure with the way in which Polk County and Lakeland is available here cannot cope with the drain.”

What you say:

Nicki Aldahonda-Ramirez had to evacuate through the window after feet water infiltrated her home on Little Lake Bonny. She is already concerned about the water level in her back yard because it is as high as during the hurricane Debby.

“If the city only listens to us and came out and our country would see – we asked it several times. I asked it [commission] Meet and then came out when we showed them how destroyed they were. After that we didn't see her, “said Aldahonda-Ramirez.

Homeowners also require the disclosure of maintenance records for drainage systems, long -term reduction efforts, including the formation of a citizens' committee committee and local leaders who take proactive steps before the next storm season arrives.

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“Every time there is a rainstorm, there is panic attacks because we know that the water level appears a little more, a little more and a little more,” said Morsey.

What's next:

So far, the homeowners have collected a few hundred signatures and plan to put the petition online in order to achieve as many people as possible.

The other side:

A city spokesman said a water sheath for Lake Bonny was underway. His goal is to identify possible flood sources and potential flood relief options. It started in the last week of January and is expected to be completed by April or May.

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