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"Flood victims in Johnson are asking city leaders, \"When is enough, enough?\"That question comes a week after flash floods destroyed several homes in one neighborhood.Dumpsters of debris line the side of Roxanne Place in Johnson.\u201CAt what point does it get bad enough that not everybody gets out alive?\u201D asked John Yingling, a homeowner. \u201CHow many times is it going to happen? What\u2019s it going to take to really fix it so everybody stays safe down here?\u201DYingling owns two duplexes on Roxanne Place.The interiors of both were destroyed in last week\u2019s flood.Yingling said when he bought the properties, the city assured him flooding was not a problem.\u201CWe had bought these after talking to people down at City Hall they assured us they had fixed the problems,\u201D said Yingling.Yingling has only owned these properties for about a year and a half.\u201CAt some point the city\u2019s got to say, \u2018We can\u2019t fix it, let\u2019s look at alternatives. We buy your property and turn it into swamp\u2019. Frankly, it\u2019s waterfront property most of the time,\u201D he said.Johnson Mayor Buddy Curry said the city is changing the path of a creek in an effort to stop the flooding problems.The mayor said that project should be done next spring.But, when Yingling bought his duplexes, the city had told him something else.\u201CThe other frustrating thing is that they tell you they think it\u2019s fixed and you buy their property, with that assurance and you hope that its fixed,\u201D said Yingling. \u201CYou also hope they know what they\u2019re talking about and the issues won\u2019t happen again.\u201DYingling said after years of flooding with no help, he\u2019s lost faith in the city.\u201CWe have to know that what they\u2019re doing is going to fix the problem,\u00A0said Yingling. \u201CThey put these band-aids on several times. I don\u2019t think anyone down here has the confidence that what they\u2019re doing up-stream is going to fix any problem for us.\u201DYingling said even though he has flood insurance for both homes, it mostly likely will not cover all of the damage."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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