It was Day 3 before I made it to Arrowhead Trail and Circle. I didn’t know many of the people in this area, so Robbin helped me out as we were delivering. These homes were in the first line of fire when the masses of water came through. What I know about the homes in this area are that at least 3 of them were homes of single moms.
Here’s one of the first homes heading down Arrowhead from Lava Flow Drive.
Tori Wangsgaard’s house. Notice the bent garage door.
These two photos show Bostwick’s house that was condemned. It is on the north side of Arrowhead Trail right behind the business complex.
Here’s a look into Arrowhead Circle. The Biven’s house is on the left. The Biven’s are and older couple. He sleeps downstairs with a C-PAP machine so he doesn’t keep his wife awake at night. Their entire basement was flooded. I know this because it was my privilege to take dinner into them on Saturday night. My daughter and I dropped dinner off to them on our way to a ball game. They were so excited to show us their basement, too. It was down to studs and had fans going. Fortunately, their upstairs was still in tact for the most part. They seemed comfortable, but said their dogs were very stressed with all of this. I found out at my Flood Relief meeting that when the “block captains” went in to their home, they found out there was still some mud and water in the basement. Being a little quieter, they were not out asking people for help, so it went undetected for a big long. The good news is that they are cleaned up, dried out and have sheet rock now, I believe.
In the bottom of the circle are two other single moms that are sisters. Here is one of their homes:
The Westbrook’s also live in the circle. She has a preschool in her basement. Friends and families of her students have been helping her get things cleaned up so she could start preschool in her garage until they can get their basement repaired. Here’s some photos of their house:
Here’s some shots of the water levels of their home. Thanks to Martsi Strong for these two pictures! Sandbagging didn’t help so much.
Here’s a photo on the big Saturday clean up. So many people helping clean her papers and preschool stuff.
Driving down the remainder of Arrowhead shows the damage to the homes in the direct water line that came off Dutchman’s and through the field by Lee & Karen Frei’s.
These houses were a total mess.
There was some extensive damage to these homes and some of them still have stuff out in the front.
The Phillip’s have been amazing. I have no idea how they pulled it all off, but they cleaned up and redid things so quickly. They have had some awesome helpers along the way!