Pompton Dam News Today

Another winter storm is set to hit Tuesday and it is bringing concerns of flooding for New Jersey, Long Island and power outages in New York.

Another winter storm is set to hit Tuesday and it is bringing concerns of flooding for New Jersey, Long Island and power outages in New York.

and it did. but the folks downstream say they are paying the price, fining homes and businesses submerges, and residents say the flooding is more severe and more frequent. the cause for this alone $21.6 million, your dollars, and my guest who lives here says her home is right now sitting under 6 of water because of it and joins me on phone. how are you doing? >>guest: doing fine. trying to stay calm. and, really, upset with this whole situation. like i was telling my neighbors, this sh...

unfortunately. >>neil: what is the dole with the bridge? what happened? >>guest: i will give you a little bit of history. (inaudible) the history of the flooding at the lake, it was floating every 10 to 15 years and many of the neighbors and i bought homes at a wonderful community, wonderful school system to raise our children. little did we know in 2005 the army corps of engineers filled what is called pompton dam and we told it was to alleviate some of the flooding that happened ever...

A wonderful community, wonderful school system to raise our children. little did we know in 2005 the army corps of engineers filled what is called pompton dam and we told it was to alleviate some of the flooding that happened every 10 to 15 years and we were really happy about it. thats when our nightmare started and we realized we are flooding every year. you know what? it is very scary. the force the water comes down, the speed the water comes down to us is up believable and what i am trying t...