Text Box: BLOCKED DRAINS (FROM PAGE 1) street repair. Town Councilwoman Nancy Long said the cost of doing just one street is about $1 million dollars and the town doesn't have the money to do every street. Ms. Fordham suggested the town ''float a bond'' or get the money from the county. She also said that with the county planning for construction of a bike path on MacArthur Blvd., this is the perfect time to discuss storm water management issues. Councilmember Steve Matney repeatedly stressed that this was what he termed ''a 400-year-flood'' and that the county wouldn't implement major changes based on one event. He suggested documenting a history of water drainage problems over a period of time as away of proving a problem exists. Clerk Cathie Polak said the storm sewer system in the area is ''inadequate'' to handle the water that flows from Bannockburn into Glen Echo. Councilmembers Matney and Eve Arber said the roughly half-dozen people who turned out to complain about flooding was the largest crowd to attend a council meeting in a very long time. They said they welcome the input, but also noted the e-mail list that's been created isn't being used by a lot of residents. Councilwoman Long said the flooding problems that were detailed aren't within the full power of the council. She said the town will work to get the appropriate people from the county to come to a meeting to hear about the problem. We pay for storm water management, she said. ''This isn't management.'' She also suggested that all residents look at their properties, see where the water is coming from, and try to develop a way to keep it from entering their homes. The town will also look into hiring an engineer with expertise in drainage problems to analyze the situation and see what options are available. . Text Box: STORM WATER (FROM PAGE 1) dry vacuum. At the bottom of Wellesley, the torrent of water “literally peeled asphalt off of the street and much of it piled up at the Cornell Ave. dead end, reported Craig Hanna. They experienced the same kind of basement flooding as others described, with the accompanying carpet soaking. On University Ave. Gloria Levin said water streamed in from a large window well and she couldn’t bail it out fast enough to prevent soaking of her new carpet. On the other hand, Sally Law responded that they were “nice and dry” after having done drainage design and water management preparation, especially necessary since there is a natural spring under the house. Currently all cement at her Tulane Ave. structure slopes away from the building and underground channels have been dug that connect to two sump pumps working in the basement. Raya Bodnarchuk of Harvard Ave. also was pleased that a drainage design and sump pump put in a few years ago corrected a previous cellar flooding problem. Text Box: Text Box: DAMAGE FROM NPS TREES? Anyone who feels their property was damaged by trees on National Park Service property during the recent storm needs to file a claim directly with the superintendent's office. The address is: Superintendent George Washington Memorial Parkway Turkey Run Park McLean, Va. 22102