Several residents of Pensacola, Florida, have the misfortune of dealing with massive runaway barges that washed ashore and settled in their yards.
But only a select few residents of Pensacola, Florida, also have the misfortune of dealing withthat washed ashore and settled in their yards. Homeowners said Sunday that at least four barges remain lodged in the yards of homes located off the shore of Pensacola Bay.
"The basement was flooded and our cars were flooded and everything, and then I look through the window and see this light coming towards me," Nisewonger said, referring to a light attached to the top of the barge now entrenched in her backyard."I'm like, 'A is barge is coming, a barge is coming. Oh my gosh, what do we do?'"
The barge completely flattened Nisewonger's metal fence. She also thinks it may have blasted her deck steps 30 to 40 yards back behind her house, unless the storm surge alone was responsible. "In a typical storm like this, you would lose the dock but you'd still have the pilings, and it's a lot cheaper to rebuild when the pilings are in place," Simkins said Sunday."And you'd still have your yard and everything. But the barge wiped it all out."
In a statement released Thursday, Skanska USA, the construction company that owns the still unspecified number of runaway barges, saidbut noted it made "all appropriate preparations" based on the best information available before the storm. Nisewonger said that she and her husband haven't considered pursuing a lawsuit yet, but they are concerned about drowning in the looming expenses brought on by Sally and the giant vessel.
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