Roughly 60 people showed up to a meeting at a church in Harrisburg Friday night, to sound off about the sinkholes that are making their lives a mess.
Most of those people were very angry. Some are forced to live in hotels and others who stayed have no water. The good news is that late next week, their water and sewer will be back on.
One Harrisburg resident said, "I just don't think this is being taken care of properly, I just really, really don't."
Another resident, Alan Kennedy-Shaffer said, "I say to Governor Corbett, call out the National Guard. I am a member of our National Guard, and i am ready to serve."
But harrisburg Mayor Linda Thompson says she's received no support from the Governor. She's just as frustrated as the 60 harrisburg residents who attended the meeting are.
One resident said, asking isn't working. "We need to stop asking. We need to start demanding. Because that right there is a travesty even God himself would say there is something definitely wrong here."
Harrisburg Mayor Linda Thompson says that residents should be able to be back in their homes late next week. That's when the temporary water and sewer work will be completed.
Construction should be finished the following Tuesday, but there's a lot more work that needs to be done. The pipes under the city date as far back as 1887!
Residents say the Mayor should have seen this coming. "I don't understand why last summer, that hole was there when the dump truck fell in and somebody came and somebody came and set a trash can in it so cars could go around it."
One woman yelled out that she believes they're not getting the help they desperatley need, because it's a race issue. But Mayor Thompson assured residents that was not it. "Tonight here we're willing to take our hits and assure you that this is not a black thing and anyone who says that listen, I am for our community, I am one of you."
The Red Cross will be handing out water Saturday from 9 am until noon at the church on 4th and MaClay Streets.
The Mayor says crews will work to fix these sinkholes during the day. They can't work on them at night because officials say it's too dangerous.
Most of those people were very angry. Some are forced to live in hotels and others who stayed have no water. The good news is that late next week, their water and sewer will be back on.
One Harrisburg resident said, "I just don't think this is being taken care of properly, I just really, really don't."
Another resident, Alan Kennedy-Shaffer said, "I say to Governor Corbett, call out the National Guard. I am a member of our National Guard, and i am ready to serve."
But harrisburg Mayor Linda Thompson says she's received no support from the Governor. She's just as frustrated as the 60 harrisburg residents who attended the meeting are.
One resident said, asking isn't working. "We need to stop asking. We need to start demanding. Because that right there is a travesty even God himself would say there is something definitely wrong here."
Harrisburg Mayor Linda Thompson says that residents should be able to be back in their homes late next week. That's when the temporary water and sewer work will be completed.
Construction should be finished the following Tuesday, but there's a lot more work that needs to be done. The pipes under the city date as far back as 1887!
Residents say the Mayor should have seen this coming. "I don't understand why last summer, that hole was there when the dump truck fell in and somebody came and somebody came and set a trash can in it so cars could go around it."
One woman yelled out that she believes they're not getting the help they desperatley need, because it's a race issue. But Mayor Thompson assured residents that was not it. "Tonight here we're willing to take our hits and assure you that this is not a black thing and anyone who says that listen, I am for our community, I am one of you."
The Red Cross will be handing out water Saturday from 9 am until noon at the church on 4th and MaClay Streets.
The Mayor says crews will work to fix these sinkholes during the day. They can't work on them at night because officials say it's too dangerous.