Danville Mayor Scott Eisenhauer has announced that area residents who have been evacuated because of the flooding can get assistance at the David S. Palmer Arena. The Mayor says the American Red Cross is going to be manning a shelter at the Palmer Arena, which is located at 100 West Main in Danville.
The Red Cross will be providing staffing, cots and food. The shelter is for any area residents who have been evacuated due to flooding.
[These photos were taken at Danville’s Ellsworth Park Wednesday morning, February 21, 2018 by Bill Pickett. Note the walk bridge where flood waters have made the bridge temporarily inaccessible. You can click on the photos to enlarge them.] Ellsworth Park is an area where flooding has occurred many times before when the Danville area is hit by heavy rain.
