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A4 - The Canadian Champion, Friday, August 8, 2008 GRAHAM PAINE / CANADIAN CHAMPION A worker tries to clear a catch basin to alleviate flooding on Brosse Street Tuesday. Fire department busy as smoke alarms go off -from HEAVY on page Ai underpass; and along Tremaîne Road wbere some cuiverts were over- wheimed. Fortunatey, tisere wasn'î much in the way of collisions. "When we get this weaslser, there aren't a lot ni accidents - everyone stays inside, WVilliams satd. Paul Cnipps, dîrector of the Towns Engineering Services, satd operations staff were out i0 full force, itrst puttîng up signs alerting motonists to flooded roada and then working 10 Unclog drains. But he said he's certainiy_ seen worse -like tbis past spring - and dîdn't think Milton fared îoo badly He said construction sites are partîc- Ulariy prone t0 flooding becaUse the debris iying around can block catch basins. Barry Kory fire prevension inspeesor wîth tie Miltun Pire Department, said the departments dispatcher was kept busy wisb cails front peopie reportng their smoke alansis were going off - somethtng that often happens wtth even vers brief power outages. He reported one car accident tisas was storirirelated on tise westbounci i-wy 401, between Hwyý h and Guelpis Line, but said it wasn't seniouý. 0f course, thîs moss recent stornt N just part osf whas's sbaped up to be an exceptionaiiy wet summer. For the month of July, Basit said there was an average of 156 inillimetres of precipitation recorded across the watershed - thaïs 205 per cent more than what's considered normai, he said, and more than three limes what was received last year. "If you want 10 chalk it Up t0 global warming or seasonal trends, 1 don't know," he said. Siephanie Hounseli can bc reached ai sthiessen@amilioncanadianchampion.cont. Items for Blue Box Items for Garbage Items for GreenCart Rece~- 0?,C¶ograms fk- 5 W t- *Register for Fait & Winter programa for chiidren, youth, aduha and seniors *Community Services Guides arrve Auguat 13 in the Champion, at Town facilities and anime at www.miiton.ca ~~Uph1-perSOfliU~UÇA~ ~c~noIulb~4atup ~iwcçswt~ - hi.oe~ LCBO Bag Ut Back: Retumn Items to The beer Store for a refund of your deposit Beer and wine bottles {glass, aluminum, plastic> Uquor TaIra Pak B ag-in-Box www.halton.calwaste Morea BIue&Greenf a Betr Planet Registration memoas:gu 2 RinOoen h*snwl wmwwmnCa 905-5400or 14-418-5494. ext. 2430 i-o meüaincnrs *Leisure Centre *Sports Centtre *Seniors' Activity Centre *Tomn Hall Annea 555 Fax: 90646j4-3222 ww.ndta.ca rocreatomton.ca 905-878-7252, ext. 2189