Windsor slammed by fourth historic flood
A LONG WAY TO GO.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THANK YOU.
>>> SLAMMED BY FOUR HI TORQUE
FLOODS IN LESS THAN 20 YEARS,
TWO OF THOSE FLOODS IN JUST THE
LAST FEW WEEKS.
>> WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE
CHALLENGE FACING THE BERTEE
COUNTY TOWN OF WINDSOR.
EMMY VICTOR JOINS US LIVE FROM
DOWNTOWN WHERE PEOPLE THERE ARE
ALREADY WORKING TO REBUILD
AGAIN.
>> Reporter: WHAT YOU ARE
LOOKING AT HERE IS A PILE OF
DEBRIS IN THE MIDDLE OF AN
ALLEY WAY.
YOU ARE SEEING OLD CABINETS,
CARPETS, THINGS THAT WERE ONCE
PART OF A NATIONWIDE BUILDING
NOW ON THE STREET.
THIS IS A MAIN STREET DOWNTOWN.
YOU SEE A STORE FRONT DOOR
OPEN.
THIS IS REALLY BECAUSE PEOPLE
ARE EITHER DRYING OUT WET PAINT
OR PERHAPS THAT FLOOD WATER
SMALL, SOMETHING THAT THEY ARE
SAYING HAS BEEN ALL TOO
FAMILIAR LATELY.
KING STREET GRILL IS HAVING ONE
UNLUCKY YEAR.
YOU JUST OPENED UP IN MAY AND
YOU'VE NOW EXPERIENCED TWO
FLOODS.
>> TWO FLOODS, THAT'S CORRECT.
>> THEY'VE SPENT MORE TIME
UNDER CONSTRUCTION THAN THEY
HAVE IN BUSINESS.
>> WE JUST HAD TO COME BACK IN
AND GO HIGHER.
>> Reporter: THE KICK OF
FRUSTRATION FROM OWNER MIKE
BAKER AS THE DEBRIS JUST PILES
UP OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL EVER
BE NORMAL BECAUSE EVERY TIME A
STORM COMES NOW, YOU ARE JUST
WONDERING HOW DEEP IS IT GOING
TO GET.
>> Reporter: SKY 5 CAUGHT THE
WATER PUSHING THROUGH WINDSOR
LAST WEEK THE MAYOR SAID
HURRICANE MATTHEW FLOODED THE
TOWN.
>> REMARKLY, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
PRETTY OPTIMISTIC.
>> Reporter: WITH MORE THAN 17
INCHES OF RAIN.
LAST MONTH, TROPICAL STORM
JULIA BROUGHT 14 INCHES.
>> THE FIRST FLOOD THIS YEAR
WOUND UP RIGHT ALONG HERE.
THE SECOND ONE GOT HERE.
>> Reporter: REBUILDING IS NOW
THE REALITY AT ALMOST EVERY
SHOP DOWNTOWN.
>> YOU GOT TO TAKE WHAT IS OLD
AND PUT IN NEW.
BUILD AND REBUILD.
>> Reporter: AT LEAST FOR THE
PEOPLE WOULD WANT TO KEEP
WINDSOR THRIVING.
IT IS A TOWN WHERE FLOODING IS
NEVER JUST A MEMORY.
>> A LOT OF THESE BUILDINGS ARE
100 BEING 1 OTHER YEARS OLD AND
YOU KIND OF HATE TO SEE IT TURN
INTO A GHOST TOWN.
-- 100, 150 YEARS OLD.
>> Reporter: THE MAYOR SAYS
AFTER THE FLOODING IN 2010, IT
TOOK NEARLY SICK YEARS TO HAVE
THE BUILDINGS FILL UP AGAIN.
TODAY, FOUR OF THE BYS HERE
SAID THEY WILL NOT RETURN.