November 18, 2010
By: Bruce Berry
A new modular home was installed on the same site as the old residence of Sandy and Don Dingman in La Porte, Indiana, after flooding forced them out two years ago, according to a report in the town's Herald-Argus newspaper.
Representatives from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and home insurance companies told the Dingmans their home was in the worst shape of any they had seen in the wake of the September 2008 flooding, according to the Herald-Argus.
Water damage and mold were the home's undoing, the couple told the paper.
"We lost nearly everything - clothing, furniture, just about everything. We couldn't breathe in the house. Our dogs were getting sick" from mold spores in the air, Sandy said to the Herald-Argus.
A combination of funds from their home insurance policy, local elected officials and FEMA enabled the Dingmans to eventually get their new house, the paper said.
The costs for other victims of the 2008 flooding epidemic are still climbing, however: A report in the Iowa City Press-Citizen says estimates of the amount of damage to the University of Iowa's campus are going to be raised in the next calculation.
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