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possible to the first floor. The family's
computers, the washer and dryer, and
some other important belongings were
hauled up the steps.
Outside, Goldstein said neighbors
kept running out of their houses asking
each other if they had water in their
basements.
"When we all realized we all were
flooded, there was nothing left to do
but watch the water rise inch by inch:'
she said. "My little ones were fright-
ened and upset as they watched their
toys floating in the basement."
She added that it could have been
worse — it was just water, not raw
sewage as faced by others in neighbor-
ing areas, such as Huntington Woods.
The Goldsteins tried to do as much
of the clean-up work and repairs
themselves, following expert base-
ment remediation guidelines from
NECHAMA in how to rip out water-
logged walls and floors and taking all
the recommended precautions to pre-
vent the growth of mold.
However, the cost of repairing their
basement and replacing what had been
lost came on "too fast and all at once:'
Goldstein said her family received
minimal support from FEMA and the
Workers move a dresser donated by
Art Van Furniture into a home that
had been flooded. Through JFS, the
company donated 533 couches,
dressers and bookcases to 130 fam-
ilies in in Southfield, Oak Park and
Huntington Woods.
cost of the damages were not com-
pletely covered by their insurance.
In the months following the flood,
the Goldstein household is slowly get-
ting back to normal. After a few weeks
of sleeping in the living and dining
rooms, her sons were able to return to
their basement bedrooms — albeit half
finished — in time to use the upstairs
space for Rosh Hashanah.
The entire experience made
Goldstein very aware of just "how
quickly life can change from every-
thing being OK to finding yourself in
crisis mode:' She and her family are
extremely thankful and comforted
to know she could count on the sup-
port of JFS and its partnering agencies
"when we fell:'
"Everyone on the block was support-
ing each other — whether you needed
an extra bottle of bleach, another mop
or just a hug of support. We came
through this experience learning that
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awaiting help from the agency with their flood damages.