Then and now, the devastating Colorado floods of 2013
Brian Marquedt, left, and Scott Johnson, right, assist Dan Hull in leaving his flooded home on Hygiene Road in Hygiene, Colo. on Sept. 14, 2013. “I never would have gone alone,” said Hull, whose two cats were rescued earlier. “I chose the people I wanted to go with me. When you get in a life-threatening situation, you want to be holding onto someone you trust, someone who is going to save your life.”
One year later, Dan and Barbara Hull pose for a portrait outside their home in Hygiene, CO, August 28, 2014. Dan said of the picture made of him during the flooding a year ago, “It certainly depicts the day and scene and the feeling, but it’s not my best picture. I had kept myself composed until then. When I was in the house and saw what I was dealing with I was in a lot more shock. So many people said, ‘you look so scared.’ I wasn’t the least bit scared, I was in shock and devastated.”
The home needed to be completely gutted and renovated, Dan said, “it’s a new house, a total renaissance. The ceilings are the only things that stayed.”
The Hulls did not have flood insurance, “we weren’t on a flood plain so I didn’t have to have it. That’s a big problem in this country. In their eyes a flood is different than an earthquake or a fire. In my eyes they’re all act of God,” Dan said.
He said, “FEMA was wonderful to me. They came out within a week and three days later they deposited a hefty chunk of money in my account.” About half of what he would need to renovate the home.
The couple are grateful for all the help the received from River Community Church and other organizations. They hoped to move into the home by the anniversary of the flood, “but I think we’ll miss it by a couple weeks,” Dan said.
He said, “we’re blessed we’ve still got this. There’s a lot of people that had it a lot worse than we did.” (Photos By Craig F. Walker / The Denver Post)
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