Flooding is something Paul Lenigar is getting used to. He moved from Sharpsburg to his home in Glouster in 1998, and flooding that year hit before he and his wife Velma had unpacked their boxes.
Although the flood six years ago brought more water, he said this year's flood was worse.
What the flood didn't get in '98
it got this time Lenigar said. The water came quick fast and hard the morning of May 19th, giving him no time to prepare. Overnight
everything was gone.
Now, he wonders if the Federal Emergency Management Agency will chip in to help him and other residents of Southeast Ohio recover from the flooding.
I don't understand FEMA when they say there isn't enough damage
Lenigar said. They might come
but it might take awhile.
The best way to deal with the damage is through humor, Lenigar said.
You've got to make a joke of it
he said. We were sitting up on a dry spot and I turned to (Velma) and said
'See
this is what happens when you leave the water running.'
Lenigar said the flood scared a lot of people in Glouster, especially those residents who never had been through a flood before, such as his pet kittens.
It scared the kittens to death
he said. I put them on the bed
but they kept jumping off. Then I came back and they were swimming
