October rains still taking heavy tollBy Bo Petersen (Contact)
The Post and Courier
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Marie Parrish didn't eat Thanksgiving dinner in her home. She spent the nights before the holiday scrubbing to disinfect the bare floor, her nose sniffling from the fumes of straight bleach. She is one of only three of the residents in 10 North Charleston townhouses who can live in them at all. A month after a heavy rain swamped houses and businesses in spots throughout the Lowcountry, they are the last of the flooded out. But it wasn't water in their homes. It was sewage. Water from a flooded drainage ditch near the townhouses backed up into the sewer line outside. The sewage backed up into their homes, ruining carpets, furniture and appliances and leaving the drywall an unhealthy, bacteria infested mess. And nobody is admitting responsibility. Their struggle is a word to the wise for homeowners throughout the low-lying Lowcountry. Read more in tomorrow's Post and Courier. |
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