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31-01-2023, 01:43 PM
Bevan Hurley
Mon, 30 January 2023 at 11:41 pm SGT
When Hurricane Ian swept through Florida in September, Christian Childers and Kendra Elliott’s home on the central Gulf Coast town of Englewood became swamped under five inches of water.
The water subsided a few days later, and then the toxic mould began to grow “dramatically” on walls, ceilings and air vents in the couple’s rented bungalow
With thousands displaced and no emergency housing available, the blended family of six were forced to board up a bedroom and bathroom where the mould was at its worst and wait for help.
In the ensuing weeks, Childers experienced fatigue and shortness of breath, and suffered two asthma attacks that required hospitalisation, Ms Elliott said.
On Christmas Eve he suffered a third serious asthma attack and was rushed to Sarasota Memorial Hospital where he died on 2 January.
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Ms Elliott told The Independent the family’s appeals for help to clean and detoxify their home to FEMA and the Red Cross went unanswered.
“If your roof is intact, it’s deemed a liveable structure,” she said.
The electricity remained down for more than two weeks, and the pipes had burst.
Simple tasks like clothing or cooking meals for their two sons, nine-year-old Riley and four-year-old Colton, became an ordeal.
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Their landlord called in a handyman to carry out much-needed repairs. While looking for the source of the mould, he busted open an inner wall — and more of the toxic sludge came pouring back out.
“Nothing got fixed,” Ms Elliott said. “They didn’t even come back and put drywall over it.”
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/her-healthy-hu...27081.html
Mon, 30 January 2023 at 11:41 pm SGT
When Hurricane Ian swept through Florida in September, Christian Childers and Kendra Elliott’s home on the central Gulf Coast town of Englewood became swamped under five inches of water.
The water subsided a few days later, and then the toxic mould began to grow “dramatically” on walls, ceilings and air vents in the couple’s rented bungalow
With thousands displaced and no emergency housing available, the blended family of six were forced to board up a bedroom and bathroom where the mould was at its worst and wait for help.
In the ensuing weeks, Childers experienced fatigue and shortness of breath, and suffered two asthma attacks that required hospitalisation, Ms Elliott said.
On Christmas Eve he suffered a third serious asthma attack and was rushed to Sarasota Memorial Hospital where he died on 2 January.
......
Ms Elliott told The Independent the family’s appeals for help to clean and detoxify their home to FEMA and the Red Cross went unanswered.
“If your roof is intact, it’s deemed a liveable structure,” she said.
The electricity remained down for more than two weeks, and the pipes had burst.
Simple tasks like clothing or cooking meals for their two sons, nine-year-old Riley and four-year-old Colton, became an ordeal.
......
Their landlord called in a handyman to carry out much-needed repairs. While looking for the source of the mould, he busted open an inner wall — and more of the toxic sludge came pouring back out.
“Nothing got fixed,” Ms Elliott said. “They didn’t even come back and put drywall over it.”
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/her-healthy-hu...27081.html
