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 Posted: Fri, May 18 2007, 10:38 pm EDT Post subject: Town recovers from flooding |
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Some residents still struggling in aftermath of Nor'easter
Over a month after a nor'easter dumped 7 inches of rain on Cranbury, flooding Brainerd Lake, Main Street and other areas of town, some residents are still struggling to recover from the April 16 storm.
Bobbie Marlow, a North Main Street resident whose home was hit bad, said her family is just now beginning to get the house back in shape, but there's still a little ways to go.
"We're getting there," she sighed. "The house is livable. There's still some things to do, but mainly the kitchen is going to be torn apart because the insulation got wet between the walls. But we're just trying to catch our breath before we do that."
Ms. Marlow said the second floor and parts of the third floor were not flooded, but a section of the first floor that sits low was hit. Aside from redoing the kitchen walls and cabinets, the other parts of the house that were flooded just needed to be cleaned, she said, a process that took a few weeks.
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