Irvington picks up after tornado
Wednesday, October 24, 2007By KATHERINE SAYRE and RYAN DEZEMBER
Large chunks of the roof of Robert Morrison's boat shed, just south of his brick house on Irvington's Memory Lane, lay in piles on the grass Tuesday.
"What's left of it -- the rest of it went that way," Morrison said, pointing to the northern end of the street, where a twister blew through Monday.
As residents of southern Baldwin County dealt with the effects of flooding from heavy rainfall, the residents of Memory Lane and Walker Road in Mobile County continued to clean up from the tornado that tore through their enclave, damaging between 15 and 20 homes and properties in the area, emergency officials said.
In southernmost Baldwin County, municipal employees continued to address flooding that plagued certain areas.
Kit Alexander, Orange Beach's director for engineering and environmental services, said low-lying spots such as Bear Point and the neighborhood around Cotton Bayou fared the worst, particularly in older subdivisions that were built upon filled wetlands.
In response, city workers were using pumps to move water from deluged streets and yards to nearby canals and studying the flooding to figure out where to install new drainage systems next year, she said.
In Gulf Shores, city employees continued around-the-clock to pump water from the East 21st Avenue neighborhood -- where some homes were filled ankle-deep with water on Friday -- and clear out clogged drainage ditches and culverts, Public Works Director Mark Acreman said.
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