Ashley Crabb doesn’t know when she’ll be able to return home.
She, her children and her neighbors on Riverside Drive could be living in hotels or couch-surfing for weeks while city crews work to repair the water main break that flooded their homes on Saturday.
WE ARE STAYING ON TOP OFDEVELOPING NEWS FROM THE EASTEND AT THIS HOUR.CREWS HAVEBEEN WORKING TO FIX A LARGE,60 INCH WATER MAIN BREAK ONRIVERSIDE DRIVE.EAST END FAMILIES WADEDTHROUGH MUCK AND MIRE IN THEIRLIVING ROOMS AFTER THAT WATERMAIN BREAK FLOODED HOMES.
BUTTHE WORST PART MAY BE A NOTICEFROM THE CITY.REPORTER LARRYSEWARD IS ALONG RIVERSIDEDRIVE WITH MORE."This street and the mainbelow can and will be fixed ina matter weeks... the futureof homes damaged is less clearand worry is bigger than thatsink hole." (trackThe cave-inaround one of the largestwater mains in cincinnnati...(nats tc 13:40:16)"This iscrazy..." (track)...swampedAshley Crabb's home.and belowthe brown water line in herliving room... (nats tc13:54:02)"I was so scared thatthese were lost too..." (track)...they salvaged little morethan one obituaryCrabbworries about when and if theycan move back into their home.(sot/ tc 13:34:14 / ashleycrabb/ home floode"...youjust don't know what tobelieve anymore at this point(track)City engineersinspected Riverside Drive...the broken 60-inch main... andnearby homes.They need weeksto repair and re-open the road.But an inspector told usthey're far from deciding whatif anything needs to becondemned then fieldedquestions from homeowners.(sot/ tc 13:32:04/ ashleycrabb/ home flooded)"This is acrisis happening in the middleof a crisis for somebody likehim." (track)Crabb is in amotel with two special needschildren... including a five-year-old with autism who triedto sneak out last night.
(sot/tc 13:31:03/ ashley crabb/home flooded)"He just wantedto keep trying to get out.
Itwas just very overwhelming forhim."him."overwhelming for him.
Without insurance to help cover the damage, one East End family was left devastated after a water main break on Riverside Drive..
