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The Pueblo Chieftain Online I Friday wysiwyg: //43 /http: / /www. chieftain. com /monday /news /display.php3 ?article =8 <br />flood's effect on North La Junta. "There's a real sense of <br />community there." <br />Not everyone in the area was wiped out by the flood. <br />Mechanic Rick Harper, owner of R & J Auto, said the flood <br />only closed his garage a few weeks because the electricity <br />was gone. When the power came back, he was back in <br />business, which consisted mostly of fixing cars damaged <br />in the flood. <br />A few streets away, home owner Rod Brown Jr. said he <br />just got done moving the sandbar that floodwaters <br />deposited in his yard. <br />He got off lucky, Brown said, losing only a dog house and <br />a shed full of tools and other belongings to the flood. <br />Brown's house sat just barely high enough to escape the <br />flood waters, unlike his lower -lying neighbors. <br />"Every time I start feeling sorry for myself, I just go out on <br />my front porch look around," he said. <br />There aren't any figures on how many of the flood victims <br />had flood insurance. Brisendine did, which is why she was <br />able to rebuild her salon, called "A Cut Above ". <br />"I wasn't happy paying for it," she said. "But I was happy to <br />have it." <br />Roman didn't have flood insurance, but her son got her a <br />loan for a new modular home and is helping her with the <br />payments. <br />She's getting used to her new house, Roman said, but she <br />still misses the old place. <br />"We've had (that) house since ... 1960," she said while <br />taking a break from her weeding. "All our children were <br />raised here." <br />"It was small, but it was cozy," Roman said. "And it was <br />home." <br />E -mail this story to a friend <br />vlr us, Next <br />4 of 5 5/5/00 4:25 PM <br />