Roxboro couple hope flooding won't dissuade potential home buyers

Yvan Cardinal and Nancy Limogesare particularly motivated to keep floodwaters out of their Roxboro home it's up for sale.

In fact, they've accepted anoffer for their four-bedroom bungalowon 5th Avenue, a street that's badly flooded.

But it hasn't been finalized, so the buyers can still back out.

"The stress is to keep the house intact the most that we can, but anything still can happen," Limoges said, pumps humming away in the background.

As far as she knows, the buyers are still interested. Limoges said they were actually impressed by the efforts she, Cardinal and about a dozen of their friends and family have undertaken to protect the house.

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'We're so tired'

Their home is like a beehive, she says, with helpersconstantly coming in and going out. They've even a devised a schedule to keep track of everyone'sshifts.

And their work is paying off so far there is only minimal damage from water that has seeped under the floorboards.

Friends have brought food and even done laundry for them, including one load made up entirely ofLimoges's wet socks.

"At first we didn't see that we needed [the help], because the adrenaline is at the max. But when you stop, let's just say the body aches," she said.

Even so, the effort is taking its toll.

"We're so tired. I cry every day. It's hard," Cardinal said.

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