Dave Brown is an Île-Mercier resident. He uses his lunch break to clean out his basement from damage caused by flooding, and now he says he has to play an uneasy waiting game.
Estimates on damage continue to trickle in. Firefighters said he could return home — for the time being.
“The foundation guy is coming Saturday,” Brown told Global News. “After that we’ll see.”
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Brown said firefighters originally told him to leave his home when floods reached the transformer under his home.
There is an overall feeling of uncertainty in some parts of the island, home to about 50 residences.
It seems like only about half the residents have returned home, and firefighters are in the process of compiling new lists of homes that can be re-entered or must remain off limits.
Some people stayed in their homes on the island in the thick of the worst flooding.
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Neighbours say floods caved in the foundation of one home while the residents were still inside. It’s currently being marked with a red card as “uninhabitable.”
Île-Mercier is part of the borough of Île-Bizard-Sainte-Genevieve.
Borough officials didn’t return calls seeking comment.