North Buena Vista residents adapt to Mississippi River floodwaters

NORTH BUENA VISTA, Iowa (KCRG) – In North Buena Vista, the neighborhood throughout the railroad tracks from the Mississippi River is a number of ft underwater, however a minimum of a number of space residents are nonetheless residing of their flooded houses.

Scott Blum and Heath Davis are amongst those that have tailored to residing in a semi-aquatic neighborhood.

“I acquired a giant finish loader. And that’s all—I can drive proper to my home. Step out of that up on my deck,” mentioned Davis.

“We take our canoes backwards and forwards or we wade by the water,” Blum mentioned.

Davis mentioned as soon as the floodwaters recede, there’ll should be an costly clean-up.

“When the river comes up like this, it leaves numerous mud, silt, you realize what I imply, ‘trigger it simply sits on the market,” Davis mentioned. “And so I’m positive we’re going to must scrape and clear and new rock on every part,” He estimated it might price hundreds of {dollars}.

Nevertheless, regardless of residing in ft of water and the monetary burden that may observe, he mentioned the “ache of spring” was a part of life beside the Mississippi.

“In case you reside the river, I imply, you bought to take care of that,” Davis mentioned.

“It’s type of enjoyable,” Blum mentioned. “Earlier than I lived by the river, and now I reside in it.”

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