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Gray Popp and Irene Florian in front of the home Irene won’t be returning to. Irene, who has lived through hurricanes all her life in Lowland and Hobucken says it’s time to move away. But not for her son. “He wouldn’t leave for nothing. When you’re born and raised somewhere, you don’t want to move.”

Irene and her husband may be about to take a similar path out. By Friday after the hurricane, she said she was tired of going through her things, many of them laid out in the yard. She’s hoping that with the renter’s insurance settlement she can move away from flood-prone Goose Creek Island and “up the county” Reelsboro or Grantsboro.

Irene Florian, at a side door of her Hobucken home. Only the top drawers of a dresser remained dry, she says, as were the clothes hanging in the closet. But from 22 inches down, her possessions were soaked, her husband’s $150 Bible, ruined.

Irene Florian sporting what she called her “Hobucken Go-Go Boots” or “haulbacks”, so named for fishermen wearing them when they hauled fish back in to a boat. Her friend Gray Popp had stopped by Friday to gather Irene’s clothes to wash them.

New landmark — storm debris — not far from the Hobucken Bridge.

Further up the road, a visit to Lowland.

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Posted Wednesday September 7, 2011 by Melinda Penkava