Flood victims want to return home

Kent Korte is a man whom I've looked to as a father since I was 7 years old. He is my family. Kent Korte runs Hiddenite family campground. He is a man who spent the last 20 years of his life helping to build, maintain, and making life at the campground. He is one who so many seek refuge in, one who gives hope to so many people, and one who would give his car to a stranger just so they could go to town. He is a man who helped to provide shelter for more people than I've ever been able to keep track of my entire life.

For the last 20 years, Hiddenite Family Campground, wasn't just the Korte's family business. It was their home. This place is his children's childhood home. This is his grandchildren's home. This is where most of us have most of our childhood memories. This place is the home to the survivors of the flood and this was the home to those who didn't make it.

The residents of Hiddenite Family Campground just wanna go home. We need help rebuilding to make that happen. 13 to 14 inchs of rain in 3 or 4 hours sent the river to levels no one could predict. There was no warning. It was 20 plus feet above flood stage, 12 feet higher than the 100 flood stage. This was somewhere around a 2000 year event. There is no data to compare. The loss of our friends, family, and loved ones is incomprehensible. The residents lost everything.  They lost their cars, clothes, pets, friends, and their entire home. Even though this disaster took nearly everything, most of the families, just wanna know when they can return. Help us give them the answer.