Mississippi residents watch floodwater rise: 'Going to be financially crushing'
Mississippi residents watch floodwater rise: 'Going to be financially crushing'
By Luke Ramseth & Wilton Jackson
The Clarion-Ledger
February 17, 2020 11:34am
... Moving vans were parked in many southeast Jackson driveways Sunday afternoon, ready for additional evacuations. Usually quiet neighborhoods were bustling as people checked on their neighbors and friends or tried to catch a glimpse of engorged creeks spilling into neighborhoods. Police cars swarmed.
Mark Wakefield knows what it takes to rebuild after flooding: His in-laws’ home in Jackson has flooded four times before. The worst was in 1979 when the house was 8 feet underwater. The home has flooded again, he said, and this time, they might not come back.
“It’s no fun,” Wakefield said. “Once the water’s in the house, we’re looking at months of cleanup and reconstruction. It’s nothing life-threatening to us, we’re careful enough ... but it’s just extremely frustrating and disgusting to have to go through this.”
Nate Green and his two kids, ages 6 and 8, couldn’t get through Jackson streets by car, so they went by canoe. Paddling through the streets, he and his children came across floating debris – clumps of leaves and someone’s doormat. “It’s going to be financially crushing to a lot of people,” Green said.
More here
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/02/17/jackson-mississippi-flooding-residents-homes/4783849002/
= new reply since forum marked as read
