BURLINGTON, N.C. — Four families in Burlington are trapped in their own neighborhood, held back by damage from Tropical Storm Chantal. Their only road leading to the outside road caved in, making it impossible for vehicles to get out or in.What You Need To Know When floodwaters came rushing in almost two weeks ago, Darrell Wagoner, one of the residents who lives off Jordan Meadows Drive, said it was an event he never expected.“It came over here with such force and such depth. When you talk a...
BURLINGTON, N.C. — Four families in Burlington are trapped in their own neighborhood, held back by damage from Tropical Storm Chantal. Their only road leading to the outside road caved in, making it impossible for vehicles to get out or in.
What You Need To Know
When floodwaters came rushing in almost two weeks ago, Darrell Wagoner, one of the residents who lives off Jordan Meadows Drive, said it was an event he never expected.
“It came over here with such force and such depth. When you talk about 8 feet that you see on that from ground level down there, it came over with such force that as it was going down on this side right here, it started eroding the original road in time,” Wagoner said.
Wagoner said they were already in the process of putting gravel, fabric and piping into the system before the flooding.
“It took that and $15,000 worth of material was gone, just like that, in the blink of an eye,” Wagoner said.
Chief Jimmy Westbrook of Faucette Fire Department is a volunteer firefighter who’s helping these families. In a statement over the phone, he said the fire department and other emergency vehicles can’t get to the four homes.
“It's our understanding that there’s six situations at minimum like this in Alamance County," Wagoner said. "People who can't get out don’t know what they’re going to do to fix it.”
Westbrook said they’re working to cut an access road from the end of Bob Rainey Trail, so that they can get their trucks to those homes in case of an emergency.
Wagoner said until then they are leaning on their neighbors on the other side of the road to lend a helping hand to get what they need, like groceries.
“We've got neighbors around the corner that'll do that stuff for us,” Wagoner said.
Wagoner also said that his hope is for people to help in any way that they can, whether that’s companies or organizations that can assist in fixing the road. They've even set up a GoFundMe and are accepting any donations to fix this road.
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