{"id":51899,"date":"2024-11-14T17:13:56","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T22:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=51899"},"modified":"2024-11-14T17:14:02","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T22:14:02","slug":"lake-bonny-residents-able-to-return-home-assess-damage-as-water-recedes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2024\/11\/14\/lake-bonny-residents-able-to-return-home-assess-damage-as-water-recedes\/","title":{"rendered":"Lake Bonny residents able to return home, assess damage as water recedes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cEvery floor in the house is gone. That water came in so hard it blew my floors out,\u201d said James Lennon, who lives in Bonny Shores Mobile Home Park. \u201cI just put the plywood so I wouldn\u2019t fall through.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lennon has lakefront property but for the weeks after Hurricane Milton, it was in-the-lake property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The water receded from residential areas around Lake Bonny in Lakeland this week, which allowed Lennon to get back inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Several rooms and outdoor areas have water damage.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cThis is a bedroom and the floors are totally gone and it went up on the walls and stuff,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lennon, like many people who have spoken to the media, does not have flood insurance because their neighborhood is not considered a flood zone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFEMA\u2019s been a nightmare. Took me three times to fill it out,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Across the street, parts of Lisa Houston\u2019s home, including her husband\u2019s \u201cman cave,\u201d filled with water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Houston is in the same predicament as Lennon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just a matter of waiting on FEMA and seeing if we can get some help because we don\u2019t have flood insurance,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Residents said they voiced concerns about Lake Bonny\u2019s high levels since the summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

City officials said they began pumping water out of Lake Bonny on Aug. 5th.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s been operating continuously since August 5th with minimal downtime and the downtime only for maintenance and storm debris clearance,\u201d said Lakeland city manager Shawn Sherrouse during a recent meeting <\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Residents doubt the pump worked properly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In late October, after Hurricane Milton dropped 12 inches on Lakeland and low-lying areas around Lake Bonny flooded , the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began pumping 19,500 gallons per minute out of the lake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The water has dropped 1.7 feet since Hurricane Milton hit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA total removal of over 80 million gallons is needed to lower the lake by one foot,\u201d said Sherrouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyone who requires assistance from FEMA and would benefit from speaking with someone face-to-face can visit a FEMA Disaster Recovery Center <\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is located at W.H. Stuart Center at 1702 South Holland Parkway in Bartow and is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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