Ro mney said he has spoke n withsmall busine ssownersalong the campaign trail – including a rou nd- tabl e dis cuss ion wit h Northeastern Pennsylvania busi- nes s-ow ner s prio r to hisspeec h – andthattheirneedsand Obam a’ s econ omi c pol icie s areoutof sync. Fur nitu reand phot oshauledto theat- tic for protect ion were gone, and theĭus try andhealthcare. He was17 during the ’72 flood, which topped the roof of his family home on Route 11. His bus ines s, T own shi p Aut o on Route11, had 9 feet of water in Septem- ber, compared to the 7 feet recorded un- der another owner in 1972. “Agnes was devastating to more peo- ple, but the communi ties not protected bylevee s gota lotmorewate r thistime ,” said Long. But Agn es stil l stan ds out bec ause Wilk es-Barre, Kingst on, Plymouth and othe r lev ee-p rot ect ed comm uni ties werefloodedback then,Long said.A lev- ee-rais ingproject thatbegan in1997 con- tained the river in September. 66feeton Sep t.8, ne ar ly2 fee t ab ov e the previous record of 40.9 feet on June 24, 1972. Lee was more damaging to his town- ship, which has no levee, because the water was higher. Long, of Plym outhTo wns hip,is a sur - vivor of both top two recor d Susque han- na Ri ve r flo ods cau se d by tr opi cal storms Agnes in 1972 and Lee in 201 1. Agnes stole Jerry Long’s belongings and forced him to move his wedding to another church, but Lee was even more menacingand threa tenedhis liveli hood.
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