Storm flooding displaces Boise Bench family
"The water pressure was so strong that it forced the back door open,"
After the rain subsided the Herreras called in a restoration company to pump out the water. Now, she said, they have to replace the drywall and most of their possessions. Appliances including the washer, dryer and freezer, were ruined.
"Everything was destroyed. We just took it all to the dump," she said. "I just spent
The family doesn't have flood insurance and has yet to learn whether their homeowner's insurance will cover the damage, she said.
Friends set up a YouCaring.com page for the couple that by Thursday evening had raised
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Eight people live in the house on Pasadena, including Kristin's sister and the couple's five children: 9-month-old twin boys, two 12-year-old boys and a 14-year-old girl.
Kristin was born in the house and grew up there. She and her husband bought it from her parents a little over a year ago.
"My parents lived here for 40 years, and nothing like this ever happened," she said.
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Houses to their left and right got smaller amounts of flooding, she said, and a house farther down the street reported a flooded basement that ruined their
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