Chopper 2 was over Lake County on Monday morning, where a significant area of ground appears to be washed away just feet from several homes. Mount Dora’s Mayor said Monday that two 40-foot ravines opened up behind Waterman Village. He said close to 20 homes were evacuated, and some of the residents were not able to return home. Carl Kusky and his wife Bonnie were two of them.”They said you’ve got to evacuate,” Bonnie Oliver Kusky said of a knock they got at their door after midnight. “We said OK.’ And a fireman said to me, ‘Well, look out your backyard and you’ll know what we’re dealing with.'”Carl Kusky said, “We went from a nice little quiet backyard to the Grand Canyon. It just washed away,”You can see in video from Chopper 2 the ravines butting right up to some folks’ backyards.Carl Kusky said his home is one of them.”If it rains hard or we have the wrong conditions, that house could collapse into the sea, so to speak, because it’s right up against the fall,” he said.The Kuskys said the management and staff at Waterman Village have been taking great care of them. Putting them up at a hotel nearby and bringing them food.As far as when they might be able to return home, Carl Kusky doesn’t think anyone knows.”This is a catastrophic experience and it’s catastrophic for the city of Mount Dora, for Lake County, and certainly Waterman Village,” he said.Lake County on Sunday night received more than a foot of rain, with some areas seeing 19 inches.
Chopper 2 was over Lake County on Monday morning, where a significant area of ground appears to be washed away just feet from several homes.
Mount Dora’s Mayor said Monday that two 40-foot ravines opened up behind Waterman Village.
He said close to 20 homes were evacuated, and some of the residents were not able to return home.
Carl Kusky and his wife Bonnie were two of them.
“They said you’ve got to evacuate,” Bonnie Oliver Kusky said of a knock they got at their door after midnight. “We said OK.’ And a fireman said to me, ‘Well, look out your backyard and you’ll know what we’re dealing with.'”
Carl Kusky said, “We went from a nice little quiet backyard to the Grand Canyon. It just washed away,”
You can see in video from Chopper 2 the ravines butting right up to some folks’ backyards.
Carl Kusky said his home is one of them.
“If it rains hard or we have the wrong conditions, that house could collapse into the sea, so to speak, because it’s right up against the fall,” he said.
The Kuskys said the management and staff at Waterman Village have been taking great care of them. Putting them up at a hotel nearby and bringing them food.
As far as when they might be able to return home, Carl Kusky doesn’t think anyone knows.
“This is a catastrophic experience and it’s catastrophic for the city of Mount Dora, for Lake County, and certainly Waterman Village,” he said.
Lake County on Sunday night received more than a foot of rain, with some areas seeing 19 inches.
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