[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 131 (Wednesday, September 16, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H9554]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF HURRICANE FLOYD

  (Mr. LANCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. LANCE. Madam Speaker, Wednesday and Thursday mark the 10th 
anniversary of Hurricane Floyd, a storm that battered the east coast 
from North and South Carolina to New Jersey.
  The damage from Floyd was estimated at $250 million in New Jersey, 
including close to $100 million in Bound Brook and Manville in my 
congressional district, when more than 13 inches of rain fell and 
flooded rivers into homes, businesses and streets, forever changing the 
face of both communities.
  Ten years later, Bound Brook and Manville have implemented important 
flood control efforts in preparation for the next Floyd. A complex 
flood control system of walls and levees is being built around Bound 
Brook. Manville police and fire personnel now have boats and sirens to 
alert and assist residents. Bound Brook also has an emergency 
management team of 25 members that communicates with the community if a 
flood is coming.
  On Thursday, I hope to join residents of Bound Brook in celebration 
of the reopening of the historic Brook Theatre, a century-old venue 
severely damaged by the flood. The Brook Theatre reopening is a symbol 
of triumph and rebirth of the towns devastated by Hurricane Floyd 10 
years ago.

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