By Alan Wickware

Roche Percee’s deputy mayor worries town won’t recover

Jun 21, 2011 | 12:27 PM

When the water stops rising Roche Percee's deputy mayor is worried the small southeast town won't recover from the devastating flood.

“In my mind it's pretty doubtful at this time,” said Sharon Wells, obviously overwrought with emotion.

She and her husband are two of only 22 people that have stayed behind.

“If you didn't get it out, you're not going to get it out,” she said through tears. “I'm never going to get baby pictures of my kids again, so I just really hope that our power stays on and they can soon stop letting as much water out (of the Rafferty reservoir).”

The rest of the 171 residents have evacuated after what's become the worst flood in their town's recorded history.

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“On First Street down there, not all of them took their stuff out of their main floor because the water has not come to the main floor level,” she said, adding that many of those people now have about five feet of water in their kitchens.

In the low-lying part of town, the water is up to 22 feet deep, almost completely covering one house.

Wells worries that those people, and others, will never come back to Roche Percee.

“I can't see the people trusting to rebuild in the bottom,” said Wells.

Wells knows the government will help with its rainy day fund, but she's concerned there just won't be enough money to help all the communities.

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