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FORECAST. SHERRY. ALL RIGHT. THANKS SO MUCH, JASON. WE’LL SEE YOU IN A BIT. WITH ALL OF THE RAIN WE’RE EXPECTED TO SEE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS, MANY AREAS COULD ONCE AGAIN GET SOME FLASH FLOODING. ONE AREA AND CITY IN THE CITY OF HOOVER DEALS WITH THIS A LOT. SO MUCH SO IT’S PROMPTED NEW ACTION FROM THE CITY COUNCIL. �������� 13 BRYCE AUSTIN LIVE IN LOCAL TONIGHT. THIS IS ACTUALLY A PRETTY PRICEY INVESTMENT. BRYCE. YEAH. GUY. SHERI. THE CITY PLANS TO SPEND MILLIONS TO PREVENT FLOODING. PEOPLE I SPOKE WITH SAY THEY’RE EXCITED TO SEE THE CHANGES. I FEEL LIKE IT ACTUALLY DOES FLOOD HERE PRETTY OFTEN, JUST BECAUSE SOME OF THE AREAS ARE MORE SHALLOW. THE CITY OF HOOVER PLANS TO SPEND $4 MILLION TO PREVENT FLOODING IN THE CITY. $4 MILLION IS A LOT OF MONEY TO SPEND, SO JUST MAKE SURE YOU DO WHAT YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO DO. SPECIFICALLY, NEAR THE RIVERCHASE GALLERIA, TANISHA WOODS SAYS SHE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN HOOVER, AND WHEN IT RAINS, IT POURS. THE FLOODING KIND OF LIKE CUTS OFF CERTAIN AREAS OF BACK ROADS THAT PEOPLE MAY TAKE AS SHORTCUTS TO GET WHERE THEY’RE GOING. SO THE FLOODING CAN BE VERY INCONVENIENT. HOOVER BUSINESSES ARE NEARLY DROWNING DUE TO RAINY DAYS. BUSINESS SLOWED DOWN A LOT MORE WHEN IT STARTS RAINING BECAUSE FOLKS ARE AFRAID TO GO OUT. TIN NGUYEN MANAGES HOOVER NAILS AND SPA NEAR THE RIVERCHASE GALLERIA AND SAYS BUSINESS IS SLOW WHEN IT FLOODS. I’VE HAD PEOPLE CANCELING TODAY JUST BECAUSE THEY DON’T WANT TO BE OUT IN THE RAIN AND GET STUCK, YOU KNOW. BUT HE ANTICIPATES FLOOD PREVENTION. IT MAKES ME HAPPY TO KNOW THAT THE CITY OF HOOVER IS DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THE FILLING ISSUE. NOW. WE’VE BEEN HAVING ISSUES LIKE THIS FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS NOW. SO I THINK THIS AWARENESS AND THE FACT THAT THEY’RE ACKNOWLEDGING IT IS FANTASTIC FOR THE CITY. WHILE THE CITY PREPARES TO MAKE THE CHANGES, WOOD SAYS HER COMMUTES WILL BE LESS HECTIC, PROBABLY SAFER DRIVING FASTER ROUTES FOR US TO GET TO WHERE WE’RE GOING TO GET OUR KIDS AND. SAFER, JUST, SAFER AREAS. I FEEL LIKE IT MEANS A LOT TO ME, ACTUALLY, AND I FEEL LIKE IT WILL MEAN A LOT TO A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. THE PRESIDENT OF THE HOOVER CITY COUNCIL COULD NOT BE REACHED FOR A COMMENT AT THIS TIME. LI