She looked out her window on Tuesday and decided to stay, even though there were evacuation orders.
Thompson fell asleep around 4 o’clock in her house. About an hour later, she woke up, unsure whether it was her dog barking or her phone ringing. “My son called and they said the dam is going to break. My dog was barking and there was water in the house. It came in quick.” Thompson drove up the road and parked at a grocery store on higher ground. “I put the seat back and laid there, me and the dog,” she said.So she decided to go look.“I just stood there like, 'Where is my house?' ” she said.The house had vanished, washed away.
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