Download our free app for Apple, Android and Kindle devices.Stay in touch with us anytime, anywhere. The Muskogee County Disaster Recovery Committee helps flood victims in Muskogee, Wagoner and Cherokee counties. “Oh man, I tell you what, my oldest son, he says 'Mommy, you better have them hot rolls and then them noodles on that table.' I said, 'They will be,'” Sue said. The Casinger's are counting their blessings now and planning to make up for the holiday they couldn’t spend in their own home. If you drive down Main Street in Webbers Falls, the damage can still be seen in the homes and buildings in town. The committee still has more than one third of their flood victim’s list waiting for help.Ī hard reminder that the flood of 2019 still isn’t over for many families in Green Country. Nonprofit’s can no longer rely on volunteers to help, but rather have to pay contractors to finish the repairs. Hicks says the pandemic has slowed progress and made rebuilding more expensive. Mary Hicks is their case manager and told the 2 Works for You Problem Solvers that the road to recovery was already a long one before COVID-19. The family still has some clean up to do and small repairs to make inside the home, as well as find new furniture, but say their biggest nightmare is over with. I mean a lot of people don't realize, hey, what does emergency management do? You know, they go far and beyond the call of duty,” Charles said. “You know, my hat's off to the emergency management team. It wasn’t until the Muskogee County Disaster Recovery Committee got involved that the family finally had hope. They slowly collected small donations from good Samaritans here and there to fix little things, but couldn’t afford to rebuild. Surprisingly, the family was turned down by the Federal Emergency Management Agency 11 times. Data from current sites are relayed to USGS offices via satellite, telephone, and/or. Recording and transmission times may be more frequent during critical events. The Casinger’s were walking on makeshift boards and piers to get from one room to another. Current data typically are recorded at 15- to 60-minute intervals, stored onsite, and then transmitted to USGS offices every 1 to 4 hours, depending on the data relay technique used. And then to get to see it all building back and get to that final step in the process,” he said.īack in December the floors of the home were torn out, the walls rotting and the kitchen in shambles. “To me, you never know what you have lost until you have lost everything. Her son, Charles, says the experience was life changing. And then when the living room started going together, it was just like a dream,” said Sue as she stood in her repaired home. “I walked in and seen these cabinets and, suddenly, it was like you never imagined. Now, more than a year later, that hope is here. READ MORE: Problem Solvers: Flood victims living in camper for Christmasįamily matriarch Sue Casinger was full of grief and hope as she told us that they would find a way to rebuild. Webber Falls, OK, USA-June 21, 2019-Homeowners are cleaning up after the Arkansas River flooded the little town. The Casinger family in Webbers Falls is finally moving back into their home after the 2019 floods.Ģ Works for You shared their heartbreaking story back in December as they recounted loosing everything. Mandatory evacuations are in place for Webbers Falls as engineers continue to assess the situation.WEBBERS FALLS, Okla. I-40 and Highway 64 remain closed Thursday morning due to the incident. ODOT closed I-40 and Highway 64 Wednesday due to fears that the barges would break through a dam on the Arkansas River and cause catastrophic flooding. Officials warned that it would be “catastrophic” if the barges collided with a nearby dam. However, the barges somehow broke loose from the rocks as crews tried to secure them on Thursday. They were still tied together and were stuck on a rock jetty. Initially, the Sequoyah County Sheriff’s Office confirmed on Facebook that the barges were located several miles upstream from Webbers Falls lock and Dam 16. Officials became worried that the barges would hit the dam, which was already under strain from the flood waters. The situation became even worse when authorities learned that the flooding caused two barges on the Arkansas River to become unsecured. If you choose to stay you are doing so at your own risk,” officials wrote on Facebook. “Residents in the Town of Webbers Falls need to evacuate immediately. On Wednesday afternoon, emergency management officials in eastern Oklahoma asked residents to completely evacuate the town due to dangers associated with flooding. Officials say two barges that broke free on Wednesday are now headed toward a dam near Webbers Falls. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.
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