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Hillside Bayou lived up to its name Oct. 29 as nearly a dozen mobile homes lay underwater.
Shane Carden says, "It was just a lake of water, just all the way up to the windows of some trailers. There were about 21 people that were affected from the flood and most people don't have flood insurance."
Maintenance Manager Shane Carden says the water receded quickly, but homes now have mold and they're so fragile families can't go inside to get belongings.
Carden adds, "Some of the homes, you walk in and the floors are just waved all the way down the hall."
Governor Beebe authorized $2 million from his disaster fund for these counties: Columbia, Grant, Franklin, Johnson, Lonoke, Lincoln, Logan, Ouachita, Pulaski, Scott, Union and White counties.
Adylyn Figley adds, "When we first moved in out here we didn't realize it was going to flood so bad. That's just something we have to live with as far as nature is concerned and all."
The Figley's live near a creek and after weeks of rains the water had nowhere to go. It rose a foot in Adylyn Figley's home, but her mother-in-law woke up to about 4-feet of water in her home.
Figley adds, "My mother in-law lost everything in her trailer."
For now the Figley's are staying in a rental home, hoping at least one of their homes will qualify for disaster relief. "We're not homeless and we're not penniless. Maybe we'll have somewhere to stay the rest of our lives," Figley adds.
Governor Beebe will request federal aid, but doesn't think we'll meet the requirement. Folks can qualify through their local emergency management office if it's their primary home and they're uninsured that includes apartments.
