• FLOODS of '08 VIDEO
For neighbors rebuilding it was a beautiful site. A large back hoe tore down a rotting flood home,
"This actually kind of starts shaping up the neighborhood a bit," says neighbor, Ronnee O'Brien.
The flood home being torn down was filled with black mold. With its foundation crumbling, the owner was never allowed back in after the flood to gut the home and it was starting to mold. CBS 2 gave you an inside look of the home last week. Now the city has taken action.
"The engineer gave me a call last night and he let me know that they were going to start this morning," says the owner of the home, Dave Kohoutek.
Crews wore masks, a barrier between them and this contaminated home. They sprayed water on the debris to keep the mold and asbestos from spreading any further. But as Ronnee O'Brien watches this home be dissected she says she can't help but wonder about all of the other homes still rotting.
"We've got a breeze so the smell isn't so bad. But you know, when we don't have that breeze it's going to be bad."
While one unsafe home is being torn down another just on the other side of O'Brien's home still stands, though barely. The foundation is crumbling and the owner says it's getting worse. And then there's the home just across the street. It's structurally sound but has yet to be touched. A couch inside the home is now re-upholstered in mold. The owner just walked away.
"Those of us who chose to stay are going to have to live with it and it is inconsiderate to leave it sit," says O'Brien.
The demolished lot is a battle ground. A fight between those who want to stay and those who just don't care. And while back hoe's bucket scooped up piles and piles of mold and rotting garbage it leaves those like O'Brien the chance to pick up and build a better neighborhood.
"It's an absolutely fantastic day. One down many to go."Rotting Homes Razed
