Myrtle Beach flooding: ‘heart-breaking’

Socastee flooding: ‘Not just heart-breaking, it’s shocking’

Phil Stone hauls in sand bags on a boat to shore up the entrance of his home in the Rosewood community of Socastee on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016. A section of the community was under evacuation on Saturday as the water continues to rise. The Waccamaw River feeds into the Intracoastal Waterway south of the community.
Myrtle Beach Flooding
West has been in the neighborhood for five years, and doesn’t have flood insurance. “They said you didn’t need flood insurance,” he said.

“Last year they claimed it was a 1,000-year flood. I guess this is the 1,001-year flood. Gordon West”

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“They said you didn’t need flood insurance. But if I leave here, even if I move on a mountain I’m gonna have flood insurance. Gordon West”

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Wow a call to flood insurance.
If you think you didn’t need the coverage, guess again. If the words here are not strong enough, see the pictures which are heartbreaking.

“I wanted to start my own life so when this house became available in my mom’s eyes, she offered it, and I went through all the headache and the process of getting a loan, and doing all the paper work and procedures,” he said. “We spent seven months alone just dealing with that. We moved in May, and here we are in October. And this is what’s left.”

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The options for Gordon West are an SBA Loan, FEMA Disaster Assistance, and possible a state program.  If none of these can be obtained, local charities through the Red Cross and religious charities may help fill the gap.
Our heart goes out to Gordon West, he story is all too familiar.

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