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Monongalia County Experiences Fewer Issues From Storm Than Expected

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  • Thursday, May 23 2013 12:17 AM EDT2013-05-23 04:17:00 GMT
    Residents are worried about above-ground sewer lines that were exposed, where sewage was being dropped directly into a nearby creek.
    Residents are worried about above-ground sewer lines that were exposed, where sewage was being dropped directly into a nearby creek.
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    Buffalo Wild Wings in Bridgeport is helping out the Lt. James W. Hotsinpiller Jr. and Deputy U.S. Marshal Derek W. Hotsinpiller Memorial Scholarship Fund.
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    The word "Bistro" means a small restaurant serving moderately simple meals in a modest setting, and that's what you'll find at the Market Bistro in Buckhannon.

Monongalia County may consider itself lucky despite the snowy roads and difficult travel conditions Tuesday morning.

The Office of Emergency Management said the rains predicted for this week would have been the worst the area had seen since the 1985 flood.

And while the snowy roads did make travel more difficult the OEM said the county had fewer issues than it expected.

"Less power outages than we were expecting for the flooding and high winds," said Mike Wolfe, of MECCA 911. "But it gave us a little taste of both, and to realize that to be truly prepared we have to take things seriously, we have to prepare for them, because anything can change at any second."

Mon Power said more than 3,800 customers in Monongalia County are currently without power.