From reporter Nicole Neroulias:
Port Chester residents Louie and Donna Miller, of 24 Wesley Road, called 911 at 8:30 a.m. Friday when a station wagon got stuck on their flooded block between Perry and Irving avenues. Two hours later, the abandoned Chevrolet remained parked in the middle of the street, its windshield wipers still swishing back and forth as water slowly receded.
A few blocks away, local firefighters had also rescued another drive from a partially submerged car on the 100 block of Breckenridge Avenue.
Both blocks remained closed Friday morning with police barricades.
“It always gets like this around this neighborhood,� said Louie Miller, whose backyard and basement were under more than six inches of water Friday morning. “I don’t know why people try to drive through.�
The Millers, who have lived in the two-story house since 1975, said flooding had not been this bad in at least seven years.
From the cracks in the concrete basement floor, more water could be seen bubbling up from underground springs as their electric sub-pump labored to bring levels down.
“It’s a geyser down here,� Louie Miller said.
Donna Miller, who received a double lung transplant two years ago, put on a surgical mask when she saw the trapped moisture and said she was also worried about a neighbor with emphysema.
“This is all going to turn into mold,� she said, fearfully scanning the flooding from the top of the basement stairs.