Cleanup continues for Grantham residents
>> YOU HAVE TO ADMIRE HER
OPTIMISM.
THAT IS JUST WONDERFUL.
>>> FLOODING HAS HOME OWNS ARE
IN WAYNE COUNTY NEEDING TO
REBUILD.
EMMY VICTOR CHECKED OUT OUT
RESIDENTS IN GRANTHAM ARE
COPING.
>> Reporter: THIS PILE OF
DEBRIS, THIS USED TO BE
FURNITURE INSIDE OF SOMEONE'S
HOME.
NOW, IT IS OUT ON THE FRONT
LAWN BECAUSE EVERYTHING INSIDE
WAS DESTROYED DUE TO FLOOD
WATER.
YOU CAN'T SEEN SEE THIS HOME IN
A DRONE VIDEO TAKEN IN GRANTHAM
ON SATURDAY.
THE WATER HAS SINCE RECEDED ON
HOOD DRIVE BUT THE FAMILY IS
LEFT TO REBUILD.
>> WE DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD
FLOOD IN '99 AND WE REALLY KNEW
IT WOULD NEVERRED INTO AGAIN
BUT HERE WE ARE IN 2016.
>> Reporter: WAS LEFT IS NOW
BEING STORED IN BINS OR THROWN
OUT.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO GET
EVERYTHING OUT.
>> THE WATERLINE HERE, IT GOT
UP TO RIGHT AT SIX FOOT.
I KNOW THE BROWNISH HERE BUT IT
ACTUALLY GOT A LITTLE BIT
HIGHER.
>> THIS IS NOW A GUTTED OFFICE
BUT WAS ONCE THE HEADQUARTER
FOR THE FAMILY TECHNOLOGY
BUSINESS.
>> WE HAD THIS AND AN NETS
APPEAR SCOUTERS.
>> Reporter: WITHOUT ARE CAM IN
FROM THE BACK AND RUSHED
INSIDE.
CAN YOU SEE HOW FAR THE DEBRIS
REACHED BY THE LOOK OF THE
WINDOW -- AND COUNTERS.
>> WE WORKED ALL WE COULD.
IF WE COULD HAVE STAYED A
COUPLE MORE HOURS, WE COULD
HAVE GOT MOST IT WAS OUT BUT WE
HAD TO LEAVE.
>> Reporter: THE REBUILDING
PROCESS COULD TAKE MONTHS TO
COMPLETE BUT THE FAMILY HAS
LIVED THERE FOR GENERATION AN
THEY WOULD RATHER SAVE WHEN
THEY HAVE THAN LOSE A LEGACY.
FAMILIES ACROSS TOWN ARE
DEALING WITH SAME ISSUE AS THE
HOOD FAMILY.
IT IS THE COMMUNITY GETTING
TOGETHER AND HELPING ONE
ANOTHER THAT IS MAKING THE
PROCESS AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE.
>>> FARMS IN UP WITH A COUNTY