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Kenmore woman's precautions not enough to save property
Posted by Emily Heffter
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Between the rain and the beavers, Frankie Schmitt has found herself battling floodwaters many times in the 27 years she has lived in her home in Kenmore. But she had never seen it as bad as it was on Sunday, she said.
"I've never seen it this high," she said. "I'm a little worried. I don't think it's going to get in the house."
Schmitt rented an extra sump pump Friday and asked the Kenmore Fire Department to bring out some sandbags to help protect her property. But on Sunday, she said the water in her driveway was 4 feet deep and the garage from which she runs her machine-quilting shop was taking on water.
Nearby Swamp Creek often floods in the rain, and changes the city made recently made to the street seemed to make it worse, she said. Beaver dams cause the high water to back up on her side of the creek, she said.
"I'm freezing to death," she said. "I've been out in this weather since 8 this morning."
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