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Moving up Gene Rossetter stands in front of his flood-damaged home as workers he hired move it to higher ground away from the Tippecanoe River. Rossetter said he felt Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO) should have foreseen the need to release more water ahead of recent storms that caused flooding. "They used to do it all the time," he explained. "I don't know why they stopped, but it's a big problem for those below the dam." He said he received a check from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to rebuild but was not going to use taxpayers' money for the work until it was moved to a safer location. "I'm going to move my house before NIPSCO causes it to get flooded again," Rossetter said Friday. "I feel bad using taxpayers' hardearned money when NIPSCO caused the problem. It's the same for a lot of us along the river. It'll just happen again if something isn't done." Comet photo by Kevin Schnepp
Moving up Gene Rossetter stands in front of his flood-damaged home as workers he hired move it to higher ground away from the Tippecanoe River. Rossetter said he felt Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO) should have foreseen the need to release more water ahead of recent storms that caused flooding. "They used to do it all the time," he explained. "I don't know why they stopped, but it's a big problem for those below the dam." He said he received a check from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to rebuild but was not going to use taxpayers' money for the work until it was moved to a safer location. "I'm going to move my house before NIPSCO causes it to get flooded again," Rossetter said Friday. "I feel bad using taxpayers' hardearned money when NIPSCO caused the problem. It's the same for a lot of us along the river. It'll just happen again if something isn't done." Comet photo by Kevin Schnepp
