Immediately after Wednesday’s rain, homeowner Andrew McCoy grabbed his camera and snapped some photos.
It's hard to imagine on Thursday that his yard looked like a pond the day before.
One tree almost looks like an island.
When we got there Wednesday evening McCoy was starting to pump out his basement and he was still going strong Thursday.
“Every time it does this it costs me, on average, about $2,000, if not more,” McCoy explained.
For the second time in as many weeks the homeowner is going to have to fork out again for what he just bought.
“I had to replace the hot water heater and I just put this one under there a week ago and I’ll probably have to replace it and I don't know if it damaged my furnace this time or not,” McCoy said.
After the first flood he says he called an agent inquiring about flood insurance and was told he didn't qualify.
We were told differently from State Farm.
Insurance agent, Eric Johnsen says any of these homes can get flood insurance even if they're not listed in a flood plane.
“You could live at the peak of the top of a mountain and you could still buy flood insurance, it doesn't matter where you are,” Johnsen explained.
He adds the yearly costs vary from case to case.
“I know we just did one recently for someone that was about $350 a year and I was surprised and I thought that was very reasonable and I’ve seen some $1,500 to $2,000 a year,” he said.
It's too late for McCoy and neighbors to sign up to cover the recent damage, but Johnsen says it's not too late to cover future floods.
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