TOWN OF ERIN — Rain drenched the Town of Erin last week, causing Druid Lake to take on more water and flood surrounding properties.
There are still a couple of inches of water on Clear Water Beach Road and dozens of sandbags surrounding homes.
Mary Lee Rieley showed me videos she took Friday morning as Druid Lake started to swallow her patio.
"This was Friday morning, and I was really afraid of Friday evening," Rieley said.
"I noticed my sump pump was going on every 13 seconds, and I thought okay this could be trouble," Rieley said.
"There were 20-25 people that were just lifting bags and filling bags and putting them around homes," Rieley said.
Rieley said she is thankful for the support from her neighbors and other town residents.
Watch: Neighbors brought sandbags as Druid Lake started to flood
"We had tons of neighbors that came out and helped us, I mean it was amazing," Rieley said.
Thankfully, water did not get into Rieley's home. However, this is nothing new for homeowners on the lake.
"It’s just something old that they really don’t want to deal with," Jim Carberry said.
TMJ4 previously reported on neighbors raising their voices about a change the Department of Natural Resources made to a floodplain map.
That decision was then reversed.
Neighbors are thankful that the damage to their neighborhood was minimal and that they had many helping hands along the way.
"We just all band together and help as much as we can," Rieley said.
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