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ENFIELD:<\/strong> Shari Buckler has had enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Buckler said she has had flood waters once again that have left her home on Carriage Lane under water\u2014and she is pointing fingers at the Municipality of East Hants for not doing anything to remedy the situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Buckler spoke with The Laker News about her problem, which reared its ugly head after last weekend\u2019s flood storm that also saw the culverts on either side of her driveway and ditch washed out and gaping holes in her driveway as a result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But the real problem is the continuous flooding that occurs at her property and four or five other neighbours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis is the fifth year that I have had a flood in my house that I\u2019ve had to put through insurance,\u201d said Buckler, who estimates to fix her house after this flood will be close to $10,000. \u201cMy neighbour has been after the municipality too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt makes me angry seeing the damage from the flooding because we\u2019ve been after them for five years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n She said the municipality has dug out the ditches on two neighbouring streets, one being White Road, but they won\u2019t come and touch the ones on her street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”169″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate group=”2″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n The recent flood has forced one of her sons who was living with her in the basement, to now sleep on the couch upstairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHe was living downstairs, but not he\u2019s on the couch upstairs,\u201d she said. \u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n She said there\u2019s a quick fix to the problem for her and others, one she doesn\u2019t understand why the municipality doesn\u2019t just do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If they did, they would be done with hearing from her on this issue every time there\u2019s heavy rains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI want the municipality to clean that swampy area out, divert the water across the street and fix my culverts the way it should be and make it, so it flows both ways,\u201d said Buckler. \u201dIt\u2019s not. That\u2019s the problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt makes me angry. I shouldn\u2019t have to be doing this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n With the amount of times she has had floods at her property and home, Buckler is very concerned her insurance company will eventually tell her they can\u2019t give her home insurance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”190″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”84″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n For its part, the Municipality of East Hants said they strive to provide the information and resources that help residents understand how to prepare and repair their properties in case of a flood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Juliann Cashen, spokeswoman for the MEH, provided a few links residents can check out to help guide them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These links are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cashen said MEH has a Council Policy on storm damage that may be helpful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The link to that is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n