Following heavy rain across Fort Myers, experts say now is the time to buy flood insurance
STRAWBERRY PLAINS, Tenn. — The flash flood waters from February have risen
to 12 feet at Windi Walker's home in Strawberry Plains, forcing her to go by
boat to retrieve her belongings.
even when it's not raining in East Tennessee, the water continues to rise in
her home because it's in one of the lowest points of her neighborhood.
“I come back and I just take pictures of it and it’s risen six inches, nine
inches, a foot" . "It’s still draining from the rest of the
subdivision so even if it doesn’t rain it still rises.”
The bottom floor of the home is filled to the brim, with water inching
closer to the living room.
"Our goal today is to just try to get what I can out and save what I
can," Walker admitted.
The flooding damage is something Windi was hoping to avoid. She
says she applied for flood insurance a couple of years ago, only to be denied. We
provide our services in Fort Myers, Okeechobee, Clewiston and Labelle.
“Now when I bought the house it was not a 'flood zone,' so you know it
bothers me that I tried to get flood
insurance and I was told that it wouldn’t cover it even if I had it because
I don’t have a house on either side of me". "It's not my problem I
don’t have a house on either side of me, but it’s a problem that I tried to
protect myself and was denied and told it wouldn’t help me regardless.”
So tote by tote and boat by boat, Windi prays through tears something can be
done soon to get rid of her "lake-front property."
"I've been very humbled this week at the amount of people that's helped
me". "I could never repay them. But I'm very thankful."
Worried if the issue isn't fixed, the flooding will keep
happening. She says her property has never flooded this bad but was told by
other property owners nearby the lot would flood years ago. Contact us 239-204-3211.
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