Nancy Lost Almost Everything In The 2019 Flood
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At the age of 74 Nancy has fought breast cancer. Nancy was planning on living out her golden years. However, she has now lost almost everything in the flood.
According to John Marx's story in the Dispatch & Rock Island Argus;
https://qconline.com/lifestyles/john_marx/i-never-thought-this-could-happen-to-me-flood-leaves/article_5a62b725-229e-5fe0-9677-c235c8995283.html
When that home was swamped by floodwaters, the Red Cross put Riesebieter and her pal, poodle Toby, up at the Moline-based Motel 6 for two weeks, the maximum period of time the Red Cross will pay for a motel. With her stay at its end, she recently returned to a mold-and-mud-filled home along Moline's River Drive. In the basement, the water has reached the ceiling.
For 14 months, Riesebieter has battled breast cancer, working through surgery and then radiation's heavy toll. Ever the optimist, she says each day is a good day, but some days are better than others. Her smile, as much and she tries, cannot conceal her fears.
Riesebieter's mistake — if we can call it such thing — was assisting a Rockford-based family member in need, then deciding that paying her medical bills was more important than keeping her flood insurance.
She's on a fixed income, and she had too choose one or the other. She chose paying her providers.
Then the flood of 2019 and its monumental crest rolled in.
Mind you, the nice lady with the salt-and-pepper hair has dealt with floods before, but nothing like this. No other flood in the 12 years she has lived in her home has forced her to evacuate or destroyed her car. The late-model auto she owns is no longer functioning, since it was caught and destroyed in the early stages of a massive Mississippi River rise.
It was, however, insured. The insurance covered the rental car she currently is driving. When she buys a replacement vehicle, Riesebieter says, she'll pick one of lesser value with the hope of using any money left over for essentials. Like food, bills, taxes and trying not to be homeless.
According to John Marx's story in the Dispatch & Rock Island Argus;
https://qconline.com/lifestyles/john_marx/i-never-thought-this-could-happen-to-me-flood-leaves/article_5a62b725-229e-5fe0-9677-c235c8995283.html
When that home was swamped by floodwaters, the Red Cross put Riesebieter and her pal, poodle Toby, up at the Moline-based Motel 6 for two weeks, the maximum period of time the Red Cross will pay for a motel. With her stay at its end, she recently returned to a mold-and-mud-filled home along Moline's River Drive. In the basement, the water has reached the ceiling.
For 14 months, Riesebieter has battled breast cancer, working through surgery and then radiation's heavy toll. Ever the optimist, she says each day is a good day, but some days are better than others. Her smile, as much and she tries, cannot conceal her fears.
Riesebieter's mistake — if we can call it such thing — was assisting a Rockford-based family member in need, then deciding that paying her medical bills was more important than keeping her flood insurance.
She's on a fixed income, and she had too choose one or the other. She chose paying her providers.
Then the flood of 2019 and its monumental crest rolled in.
Mind you, the nice lady with the salt-and-pepper hair has dealt with floods before, but nothing like this. No other flood in the 12 years she has lived in her home has forced her to evacuate or destroyed her car. The late-model auto she owns is no longer functioning, since it was caught and destroyed in the early stages of a massive Mississippi River rise.
It was, however, insured. The insurance covered the rental car she currently is driving. When she buys a replacement vehicle, Riesebieter says, she'll pick one of lesser value with the hope of using any money left over for essentials. Like food, bills, taxes and trying not to be homeless.
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