The videos are up and running at myvaresources.com video files. It’s a 4 parter this time.
On another note: despite the additional flooding at the Emporium and Depot, the Emporium is hoping to reopen the front of the building in the next few days. We have discovered that while the Town’s sandbags on the sidewalk do not stop the flooding from near daily rains, it does reduce it significantly. Removing of those sandbags, without making some changes in the curb and gutter will be disasterous, so I hope the sand bags will stay in place until something is done. (Maybe they’ll put some of those planters that are preventing handicap access to the sidewalks on the other side of Cambria along side the curb, replacing the sandbags. It would look better.) The Toy Store, in the Depot, unfortunately, will be closed for a few more weeks for repairs. The Norfolk Southern Railroad is trying to help without even being asked, but their help will do little to prevent the continuing damage from runoff that we have been fighting for years on both buildings down there. It is with some irony that when I find myself standing out in the rain trying to divert runoff water so that it goes into the drain rather than up on the sidewalk that I remember that Cambria was once a separate community from Christiansburg. It was when the government of Cambria found itself unable to provide adequate water, sewer, and stormwater management, that Cambria trustingly turned itself over to the Town of Christiansburg for better service. Perhaps, if history repeats itself, it will be the Town of Christiansburg, one day in the future, that will have to turn the reins over to the Town of Blacksburg or Montgomery County because they can no longer provide for the safety and well-being of citizens. After all, what goes around….comes around.
Oh…and check out this blog on Bacon’s Rebellion. Interesting stuff!
