Clean up continues

Clean up continues The city is furthering its recovery efforts after this week's flood. This is not in one area. That will have to wait until the pumping station is back to capacity, which is still unknown. Around forty people have registered at the agency's shelter at Neebing Arena with more expected. "This is very much a disaster situation and it's not decreasing in fact it is increasing," acting mayor Coun. The city thinks it might be somewhere in an older part of the plant. "This is affecting the whole community. Public meetings will be held Saturday at 2p. "We're getting closer. The Red Cross and Salvation Army are increasing their efforts as well. "It's quite a logistic task to get these people out there," construction association head Harold Lindstrom said. Thunder Bay Fire and Rescue will also assist with the cleanup along with a Mennonite disaster team from Manitoba. "What we're trying to encourage is for people not to cleanup themselves and that's why we want to employ as many qualified people to go in and clean it up," city manager Tim Commisso said. As for the Atlantic Avenue treatment plant, the main pumping station is now dry enough that motors have been removed in order to dry them out and start servicing them. The Salvation Army has been travelling nearly 100 kilometres of roads with its mobile feeding trucks, handing out more than 460 meals Thursday alone. "Our role right now is to ensure that we can help them get the specific aid they need in regards to cleaning up and offering those services to the most vulnerable," spokesman David St. There are already 84 homeowners who have asked for the service. Johnson stressed the need for people to use the city's centralized relief operations instead of trying to get or give help on their own. Clean up continues Trade News selected by Local Linkup on 02/06/2012