Fighting the flooding in Hermosa
Eric Wilcosky of the city’s Public Works Department consults with Superintendent Mike Flaherty from atop the crawler loader Wilcosky uses to remove giant sand clogs from the town’s big storm drain pipes. Photo As a series of storms pounded the South Bay, city workers once again concentrated their attention on keeping open the large outfall pipes that carry rivers of rainwater from the roads to the beach. “There’s a lot of rain, but we’re keeping up with it,” said Public Works Superintendent Mike Flaherty as he crisscrossed the town in his white municipal pickup truck Monday afternoon, monitoring the outfall work and surveying low-lying parts of town, where heavy rains often cause some flooding in residents’ homes. “Beach Drive isn’t flooding,” Flaherty noted with pleasure as he rolled passed the narrow, low-lying road that runs parallel to The Strand. Flaherty said some flooding would likely occur during the week of rain, but as of 1:30 p.m. Monday none had been reported. Over the previous four days, Hermosans had trouped to City Hall to pick up 20 cubic yards of sand and about 3,000 sandbags to dam the coming waters. In addition Flaherty and his crews stood ready with 300 to 400…
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