I finally got through to my
mom in
Miami Springs. Most of the house is okay, but the front room that we'd created by closing in the
garage was ruined. So was the
tool shed in the back, including the
lawnmower we just got back from the repair shop.
And, perhaps worst, at least one of the diaries my stepfather's mom kept
was washed clean by the water. He's drying what remains -- photos, other
diaries, etc. -- as best he can.
But they're safe, if exhausted by ripping soggy carpet up.
My dad's Honda Civic is a total loss.
None of this, of course, is covered by ordinary insurance, and since neither of them was in a flood zone, neither had flood insurance.
Damn.