{"id":107836,"date":"2024-09-28T07:28:48","date_gmt":"2024-09-28T00:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=107836"},"modified":"2024-09-28T07:28:48","modified_gmt":"2024-09-28T00:28:48","slug":"at-a-pinellas-mobile-home-park-residents-wake-up-to-complete-disaster-after-helene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=107836","title":{"rendered":"At a Pinellas mobile home park, residents wake up to \u2018complete disaster\u2019 after Helene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"articleBody\">\n<section>\n<p class=\"\">Suzanne Whelehar squeezed Nancy Parker\u2019s hand as the friends walked slowly toward the mobile home, careful not to step on debris. Both women had tears in their eyes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Parker had a bad feeling about what she might see when she arrived to her home at Harbor Lights Club in Pinellas County\u2019s Bay Pines community, but somehow, the damage from Hurricane Helene\u2019s storm surge exceeded even her worst expectations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">A high-water line stood more than three feet up the side of her home, a sure sign that inside there would be water damage, too. Across the street, a neighbor had a boat toppled over and nearly jutting inside the living room. One house down, there was no living room at all. Helene\u2019s surge had ripped off the house\u2019s wall and a rush of water pushed all furniture into a corner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201dIt\u2019s a complete disaster.\u201d said Whelehar, as the sun was coming up from behind her. \u201cIt\u2019s horrible.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__body-image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><input type=\"hidden\" value=\"IRv2\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"lazy-container\" style=\"background-color:#f7f7f7\"><picture><source type=\"image\/jpg\" media=\"(max-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/resizer\/v2\/a-home-at-harbor-lights-club-mobile-home-RD2KXJNQ7ZHATPG5VS54LPCZ6U.JPG?auth=07fd6243d5886154cdfd166cf0715c7d050891ef3e9211f95e0a13409ffb654d&amp;width=480\"\/><source type=\"image\/jpg\" media=\"(max-width: 481px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/resizer\/v2\/a-home-at-harbor-lights-club-mobile-home-RD2KXJNQ7ZHATPG5VS54LPCZ6U.JPG?auth=07fd6243d5886154cdfd166cf0715c7d050891ef3e9211f95e0a13409ffb654d&amp;width=620\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A home at Harbor Lights Club mobile home park in Pinellas County in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on Friday.\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=&quot;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg&quot; viewBox=&quot;0 0 620 413&quot;\/%3E\" style=\"transition:opacity 0.5s ease 0.5s;opacity:0\" title=\"A home at Harbor Lights Club mobile home park in Pinellas County in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on Friday.\" itemprop=\"image\" width=\"620\" height=\"auto\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/resizer\/v2\/a-home-at-harbor-lights-club-mobile-home-RD2KXJNQ7ZHATPG5VS54LPCZ6U.JPG?auth=07fd6243d5886154cdfd166cf0715c7d050891ef3e9211f95e0a13409ffb654d&amp;width=620\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"620\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"413\"\/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"description\" class=\"caption\">A home at Harbor Lights Club mobile home park in Pinellas County in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on Friday.<!-- --> <span class=\"caption__credit\">[\u00a0MAX CHESNES  |  Times\u00a0]<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"\">Two houses down, the back room from where Candy Manfull, 57, could look out over Long Bayou while she worked no longer existed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cThis was supposed to be our retirement home,\u201d Manfull said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">When they found the property, it felt like a dream, she said. It seemed impossible to be on the water for less than $800,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Like many residents of the mobile home park, Manfull couldn\u2019t find anyone to insure the property, she said. But she\u2019d heard that Tampa Bay was protected from storms like this \u2014something about an Indian burial site or particular gulf currents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">She doesn\u2019t think she\u2019ll be able to rebuild if the house is unrecoverable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Nobody warned Mary Romeo, 64, that such devastation was possible when she arrived from Toronto in July.