As they scrambled to gather belongings and debated whether toevacuate their homes this morning, Sissonville residents said theyhadn't expected the water to rise again after it crested Sunday.
But after thunderstorms dumped more water into Haines Branch andthe Poca River, it did.
This morning residents stood on the few dry driveways left inMeadowview Estates and waited for boats to carry them to the highwayramp at the Haines Branch Road exit of Interstate 77. The ramp wasthe closest that rescuers could get to stranded residents without aboat.Water had covered the floor of Dennis Heilmann's house inMeadowview Estates by the time he left. As he arrived in a boat atthe …
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