Lisle Residents Vent Flood Frustrations at Meeting

About 200 residents filled Trinity Lutheran Church on May 9 for a meeting about flood relief and recovery in the Village of Lisle, a meeting that turned into a display of residents' anger towards the Village, the Chicago Tribune reports.

According to the paper, residents spent the two-hour meeting asking why they were ill-notified of flood danger, and expressing frustration that their limited options seemed to be either destroying or elevating their houses or accepting county buyouts.

"I'm angry," the paper quoted Debra Schulz, a Four Lakes resident, telling the Board. "When I was evacuated, the firemen said it would be 'three days, now get in the boat.' I was then told it would be two weeks, and then a month. And now I'm told it will be the middle of June."

Mayor Richard Broda responded that "this particular storm and the flash flood came very fast... there was no way to warn people early enough, and I apologize for that. We were trying to save lives," the paper said.

"We have limited resources, and Lisle is doing everything we possibly can to get through this situation. We're doing the best that we can to help people get back into their homes."

Read the full story at the Chicago Tribune website.

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