Heavy rain floods photographer’s studio in Wilson County

WILSON COUNTY, Tenn. (WTVF) — Serious storms handed by a lot of the Mid-State Wednesday night time. In components of Wilson County, heavy rain introduced main flooding.

Angela Seats’ images studio was washed out, and she or he misplaced each AC in her residence and a number of other items of labor tools.

“I sat at the top of the driveway and just looked at everything that I’d done,” she mentioned, tearing up. “You know, my whole livelihood is here. I’m a single parent. That’s the only way I have a big income.”

Her greater fear now’s the times, months, and years forward. She desires to know how one can keep away from one other flood.

“I just know it needs to change, and they need to take it seriously,” she defined. “[They say] oh, that’s flooded for the last 40 years. You know, that’s not what I need to hear. I need to hear, well, yeah…it’s a huge issue. We need to fix it.”

She says her studio sits on county property, the town is throughout the road, and the close by creek is overseen by the Corps of Engineers. She hopes one in every of them can step as much as assist her.

In the meantime, she says she was very grateful for her household and a number of other group members who helped clear the studio all night time.

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