Butler County is beginning to dry out after getting a lot of rain over the last three days.
Many areas saw upwards of 5 inches total- some closer to 8.
The incessant rain brought with it some problems, but Director of the Butler County Emergency Services Steve Bicehouse said it could have been much worse.
“Most of the calls centered around our typical storm calls- flooded basements, trees and wires down, roadway flooding. There were a couple of water rescues, mostly overnight Sunday into early Monday,” Bicehouse said. “It’s been relatively quiet considering the amount of rain that we got.”
The head of Butler County’s Water Rescue Team said many local residents heeded the warnings for potential flooding and evacuated themselves over the rainy weekend before they found themselves stuck in a flooded home or on a flooded roadway.
“I think people are finally learning their lesson, and they’re becoming more and more aware of the dangers of the water,” Mark Adomaitis said. He leads the county’s water rescue Team 300.
The team did have to perform several rescues over the weekend, beginning at 2 p.m. Sunday on Sandy Hill road in Middlesex Township.
“A vehicle drove into the water, and the driver had to be helped out of her car,” Adomaitis said.
The most unusual rescue of the soggy weekend happened just after midnight Monday morning on Twin Lakes Road in Jackson Township where three people had to be helped out of their home due to rising waters on all sides.
“Their home was surrounded by about 4 feet of water and we had to go in and rescue them and all of their pets, which included a dozen birds,” he said. “The parrots were not happy to see us.”
Other rescues occurred in flood-proned areas, including near the Pennsylvania American Water treatment plant off Route 38 in Center Township; and on Route 38 itself in Summit Township. Most county roads have reopened and power outages have been restored.
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