Massive Floods In Milwaukee And Moving Forward

I'm Dan Schaefer, let's recombobulate.

In early August, massive flooding hit Southeastern Wisconsin, in which summer calling a thousand

year rain event.

One Milwaukee County official even likened it to experiencing a hurricane.

Because of that, it is imperative that elected officials and public institutions step up and

help people in this hour of need.

We've seen a tremendous amount of support from first responders all over the region, and

we should all be grateful for their dedicated work.

Beyond taking care of these immediate needs, we need to be making sure our infrastructure

in the region is built to withstand greater amounts of rainfall coming due to climate

change.

Many of the wettest years in Milwaukee's history have occurred over the last decade.

But reports have indicated that Milwaukee's Green Seams program, implemented after floods

in 1997, helped mitigate some of the damage from recent flooding.

We need more programs like that if we're going to build for a safer, more resilient future.

And all of Dan's work at the recombobulation area.