Despite living in shelters, Princeville residents look ahead
RECEDING HERE SOMETIME TOMORROW
MORNING.
>>> THE TOWN OF PRINCEVILLE
THOUGHT IT WAS PREPARED FOR A
FLOOD BUT NO ONE EXPECTED THIS
MUCH WATER.
>> A TOWN THAT IS NOW 80% UNDER
WATER, MANY RESIDENT CAN SIMPLY
NOT GO HOME AND A GOOD NUMBER
OF THE RESIDENTS ARE IN
NEIGHBORING TARBORO THIS
EVENING.
THAT IS WHERE WE FIND DEBORAH
MORGAN WITH SOME OF THEIR
TOUCHING STORIES.
DEB?
>> Reporter: IT WAS VERY
DIFFICULT TO GO INTO TARBORO
HIGH SCHOOL TODAY.
THAT IS IS WHERE THE RED CROSS
HAS SET UP A SHELTER.
MORE THAN 230 PEOPLE ARE NOW
CALLING THAT PLACE HOME.
ONE MAN HANDED ME THIS DRYER
SHEET.
THIS IS HOW THEY ARE TRUEING TO
STAY FRESH AND CLEAN.
THIS RUBBING THEIR HAND ON THIS
AND THEIR CLOTHES.
IT HAS BEEN SO DIFFICULT, THIS
HAS BEEN DAYS THAT THEY HAVE
BEEN LIVING AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
THEY ARE GETTING MEALS AND THEY
ARE STAYING THERE AT NIGHT.
THEY ARE SAYING IT IS GETTING
HOT AT INTO THE.
CAN YOU TELL THEY WANT TO GO
HOME BUT THEY ARE SO GRATEFUL
FOR THE DONATIONS THEY'VE HAD
AS WELL.
NOW, SOME TONIGHT ARE WONDERING
IF THEY CAN GO HOME AT ALL.
DAYS AFTER THE STORM HIT,
PEOPLE HERE IN EDGECOMBE COUNTY
BRACED FOR THE FLOODING THEY
KNEW WOULD BE COMING.
THEY GRABBED THEIR CHILDREN,
NOT MUCH ELSE AND CAME HERE TO
THE TARBORO HIGH SCHOOL.
A RED CROSS SHELTER.
>> IT IS REAL HARD BECAUSE MOST
OF THE STUFF THAT WE BASICALLY
BUILT FOR IS NOW GONE.
THAN OUR KIDS ARE SITTING HERE
SUFFERING RIGHT ALONG WITH US.
>> Reporter: TONYA MOON WAS
RESCUED BY THE NATIONAL GUARD
LEAVING HER OLDER PARENTS
BEHIND BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T
COME WITH HER.
>> WHEN THE MILITARY VEHICLE
WAS AT THE END OF THE ROAD, I
KNEW TO GO AHEAD AND GO.
THEY SAID IT IS GOING TO GET
WORSE.
THEY BROUGHT ME HERE.
THAT IS THE FIRST TIME I RODE
IN THE BACK OF A MILITARY
VEHICLE OR ANYTHING.
I'M JUST GLAD TO KNOW THAT MY
FAMILY GOING TO BE OKAY.
>> Reporter: HEALTH CARE WORK
ARE ARE GOING TO SHELTERS LIKE
THIS TRYING TO GET MEDICATION
TO THOSE WHO NEED IT.
>> WE ARE STILL A FAMILY EVEN
THOUGH OUR PLACE OVER THERE IN
PRINCEVILLE MIGHT BE FLOODED.
WE ARE STILL YOUR FAMILY AND WE
HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN ABOUT YOU.
>> Reporter: SOME PEOPLE HERE
HAVE LIVED IN PRINCEVILLE HAIR
WHOLE LIVES.
IT IS HOME.
MANY DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE AFTER
FLOYD.
NOW, IT MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE TO
STAY.
>> I DON'T THINK PEOPLE OF
PRINCEVILLE SHOULD HAVE TO BEAR
GOING THROUGH THIS AGAIN.
OUR NERVES CAN'T TAKE T WE
CAN'T KEEP REBUILDING IN THE
SAME TOWN LIKE THIS.
-- OUR NERVES CAN'T TAKE IT.