![]() ![]() and Hawaii Collections range from $3.80 to $6.50 per Point with a minimum purchase of 4,000 Points Embarc Collection ranges from $285 USD / $360 CAD, depending on place of residency, per point and a minimum purchase of 6000 Points. Prices range from $7,800 - $758,990 for deeded interest U.S. THE COMPLETE OFFERING TERMS ARE IN AN OFFERING PLAN AVAILABLE FROM THE DEVELOPER. The authoritative record of NPR’s programming is the audio record.THIS MATERIAL IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF SOLICITING TIMESHARE OWNERSHIP INTERESTS IN A HILTON GRAND VACATIONS RESORT. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. (SOUNDBITE OF ANDY THORN'S "AESOP MOUNTAIN") Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR. A year later, FEMA has made offers on only about 240 properties that had flooded, but many residents are still choosing to stay.įor NPR News, I'm Stan Ingold in Lost Creek, Ky. INGOLD: But fear is not enough reason for these eastern Kentuckians to leave despite the flood dangers. NOBLE: We're back in the house, but we're scared. She worries about what will happen if heavy rains come again. You can also see where landslides cleared portions of the hillsides around her home. INGOLD: Outside in her yard, she's replaced many of the animals that she lost in the flood. So we want to - I wanted to stay at my home because I'm just too old to change it. And then my husband passed away here, and now he's buried just down the road here. So in her mind, selling wasn't an option. INGOLD: And for Noble, there are just too many memories. NOBLE: Trying to get everything put back together. And that is our - was my parents' heritage, you know? MULLINS: We were offered that option, but our property on River Caney was land that had been handed down, that were settled in the 1700s. For Mullins, the roots on her creekside land run too deep. INGOLD: Mullins and Noble were thinking about selling their properties to the state to become greenspace, but ultimately decided not to. But we have found that more are thinking about, hey, I would like to move. MYRA SHIRD: And there are folks that are saying, yes, I want to stay. FEMA's Myra Shird says over 500 people initially expressed interest in selling. INGOLD: To help people move, the Federal Emergency Management Agency teamed up with the state government to work on a voluntary buyout program. The 77-year-old was Mullins' neighbor, but she decided to stay in her home once it was repaired. INGOLD: Betty Noble also vividly remembers the flood. And, like, when it storms or if it rains really hard, you know, it's like I'm just like a nervous - just, like, pace like a cat in a cage. ![]() MULLINS: Not really an anxious person, but, you know, it just brings it all back. Mullins and her husband have since moved to a new home a few miles away and on much higher ground, but she still gets upset when the weather starts to turn. INGOLD: Two storms had stalled over eastern Kentucky and dumped massive amounts of rain over several days. It was, like, screeching, you know, as it passed. Like, it would, like, hit the top of our house. MULLINS: So I just stood there, and I watched, like, the neighbors' houses go down the stream. INGOLD: There was little she could do as the creek that ran near her home became a raging river. It was - you know, they were just trapped. It looked like two rivers on each side of my house, and there was no way for them to get out of there. She couldn't reach it and realized her son and husband were inside. STAN INGOLD, BYLINE: Sherry Mullins vividly remembers trying to get to her house after visiting a relative a year ago. Stan Ingold from member station WEKU reports. After last year's floods, some people moved to higher ground, while others decided to stay where they were. This is a hilly region, part of the Appalachian Mountain chain, and, in it, many people live in the valleys, the lowlands, the flatlands, the lands alongside the streams. Those earlier floods left 45 people dead as rivers and creeks overflowed across a wide region of the state. Recent floods in Kentucky were less bad than one year ago. ![]()
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