In our story Thursday about Jerald Shea and the winter flooding of his property, we failed to clearly state that part of Mr. Shea's complaint is that the town pumped water onto his property.
Mr. Shea feels this is a significant action by the town that contributed to the damage to his house.
Bethany Highway Superintendent Paul Fleming confirmed the town did pump the water, however, it was to prevent Paradise Road from flooding. The drainage pipe under Paradise Road was frozen solid, Fleming said, so instead of the water flowing under the road as it normally would, it flowed over the road. Either way, Fleming said, the water would flow south to north onto Mr. Shea's property.
It seems pretty simple to me.
It seems pretty simple to me. The town caused the damage and is responsible for the repairs!
Agreed Bob! Yes that water
Agreed Bob! Yes that water may have traveled to his yard at some point but not as quickly as it did being pumped there!
And if the pipe under the
And if the pipe under the road was frozen, then the ground was probably frozen, not allowing the water pumped onto the property to seep into the ground as it would normally do. Maybe this did not cause his problem, but it did not help.
Seems to me that if your
Seems to me that if your pumping water, then you make at least a token effort to check the pathways of the drainage of your pumping to make sure it isnt making even worse trouble down the line. It seems the town should bear the full responsibility and make good instead of giving the run around.
you break it, you fix it.
you break it, you fix it. pretty simple to me
Howard - what have you done
Howard - what have you done with your real readers.... 5 comments (6 if you count me), and THEY ALL AGREE WITH EACH OTHER!
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#6...as Dave wrote - you break it, you fix it.
If my sump line freezes and I
If my sump line freezes and I run another and it ruins my neighbors house I pay for the damage . Not only ethical but part of city code and im sure Bethany also says you are responsible for runoff to make sure it is not to damage other property. This is Simple The Town ia clearly at fault and gravity would not have inundated the property as quickly as a pump.