DThe city planner took out a map of Dernau from the box. This place belonging to the Altenahr community was hit hard by the July floods. The planner Claudia Kolle drew a gray box with a yellow highlighter. It represents the house and represents a kind of destiny. The two blue lines on the map show how far the water has flowed. They ran to the bank far away from the usual bank of the Aar River and passed through the box.22nd day after surgery floodToday is Thursday, and Kolle missed the injury. The city government must report the estimate to the Arweiler district in order to pass it on to the Rhineland-Palatinate state. The reconstruction fund will be jointly decided by the prime ministers of the federal states and the federal government next Tuesday. Need numbers.
Therefore, the planner Kolle marked the damaged houses in orange and the destroyed houses in red. It records how high the water level is here and there. If the basement is flooded, she will write “25%” after the black line. The first floor is also full of water, fifty percent. If the water reaches the first floor, it is 75%. “How much money do we have on Ahrstrasse”, a colleague familiar with Delnau asked the planner Kolle. “50%,” he said.
“There is half a meter of dirt on it”
Next point: “How much can you lose under local conditions?”-“You can make the bridge red,” the man said. That was ruined. Kolle asked to build another bridge. “It’s damaged,” Dernauer said. “Gas station?” —”Gas station is demolished.” Red box. “But is the train station still there?” The man nodded. “What about the sports field?” — “There is half a meter of mud on it.”
Kolle took a green pen from the table next to the hotel restaurant, and they put it in the city hall effortlessly. It is located on a hill in Kalenborn, Altenahr is a neighboring town and belongs to the association of the same name. There is electricity and internet. The city hall was flooded. She used a green pencil to outline public buildings and areas, sports fields, playgrounds, and cemeteries. The man said he was very well prepared. Even candles have been set, and flowers have been brought on Friday. A comfort. The conversation with local colleagues from Dernau is one of many steps to get an overview.
Aerial photos helped by the Bundeswehr
The urban planner’s work is based on aerial photos taken by the Kopernikus satellite, which other experts have previously evaluated, marked with yellow and red dots and sent them to her. She is making fine-tuning here with a colleague, turning everything into a plan and counting. Sometimes a bunch of red dots is just a campground. Then it will not be included in the plan sent to that country. Now it’s about buildings and a lot of money. To check how severe the house was affected, she used aerial photos.This Armed forces Riding a tornado over the Ahr Valley and took a reconnaissance photo.
