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Home My WebLink AboutTimes-Advocate, 1996-06-26, Page 5EXETER TOYOTA, 40. • Trines -Advocate, June 26, 1996 Plage 3 Insurance deadline could be critical for many with earthquake insurance. , According to Ross Long of Exet- er Insurance, who was busy re- ceiving flood -related calls on : Thursday, many situations involved damage due to sewer or drain back- ; up, which most people were coy- : erect for Fire Department : The Exeter Fire Department has : been involved with the clean-up in- : cluding pumping water and hosing mud away from local businesses The department also helped pump water out of the boiler room and of- • tices in the basement of the South : Huron District Hospital "It's minimal compared to '69." said Leroy Edwards, the hospital's .director of housekeeping. "It wasn't .that bad." ' Although water coming up .through the drains rose to an es- 'timated two -foot level, the pump kept up to the flow. When Edwards .arrived at the building at 1:15 a.m., water was heading across Highway '4 and down Anne Street. rile fire department also aided in the clean-up at Exeter Villa. "I stood on Pryde Boulevard tor an hour and watched the water run down John Street," said Mary Jane MacDougall Water had entered the east wing through floor drains As well, ex- cessive water lett six inches of mud in the parking lot. MacDougall said she couldn't get into the building "We were very fortunate," she said, commending the fire de- partment its help. Although Chief John Morgan said firefighters weren't as busy as the PUC or town works department, they did deal with minor situations such as alarms that were set oft Local clean up The town quickly arranged for an additional garbage collection on Friday and will also make the land- fill site available at no cost. Debris, including hay washed off of fanners' fields, has collected in town and blocked off a dram on Huron Street West during the stone. Rene Vanbruwaene, of Eastern Ave., recently moved to town from his farm and he said he felt like he was sharecropping as he removed piles of corn that had washed onto his properly from the farm land just east of town. Many property owners in town had to contend with raw sewage that backed up through basement drains Virtually every carpet clean- ing company in the area was repre- sented in town as calls for as- sistance were pouring in. Rene Vanbruwaene's back yard was the final resting place for a full truckload of corn stalks which was carried into Exeter from Usborne Township. I:.h�i}I dl p� ilfi�..,.. VAIR • 5 Overloaded drains couldn't handle the rush of water that was dumped on Exeter in such a short time. The above - photo was taken behind the Canadian Tire store at five a.m. Thursday. At right, Din- ney Furniture employee Glenn Slade was looking for higher ground as virtually the entire store was flooded. Dinneys have opened a temporary lo- cation in the former Campbell' Appliances building. Main Street a waterpark Above, the Helen Jermyn Apartments on Sanders Street East suffered extensive flooding as well as other area homes. This tractor on Huron St. East, below, was a typical scene Thursday morning. It was in the same spot at press time Tuesday as additional rainfall has made this year one of the most challenging for area farmers. EXETER - Shortly after 1 a.m. a small lake stretched from just past the traffic lights at Huron Street to the front steps of the Bayberry Cafe. A car tried to drive through it before police could block off the road, but stalled leaving the oc- cupants and their vehicle stranded until a passersby helped push them out. Jack Mayer from Mayer Plumb- ing and Heating pulled his work van up to the water's edge and Ron Cornish yelled out to him: "Can you turn the tap off?" A barrel full of flowers, one of the many placed by the EBA a few weeks ago to beatify the downtown arca, floated across the flooded street. It finally came to rest two blocks down Anne Street on the front yard of Todd and Karen Jones. Teenagers took advantage of the instant water park in downtown Ex- eter splashing through the flowing stream that, at one point, was above their knees. A few courageous youths took turns joyriding on a floating air mattress. 'Che force of the water raging around the front of Canadian Tire was strong enough to sweep the daredevils across Main Street and carry them swiftly a block down Anne to William Street. The moving water was also strong enough to pick up a large storage shed at the back of Kevin Buchanan's pmperty on Huron Street East and shift it five feet. "1t was flowing like a river through here. Words couldn't de- scribe what it was like," said Bu- chanan, adding the water level rose to the first step of his outside deck. The basement. that was newly fur- nished, was flocaled nearly four feet. The family television was bob- bing in the corner and laundry ap- pliances were also destroyed. The biggest loss, however. was the col- lection of Family video tapes that were floc ing aimlessly in the flooded iootn. 'Insurance can't replace some thing like that;' he said. Many of his neighbors faced a similar situation. TOYOTA It's Summer time and the driving is easy. Pick your car. Pick your payment linny t)ozy tie ,1/4 1996 Toyota Tercel SD Tercel SD Lease for only j9PernK 48 mos Only $500 down. • 15t DOHC 16 valve engine • 4 -speed manual overdrive transmission • dual rearview mirrors • centre console • reclining bucket seats • side door impact beams • direct ignition system .* ... 3 >x�'Y b. 1996 Toyota Corolla DX Plus Corolla DX Plus Lease for only per mo. /48 mos. 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