Watch Above: Donna and Leo Vaughan describe surviving a landslide that knocked their home off of its foundation and the impact of a recent break-in.
NEAR SICAMOUS – A Shuswap couple whose home was destroyed by a landslide in February have suffered another setback. Donna and Leo Vaughan say a building, where they are storing the personal possession they were able to salvage from their house, was broken into over the May long-weekend.
The storage building is on the same property as the Vaughan’s destroyed home.
“I just don’t understand how somebody looking at this house has enough guts to turn around and still break-in,” says Donna Vaughan.
According to the couple, a lot of things are missing including tools, bikes, skies and personal clothing. They are now worried they will be targeted by thieves again and they plan to move into a building on the property as soon as electricity is reconnected.
“We can’t lose any more. I have already lost enough,” says Donna.
The couple is still dealing with the aftermath of the February landslide that destroyed their home south of Sicamous along Highway 97A. The mudslide hit at approximately 11:40 p.m. and the couple were both inside their home at the time.
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The pair was able to ride out the mudslide, that pushed their house off of its foundation, and escape the building by themselves. Leo Vaughan says the landslide was pretty devastating.
“We had a beautiful living-room. I sat and looked out at the lake. This was my retirement and it is not there anymore,” he says.
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