| This has been a tumultuous week for Florida residents | | | | businesses are uninhabitable even after the water has |
| as tropical storm has lingered for five consecutive | | | | receded. Water damage crews will be very busy |
| days, dumping rain in the pan handle area steadily. The | | | | these next few months doing all of the necessary |
| storm is only the fourth to make landfall on three | | | | things to get people back in their homes and work |
| separate occasions. Some areas have had two feet | | | | places. |
| of rain to deal with along the low lying central Atlantic | | | | If you have never had your home flooded it can be |
| coast. Surely these water weary residents are ready | | | | hard to understand exactly how bad it really is. |
| for Fay to be on her way somewhere else. | | | | Anything that the water comes in contact with can be |
| Although tropical storm Fay has not been as severe | | | | ruined. Even after only a few days of being |
| as many in the past, there has been around twenty | | | | submerged, mold will begin to grow where the water |
| five lives lost, most recently two in Florida that were | | | | has been. This alone can totally destroy a home if it |
| caused by heavy surf. Flood waters have caused | | | | can not be killed and gotten rid of before it overtakes |
| snakes and alligators to show up in some unexpected | | | | the entire home. Floods like these are dreaded by |
| places. The streets in some areas have seen a | | | | insurance companies because they may not be |
| number of them and residents must beware. | | | | flooded with water themselves, but they will definitely |
| Some counties have been declared disaster areas | | | | be flooded with claims by those who are smart |
| because of flooding. A lot of people are using their | | | | enough to have coverage. |
| kayaks to get around where driving is not possible. | | | | It is likely to be at least a few more weeks before the |
| There have been power outages and many schools | | | | total extent of damages done by tropical storm Fay |
| and businesses are closed. It will be hard for surveyors | | | | can be tallied. It is still sure to be in the millions of dollars |
| to access the actual damage until the water has | | | | after all is said and done. Even when the water of Fay |
| receded. | | | | has gone away, the hurricane season is not nearly |
| Whenever there are storms like Fay, even if the wind | | | | over yet and there could still be more damage to |
| damage is not severe, the floods caused by the rain | | | | follow later. |
| do enough damage to make up for it. Homes and | | | | |