LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Areas along the Ohio River remain in a Flood Warning according to the National Weather Service’s Louisville office, there are areas around the Ohio River.
People who live and work along the Ohio River are carefully monitoring river levels, which began rising Feb. 16, when heavy rain hit the area.
Almost a week after the storms, some homes and businesses still can’t be reached by car.
Water is inside the garages of several of houses along River Road. Spectrum News 1 counted at least six homes along Juniper Beach Road, that have water inside.
Some homes along the Ohio River have become islands, surrounded by floodwaters.
“Yeah, about 3 feet. Anxiously waiting for it to go down. But we’ve been running on a generator for the last couple days,” Greg Masterson said. “They turned the power off Wednesday, I guess.”
At the Limestone Bay Yacht Club, on River Road, the icy river waters have engulfed the club. There’s a marker noting the 1997 river crest level. The Masterson’s could get out the house with a boat.
“We left a little water running last night. Some of the pipes are exposed coming up through the garage. It’s really cold down there obviously,” Masterson explained.
It’s cold enough for Tony Kayrouz and his wife to use their boat to break up the ice. A boat was the only way they could get to their SUV, to go get groceries Friday.
Their boat became an ice breaker.
“It was!” Kayrouz said. “But we didn’t hit an iceberg, so that’s one good thing!”
The couple live on a house boat and said this level of flooding happens about every three or four years and it’s tolerable most times. They have seen the water higher than this before.
“This life is not for everyone. But if you love the water, like we do and the Ohio River, it’s well worth it for us. We enjoy it,” Kayrouz said.
He says they have no intention of moving and are going to keep enjoying river life for years to come.