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Flash Flooding in Dayton

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Channel: WTVC NewsChannel 9 · 2012 · News & Politics

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by Alyssa Spirato Photo Courtesy of: Katie AlldredgeThe fire department jumped into action, Thursday afternoon, rescuing several families stuck in their apartments, in Rhea County. Families tell NewsChannel9 flooding has happened before. They blame their landlord, who also happens to be a city official.It took fire rescue and believe it or not, a boat, to get families like Mike Dinwoodie's to safety.I was in a panic because my daughter has asthma and they said that they had no power. So my first reaction was to try and get my wife and kids and everybody out of my house," says Dinwoodie.The flood knocked out power, and let cars stuck in the mud."My van's pretty much a total loss unless I can find a motor or something for it. We came down here to better our life for our kids, and we weren't expecting nothing like this," says Dinwoodie."How am I suppose to get to work now? I mean, even the total value on my car isn't going to finish paying it off and then what do I do to get another car," says another resident, Allen Alldredge.But this isn't the first time. They dealt with flooding just a month and a half ago. The owner of the property is Dayton Police Chief Chris Sneed. Sneed blames the flooding on the lack of tile under the street nearby. But residents like Alldredge say whatever the cause, they're going through it, because it wasn't taken care of."I've notified the proper authorities. I can't install new tiles under the streets and I'm not in charge of that. So, basically as far as the elevation of our property and what's been built here, it's fine," says Sneed."The last time this happened that they were going to get a backhoe in here and clean it out," says Dinwoodie.Power has been restored to the homes, but the families are still left without air conditioning. Sneed says he plans to bring AC units Friday to the families, so they don't have to deal with the heat.

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