TROUBLED WATERS
From the time the first big waves slammed onto the Lake Ontario shoreline in March 2017, south shore residents have been shouting the same refrain across the water: The lake is too high and it's the International Joint Commission's (IJC) fault — or at the very least it's somebody's fault.
Troubled Waters explores the impact this flooding had on homeowners and business owners and what has happened since the waters receded.
SPECIAL REPORTS
ONGOING COVERAGE
Looking back at the devastation
Sodus Bay hammered
Flooding caused lots of damage in the spring of 2017 on Sodus Bay. Residents say the IJC's acceptable water level for Lake Ontario puts the land underwater.
(Courtesy: Bob Bloomer)
Sodus Bay hammered
Flooding caused lots of damage in the spring of 2017 on Sodus Bay. Residents say the IJC's acceptable water level for Lake Ontario puts the land underwater.
(Courtesy: Bob Bloomer)
Sodus Bay hammered
Floodwaters ripped through homes on Sodus Bay last spring thanks to rising Lake Ontario water levels. Rosa and David Fox were left to deal with the damage.
(Courtesy: Rosa and David Fox)
Sodus Bay hammered
Floodwaters ripped through homes on Sodus Bay last spring thanks to rising Lake Ontario water levels. Rosa and David Fox were left to deal with the damage.
(Courtesy: Rosa and David Fox)
Sodus Bay hammered
Floodwaters ripped through homes on Sodus Bay last spring thanks to rising Lake Ontario water levels. Rosa and David Fox were left to deal with the damage.
(Courtesy: Rosa and David Fox)
Businesses take a hit
Green Point Marina in Sandy Creek, on the east side of Lake Ontario, also had to deal with floodwaters in the spring of 2017. Flooding damaged businesses like Green Point Marina up and down the shoreline.
(Courtesy: Cathleen Goodnough and Cheryl Yerdon)
Businesses take a hit
Green Point Marina in Sandy Creek, on the east side of Lake Ontario, also had to deal with floodwaters in the spring of 2017. Flooding damaged businesses like Green Point Marina up and down the shoreline.
(Courtesy: Cathleen Goodnough and Cheryl Yerdon)
Homes on water's edge
As the spring of 2017 wore on, Lake Ontario homeowners saw their backyards that separated their homes from the lake dwindle. And dwindle. Rick Davis, of Hamlin, chronicled as his backyard tumbled into the lake, forcing him to saw off a newly built deck off the back of his home.
(Courtesy: Rick Davis)
Homes on water's edge
As the spring of 2017 wore on, Lake Ontario homeowners saw their backyards that separated their homes from the lake dwindle. And dwindle. Rick Davis, of Hamlin, chronicled as his backyard tumbled into the lake, forcing him to saw off a newly built deck off the back of his home.
(Courtesy: Rick Davis)
Homes on water's edge
As the spring of 2017 wore on, Lake Ontario homeowners saw their backyards that separated their homes from the lake dwindle. And dwindle. Rick Davis, of Hamlin, chronicled as his backyard tumbled into the lake, forcing him to saw off a newly built deck off the back of his home.
(Courtesy: Rick Davis)
Homes on water's edge
As the spring of 2017 wore on, Lake Ontario homeowners saw their backyards that separated their homes from the lake dwindle. And dwindle. Rick Davis, of Hamlin, chronicled as his backyard tumbled into the lake, forcing him to saw off a newly built deck off the back of his home.
(Courtesy: Rick Davis)
Homes on water's edge
As the spring of 2017 wore on, Lake Ontario homeowners saw their backyards that separated their homes from the lake dwindle. And dwindle. Rick Davis, of Hamlin, chronicled as his backyard tumbled into the lake, forcing him to saw off a newly built deck off the back of his home.
(Courtesy: Rick Davis)
Homes on water's edge
As the spring of 2017 wore on, Lake Ontario homeowners saw their backyards that separated their homes from the lake dwindle. And dwindle. Rick Davis, of Hamlin, chronicled as his backyard tumbled into the lake, forcing him to saw off a newly built deck off the back of his home.
(Courtesy: Rick Davis)
Homes on water's edge
As the spring of 2017 wore on, Lake Ontario homeowners saw their backyards that separated their homes from the lake dwindle. And dwindle. Rick Davis, of Hamlin, chronicled as his backyard tumbled into the lake, forcing him to saw off a newly built deck off the back of his home.
(Courtesy: Rick Davis)