Casper flooding shouldn’t be bad, expert says

CASPER, Wyo. (Wyoming Information Now) – Spring-like climate could be a welcome feeling for many. However after final week’s file setting blizzard in Natrona County…

Might the hotter temperatures additionally create some issues?

As three-or-more ft of snow begins to soften in Casper, it creates what’s known as stormwater. All stormwater finally drains into the stormwater system, which can have some residents nervous about potential flooding. However Sanitary and Stormwater Supervisor Krista Johnston says residents of Casper shouldn’t have an excessive amount of to worry.

When requested if the entire world was going to flood, and if we should always construct an ark, Johnston replied, “We’re not going to flood at this level, from the snow occasion we had final week. Happily it’s warmed up slowly sufficient, that it melted off and didn’t trigger flooding. If we get clogs within the pipes or the storm drains themselves, that may result in localized flooding and sadly property injury. And we need to forestall that in any respect prices.”

Johnston desires residents to recollect they’ll play a significant function in stopping residential flooding… By protecting gutters and drains away from litter and particles, which helps forestall the pooling of stormwater.

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