2 wil l addan est i- mated 10,000 Luzerne County prop erties to a high-ris k flood zone, requir ing the own ers to co mp ly wi th toug her buil d- ing regu lations and pu rc has e flood insurance ifthey hav e out - standing mort- gages. New federal flood maps that tak e eff ectNov. Jim Br oze na wor ries thou - sands of Luzerne County proper- ty owners have no idea they’re abou t to get hit with a pri cey floodinsurancebill and constru c- tion restrictions on their land. She’ s gr ate fu l fo r the ro of ov er he r he ad The optimi stic messag e is hard for Jea- nette to accept as she waits for contrac- tors to finish the elevation and repair of herhome in Falls, Wy omingCounty. Inside the trailer that Jeanette and El- izab ethshare, a sig n hang s abo vethe tel e- vision – one of the few pers onal posses- sions she was able to save as the knee- deep water rushed under her home last summer. T wen- ty-nine have moved out, leaving 84 trail- ers still occupied in the county. In Luzern e County, 113 househ olds wereplaced in traile rs. Y ou’r e not home.” Line and her daughter are one of 195 Penns ylvani a house holds affec ted by Tr opical Storm Lee living in trailers pro- vided by the Fede ral Emer genc y Manag e- ment Agency. “It’s like Dorothy says in the Wizard of Oz ‘There’ s no place like home,’” she said. Jeanette Line said so outside the mo- bile home in Tu nkhanno ck T ownshi p where she is livin g tempor arily. The trauma hasn’t ended for Jeanet te Line, her daughter Elizabeth or the 194 other families still living in government- issued trailers 10 months after Septem- ber’s flooding. Before they did, a man in an ATF T-shirt could be seen mea. Inside the apartment, au- thor ities began cove ring the windows with black plastic to preve nt onlooker s from seeing in. The excepti on was Holmes’ apartment building, where au- thoritieswere still collectingevi- dence. All haz ar ds ha ve be en re - moved from Holmes’ apartment and resi dent s in surr oundi ng buildings can return home, po- lice said. His ap art me nt wa s rig ge d with jars of liquids, explosive s and chemicals that were booby trap pedto kill“whoeve r ente red it, ” Au ro ra Po lic e Chi ef Dan Oate s said,notingit lik elywould have been one of his officers. Auth oriti es on Satur day re- moved dangerous explosive ma- te ri al s fr om in si de Ja me s Holm es’suburba n Denv er apart - ment a day after police said he opened fire and set off gas can- isters in a suburban theater min- utesintothe pre mie reof theBat- man film “The Dark Knight Ris- es.” The attac k left 12 people dead and 58 injured. AUR ORA,Colo.- Theshoot- ing suspect who went on a dead- ly ram pag e insi de a Colo rado theater planned the attack with “calculation and deliberatio n,” police said Saturday, receiving deliveries for months which au- thorities believe armed him for battle and were used to rig his ap ar tm en t wi th do ze ns of bombs.
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