Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 15, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba In Wafe Winnipeg free May a9 flood red tape to study River control Here frustrates victims i want my life Back and i want my Homeowner pleads by Melanie Verhaeghe for the free press Donna Summers Springfield area House is a soggy mess and has to be totally but Shes having trouble finding out what to do wading through the bureaucracy has been frustrating and her husband and their eight year old son Are staying with but the arrangement cant last Indef i want my life Back and i want my but i cant get a straight Summers said Ive sat Many a night and just its Over but in past the Point of cry ing i want some the answers Summers has received so far Haven been much it could be weeks before a provincial inspector even assesses her then her claim has to be evaluated before any payment is the Manitoba emergency manage ment organization say How Long it will take for people like sum mers to get but 31 inspectors have been trained to assess about that Means it could take two months to get the Ini tial assessments while waiting for disaster assistance Joe emos claims Man said homeowners should Start cleaning up and doing they should proceed to do whatever work they keep track of their costs and we encourage people to take its very difficult to know How Long the process will take until we know the volume of we just dont know the full extent of the flooding on april Summers Home was overwhelmed by water from Farmers Fields and overflow from Cooks a pump work fast enough to Drain her More than half a metre of water sat in her living room for 10 the whole Interior of their Home has to be gutted and Summers said the longer they the More work its going to nails from the ceiling Are falling out because the drywall is the panelling on the Walls is the and insulation and carpets Are the linoleum on the Kitchen floor is the electrical outlets have to be dried and the Washer and dryer Are Lee denture clinic 274 Smith 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replacement while cleaning and fixing up your make sure you have proof of the damage by taking photographs or keep All make a list of your hours How Many people helped and their hours of when the claim is the Homeowner gets 80 per cent of the the other 20 per cent is removed to pay for the the deductible Doest have to be paid up the province changed the maximum from to but the actual maximum can be because Onde the deductible is Emo considers some items ineligible for they Are insurable losses items that could have been costs recoverable through an existing government nonessential items such As Lawn and Garden loss damages that Are a Normal risk of occupation or by Manfred Jager Urban life reporter first came the now comes the flood of Politi looking for ways to avoid the next a delegation of town planners As Well As state and National legislators will come to Carman next month to study the provinces River diversion weve been flooded eight times in the last few years and theres a sense that we have to hurry up and build some kind of a diversion project that makes us a Little safer than weve been in recent Richard mayor of Warren is a Community of located 45 Kilometres Northeast of grand Forks on the Snake River and 25 Kilometres East of the red weve had three 100yearplus floods in the last year we clearly have to do something quickly Nelson he said Spring floods on average have inundated about 80 per cent of the Homes of its More of a problem now than it has Ever the mayor i have spent the last year and a half studying River Nelson said the delegation of about 50 will include area municipal senators and con county members of the Minnesota water shed Board and members of the Minnesota flood control commit provincial and City officials said yesterday there have been a number of informal requests for information about the red River what Well probably end up build ing is a system of upstream water holdings and a River diversion around Nelson the Snake River comes at us 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