The Bordertown Flood series tells the stories of Central Vermonters experiencing the 2023 flood disaster.
Today we welcome Lalitha Mailwaganam. Lalitha moved to Vermont from Malaysia in 2002. She is a single mom to two teens, a dog, two cats and a couple of chickens. She is an avid gardener, enjoys cooking, dancing and music as well as getting outside and appreciating the natural beauty of Vermont.
You can donate to the Montpelier Food Pantry at Just Basics.
You can also donate to the broader flood effort at Montpelier Alive.
Special thanks to Ward Joyce for his generous support of this podcast
Music for this Podcast - "Right In Tune" by Railroad Earth
Bordertown is an ecomedia project coming to you from the Upper-Winooski watershed in central Vermont. Our goal is to serve as an instrument for relationship building and communication, and to encourage the conversation around resiliency, equity and justice. Our intention is to celebrate life and community - and to help create conditions for all life to thrive.
The Floods in Vermont: On July 11th A State of Disaster was declared for all 14 counties of the state of Vermont after extensive rain in two days triggered the worst flooding since Tropical Storm Irene in 2011. The National Weather Service reported unofficial rainfall observations for a 38-hour period with 6.82 inches at the Montpelier airport, 7.8 inches in Barre and up to 8.65 inches in Andover
Winooski River at Montpelier, capital city of Vermont - jumped by over 14 feet in the space of 20 hours. The Winooski finally crested at 21.25 feet, well above Major Flood Stage of 17.5 feet