My Life on The Lake
Exploring Lake Bonny Community Life
in the aftermath of a catastrophic event
Citizens for Flood Prevention-Lake Bonny
Our team
Citizens for Flood Prevention-Lake Bonny is comprised of residents from neighborhoods surrounding Lake Bonny, and represents a cross-section of the community's diversity. Each member experienced, first hand, the devastation brought on by The Flood.
We advocate for the following:
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Improved infrastructure and equipment including, pumps and measuring tools, culverts, trenches and tunnels which may require regular monitoring or maintenance, especially during the rainy season to guarantee the movement of water from one place to another to avoid flooding
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Improved communication and cooperation between agencies and residents, including a citizen's oversight committee, comprised of non-government citizens from the community to monitor and review the actions of specific entities
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EBS alert system, much like Amber Alert, to keep residents apprised of the possibility of severe flooding in their area. This way, all forms communication technologies are used... (cell phones, TV, radio). The list of demands will change as the needs of our community changes.
Jan Morsey
After her Lake Bonny home was flooded by hurricane Milton and the City of Lakeland's poor planning, Jan became one of the key voices behind the Lake Bonny community group, advocating or practical, lasting solutions rooted in community collaboration.
She is a Registered Nurse and Certified End-of- Life Doula who brings decades of health care leadership and heart to everything she does. When she's not helping others, she enjoys gardening, blogging and spending time with her husband and their spirited pack of Mi-Ki dogs
Nicole Aldahonda-Ramirez
Nicole's home was one of many that were flooded by Lake Bonny after Hurricane Milton dropped over seventeen inches of rain in twenty-four hours, due to the City of Lakeland's failure to manage the lake's levels. She is one of the forces behind our team who aims bring our community together by holding leaders accountable.
Misty Wells
Misty is one of the coordinators of this group. Her home sits precariously on a culvert that connects Lake Bonny to other lakes in the area and was severely flooded after Hurricane Milton. The erosion of her property continues. She is dedicated to seeing the recovery of the Lake Bonny Neighborhood and keeps the lines of communication open between residents and community leaders in an effort to hold them accountable.
Courtney Kraft
Courtney is a resident of the Lake Bonny Neighborhood who saw intensive flooding in her home caused by Hurricane Milton She became one of the organizers who saw the need for for empowering our neighborhood when dealing with community leaders- City of Lakeland. She is the inspiration behind this website.
Courtney is a teacher...
Teri Rodriguez
Teri is a resident of Bonny Shores, a 55+ mobile home community, and one of the hardest hit by Hurricane Milton and the flooding of Lake Bonny. She represents the marginalized senior citizens who often lack an advocate. She journals all the events that affect the community and hopes to give exposure to the negligence and irresponsibility of the community leaders to upgrade the aging infrastructure, and the role this has played in the flooding of many areas throughout Lakeland. She is the creator of this website.