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">She\u2019d watched storm surge trickle over the seawall during hurricane Debby, assured that nothing worse was possible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201dThis was something totally different,\u201d Romeo said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__body-image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><input type=\"hidden\" value=\"IRv2\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"lazy-container\" style=\"background-color:#f7f7f7\"><picture><source type=\"image\/jpg\" media=\"(max-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/resizer\/v2\/homes-at-harbor-lights-club-mobile-home-OA4RCSPSQFHQJIQ3NIM2OCJHFA.JPG?auth=b8df1ec4b71cc6d5adb8ef225a0688889362ccf8af0ba5b94ed9117b5c114c8b&amp;width=480\"\/><source type=\"image\/jpg\" media=\"(max-width: 481px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/resizer\/v2\/homes-at-harbor-lights-club-mobile-home-OA4RCSPSQFHQJIQ3NIM2OCJHFA.JPG?auth=b8df1ec4b71cc6d5adb8ef225a0688889362ccf8af0ba5b94ed9117b5c114c8b&amp;width=620\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Homes at Harbor Lights Club mobile home park in Pinellas County in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=&quot;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg&quot; viewBox=&quot;0 0 620 413&quot;\/%3E\" style=\"transition:opacity 0.5s ease 0.5s;opacity:0\" title=\"Homes at Harbor Lights Club mobile home park in Pinellas County in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.\" itemprop=\"image\" width=\"620\" height=\"auto\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/resizer\/v2\/homes-at-harbor-lights-club-mobile-home-OA4RCSPSQFHQJIQ3NIM2OCJHFA.JPG?auth=b8df1ec4b71cc6d5adb8ef225a0688889362ccf8af0ba5b94ed9117b5c114c8b&amp;width=620\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"620\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"413\"\/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"description\" class=\"caption\">Homes at Harbor Lights Club mobile home park in Pinellas County in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.<!-- --> <span class=\"caption__credit\">[\u00a0MAX CHESNES  |  Times\u00a0]<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"\">At 9 p.m., water came rushing in through the door, the floor vents belching brackish sludge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In total the house filled with a foot of water, leaving a brown water mark on the white drywall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201dWe were sitting up on the dining room table,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cAt one point I starting calling people asking if they could come rescue us in a kayak. They thought I was kidding, but what else were we going to do?\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__body-image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><input type=\"hidden\" value=\"IRv2\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"lazy-container\" style=\"background-color:#f7f7f7\"><picture><source type=\"image\/jpg\" media=\"(max-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/resizer\/v2\/a-home-at-harbor-lights-club-mobile-home-FL3PQ5TM2BHPLG6765ZHBDI74A.JPG?auth=7b0f6833e0b29ee26dca8201c3131bb7dfa75192be244b3c11b47d16a3af75d8&amp;width=480\"\/><source type=\"image\/jpg\" media=\"(max-width: 481px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/resizer\/v2\/a-home-at-harbor-lights-club-mobile-home-FL3PQ5TM2BHPLG6765ZHBDI74A.JPG?auth=7b0f6833e0b29ee26dca8201c3131bb7dfa75192be244b3c11b47d16a3af75d8&amp;width=620\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A home at Harbor Lights Club mobile home park in Pinellas County in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=&quot;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg&quot; viewBox=&quot;0 0 620 413&quot;\/%3E\" style=\"transition:opacity 0.5s ease 0.5s;opacity:0\" title=\"A home at Harbor Lights Club mobile home park in Pinellas County in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.\" itemprop=\"image\" width=\"620\" height=\"auto\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/resizer\/v2\/a-home-at-harbor-lights-club-mobile-home-FL3PQ5TM2BHPLG6765ZHBDI74A.JPG?auth=7b0f6833e0b29ee26dca8201c3131bb7dfa75192be244b3c11b47d16a3af75d8&amp;width=620\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"620\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"413\"\/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"description\" class=\"caption\">A home at Harbor Lights Club mobile home park in Pinellas County in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.<!-- --> <span class=\"caption__credit\">[\u00a0MAX CHESNES  |  Times\u00a0]<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"\"><b>Tampa Bay Times\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/hurricane\/2023\/05\/24\/2023-hurricane-season-florida-tampa-bay-ian-lessons\/\"><b>hurricane coverage<\/b><\/a><b>\u00a02024<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/hurricane\/2024\/04\/05\/2024-hurricane-season-csu-forecast-florida\/\">5 things to know about the 2024 hurricane season, according to forecasters.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/hurricane\/2024\/04\/03\/forecasters-predict-extremely-active-2024-hurricane-season-heres-why\/\">Forecasters predict \u2018extremely active\u2019 2024 hurricane season. 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