june 1 flood kitchen window
By LindaC
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I took this at 7 Saturday morning out the kitchen window. the power pole
in middle of photo is about 25 ft from the house. water has never been this
side of it and this time was to the house and filled my septic tank plus seeped
inside.
the green you are seeing is grass marshy under water.
the creek is at the tree line (100 ft away) beyond the pole
and water pouring into that from higher pasture area. (the very light color is
the water pouring over). usually the creek is very low but it does over flow
now and then. storm cellar got 2 foot of water in at the doorway. I had been
down there from 9 to 12 the night before then came up with only misty rain, just
as weather coverage was ending. that soon changed to heavy rains, thunder and
lightening. I had left my purse in a closed large tote but they were dumped over
and floating. The memory foam used for a bed is destroyed, blankets have been
washed. salvaged what I could and tossed the rest including wallet. weather
radio and regular radio were floating so they were tossed. also left a
container of dvds and flash drives down there for ‘safety’ and they were laid
out on a towel on a long table hoping to dry out. dvds are fine. Daughter put
flash drives in dishes of white rice to absorb moisture and it worked. The same
procedure allowed my soaked Kendell to charge but it is flashing so back to
rice dish.
the floods came into the north end of my home, soaked
cabinets, floors of linoleum and carpeting. No flood insurance (my agent said no
one in the area has it), fema (per local agent) most likely to cover State and
Counties but not individuals and me, a senior lady, on SS with this dilemma.
fans are running in attempt to dry carpet in bedroom but soaked padding
underneath will only grow mold. Under bathroom linoleum will grow mold also.
with me having health issues the smell is not good. Pretty much smells like
garbage. I know I am blessed it wasn’t worse.
lc
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