Residents Try to Salvage Mementos Before Next Storm Arrives

Families try to save precious memories

With more rain in the forecast, folks in Lancaster are racing to salvage what they can before the next storm hits the area.

Already, on Easter Sunday, the area received a soaking.

Now, Larry Dibbles is looking through his home, which has no roof, trying to save his memories.

His son played football for the UT Longhorns, and on Monday morning, he was looking through his college acceptance letters.

โ€œOhio State, Iowa State, Penn State,โ€ he thumbed through the letters.

โ€œI've lived here 30 years, so lotta memories, stuff from my son when he was going thru high school and college -- just piece it back together,โ€ said Dibbles.

In streets just like his, there is now a line of cars -- insurance agents, cleaning crews, trash haulers -- while families like the Green family sort through it all.

โ€œItโ€™s terrible, just terrible,โ€ remarked Kenneth Green.

His family is safe, but itโ€™s his memories heโ€™s concerned about.

โ€œMy son's pictures, grandma, granddaddy, mom, stuff like that, it was just everywhere,โ€ said Green.

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