Karin Hardy's bed, still with the sheets on, was found nearly a half-mile downstream from where her home use to be on Water Street in Jamaica, Vermont. Hardy moved into her century-old home that backed to the Ball Mountain Brook, six years ago. Heavy and constant rains from Tropical Storm Irene saturated the land and overflowed rivers, knocking down bridges, roads, businesses and homes throughout Vermont. Hardy evacuated her home with little more than the clothes on her back. Her home was carried away by the rising water along with a few of her neighbors. She did not have flood insurance and found what remained of her home as debris piles half-a-mile downstream.
The Route 30 bridge at the end of the village of Jamaica, Vermont, was washed out by the Ball Mountain Brook after heavy rains from Tropical Storm Irene.
Karin Hardy moved into her home six years ago on Water Street in Jamaica, Vermont. Over a century old, her house backed to the Ball Mountain Brook near the convergence with the West River. Heavy and constant rains from Tropical Storm Irene saturated the land and overflowed rivers, knocking down bridges, roads, businesses and homes throughout Vermont. Hardy evacuated her home with little more than the clothes on her back. Her home was carried away by the rising water along with a few of her neighbors. She did not have flood insurance and found what remained of her home as debris piles half-a-mile downstream.
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