by Diana Lucio
Published: Sat, September 20, 2008 - 9:07 pm CST
Last Updated: Sun, September 21, 2008 - 1:39 pm CST
This isn't the first time residents Steven Sewell and his Dad Gary have had to spend the day cleaning up after a storm."It seems every time we try to do some work to make the house look decent around here another storm comes in and rips it all down again," Said Sewell.
Their home wasn't hit this time but thanks to Hurricane Ike their driveway was buried under six feet of sand.
"Between the two storms this lot just being a few inches low all this water funnels through here and just tears it up and it's like in the canal pretty much," Said Gary Sewell. While the storm didn't damage any homes on Dauphin Island this time, something that wasn't spared was the berm. "That berm's gone that protected these houses and so forth, so it's quite devastating for the people that live on the beach,"Said Bob Holycross, who lives two blocks over from the beach. But it's been a battle for bulldozers all week as crews continue to clear Bienvielle Drive. Alabama Power tells News Five they will be back to work on Monday trying to get the lights back on for people living on the west end of the beach.
Dauphin Island Levee Controversy
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