When I went and covered the water main burst in Solvay, I was really surprised to find how easy it is to walk into a flooded street...if you're wearing nice clothing and holding a microphone.
The thing that surprised me the most that I couldn't include in my story was how OLD all of the waterworks are in Central New York are. All of the people I spoke to said that the piping is over one hundred years old! I mean, it's underground piping my GRANDPARENTS used when they were twenty. It's baffling to think that an area with such extreme temperatures would allow something as temperature-sensitive as water piping to age that long.
I also didnt really get to talk about the people who were on the scene. Solvay had recruited companies from outside of the villiage to help drain the water from the streets. It was a really serious issue there. People on the blogs at Syracuse.com are talking about decreased water pressure from Westvale, which is the about three miles away. This is a really big deal; it seems like such a lackluster issue from the front, but it really affected alot of the area.
On a side note: if I can avoid it, I am never going to do a story that involves cooperating with hospital personnel. Dealing with middlemen is annoying as it is, and when you have a deadline, it's so much worse.
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The pipes are THAT old? Yeah it really is quite unbelievable.
And thank you for that ride the other night. You're an angel.
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