PLAINFIELD, Vt. -
More than eight months ago Tropical Storm Irene caused a Plainfield, Vermont brook to rise and sweep away anything in its path including rocks and trees.
But Darlene Covey says that's not all it took.
"I looked down and I was sort of surprised and I said to my husband, "My goodness a lot of the tires are gone," said Covey.
Covey says prior to Irene, her neighbor's property extended further into the river but was washed away.
For months she wondered what happened to the tires until she saw our Wednesday night broadcast.
In the story we reported thousands of tires had been picked up along the Winooski River during "Green Up Day."
A report that clicked with Covey and her husband.
"I looked at him and he looked at me and he said to me, "Geez I wonder where they came from," said Covey?
Covey contacted us.
We learned the brook does connect to the Winooski River.
But to reach Waterbury, where the tires were found, would have had to travel about 25 miles.
We asked Vermont Agency of Natural Resources Secretary Deb Markowitz if that was possible.
She says it's unlikely.
Markowitz says the weight of the tires wouldn't have brought them more than a dozen miles.
As for people being allowed to keep tires on a river bank, Markowitz says there's nothing wrong with it.
Although Covey hopes another storm doesn't wash away hundreds more.
"The good point is we'll get rid of them. The bad point is someone else is going to have our problem," said Covey.
