Close Calls and Clean Up

A day of clean up and close calls in Baldwin County. High water caused some anxious moments in Baldwin County on Fish River as Lee threw one more punch before leaving our area. And in Lillian, after what many believe was a twister that came through that community, rebuilding is still in question.

"It was just this whole nucleus here. You can see how it went right through the center here." For forty years or more, Elaine Koehler has boarded and trained horses. But with the horses safe in a pasture, Monday was a day to clean up what is left of her farm. "It's worse in than Ivan. We had a lot of roof damage in Ivan. We didn't lose whole buildings in Ivan," she says.

When the storm rolled through it destroyed three barns., a garage, to grain bins and a silo. "I'm waiting for the insurance adjuster to come out. I want to wait and see how much of it's covered by my insurance. What I get out of the insurance will determine a lot of what I can do to rebuild or check out."

"It's been a pain in the, it's been a pain." For folks along the Fish River the rains from tropical storm Lee couldn't get out of here soon enough. "It was really quite stormier than I'd figured it would be," says homeowner Mike DiLeo as he rakes away debris from his yard. "It came in here pretty good."

The good news is the Fish River although it may not look like it now is starting to go down. The best way to get around for the next few hours is a canoe.

The kids may have had a big time but the adults are left to clean up from a storm that could have been worse.

"It's all part of living on the river," says DiLeo.