'Devastated' RV park owners give up business over flood fears, lack of buy-out - News Summed Up

'Devastated' RV park owners give up business over flood fears, lack of buy-out


Monica and Brian Thate will leave behind the Riviera RV Park for good on Wednesday, nearly a year after floods in Grand Forks, B.C., devastated the site. Because I couldn't handle it ever again," said Monica, whose parents ran the park before she and her husband took over. (Monica Thate)The Thates thought their property and business were going to be included. Four feet of waterThe Thates couldn't remediate the flood damage themselves, because they had spent almost all of their money renovating their property right before the flood happened. (Submitted by Monica Thate )They had flood insurance on their house, but not on the rest of the site because it was on a floodplain.


Source: CBC News May 28, 2019 20:26 UTC



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