subject: Atlanta - When It Rains [print this page] "Atlanta experienced heavy rains last year"Atlanta experienced heavy rains last year. It had caused flooding that lead to the destruction of many properties. Ten died while around $500 millions plus cost of properties were damaged.
The flood surpassed the water level of dams, making it the worst flood catastrophe in the history of Atlanta. In fact, the amount of rain was said to be equivalent to 500 years of floods.
Rain started falling on September 15, 2009 around the Atlanta area and continued until the eighteenth of September, although it was only on the nineteenth that heavy rain started to pick up with a recorded 3.70 inches of rainfall from morning to around 8pm. Some areas in Atlanta had a 5-inch rain fall and it continued for 13 hours or more. It was made clear to the people in Atlanta to not drive around because the road was already flooded. Because transportation become so difficult, many schools were closed. Water levels in the Chattahoochee River raised up to 20% which is reported to be the second highest in its history. This was the reason why the Peachtree-Dunwoody road bridge was destroyed. The second largest sewage treatment in Southeastern United States, the R.M. Clayton Sewage Treatment Plant located near the river, had its water level rising by 4 feet as the water levels on the river continued to rise. Aside from the R.M. Clayton Plant, Kellogg Company was also forced to close down due to the rising floods.
Because of the flooding in many areas of Atlanta, the government of Georgia declared a request for disaster. By twenty-fourth of September, President Barack Obama approved the declaration being filed for all the 17 counties of Georgia as requested by its presiding governor. This shows that each county, not only the ones near a great dam or river, should have a disaster preparedness committee that could act decisively during catastrophes like this to lessen the damage. But what's best for Atlanta right now is to continue recover from the disaster it has encountered.
The flood brought it with a lot of bacteria and fungi, thus, all the flood victims need to clean up their house. Your house can be destroyed with fungi since it can weaken its foundation. Not only that, these microorganisms can cause a lot of skin diseases like allergies and rashes. On the other hand, fungi is just part of your problem. This is because floods bring with it a lot of bacteria that can be harmful to our health and can cause a lot of diseases. The best thing is to get rid of them as soon as possible.
