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Sebastian resident says city crews prevented home flooding after canal breach
Summary
Arnold Ring, a Sebastian resident, told the meeting that a clogged catch basin caused a canal behind his house to breach; he said he called the city and crews arrived within about 20 minutes, preventing water from entering his home. A city agency official described 24/7 monitoring and storm staffing.
Arnold Ring, a Sebastian resident, told the meeting that a canal behind his home began breaching early in the morning and that city crews arrived quickly after he reported a clogged catch basin, averting what he called a near miss with his house.
Ring said he walked through what he described as almost knee-high water to inspect a catch basin and found it clogged with debris. "It was almost 5:30 at that point," he said, and his wife helped…
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