Steve Forster, left, and Doug Rose
tow sandbags across the waterway that was once the front
yard of Steve and Desiree' Hansen’s home. Though the
waters have since receded since the June 9 photo was taken,
it wasn't until this weekend that they found enough
volunteers to help remove the sandbags.
GRAFTON - Evacuated by boat from her home nearly a month ago,
Louise Stahlberg finally slept in her own bed this past weekend.
The disaster area that was on the first level of her Edgewater
Drive home has since moved to her kitchen. Green wading boots and a
bottle of bleach sit among stacked boxes and wet newspaper clippings
from 1936. On the kitchen table, flood insurance claim forms and
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) applications for disaster
recovery assistance lay next to the day's Suduko puzzle.
