Mother of three facing challenges as ceiling, insulation caves in after storm

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Eliza Mcgowen and her three chilren, including one who needs medical care, hid in the bathroom during Thursday's storm with the ceiling falling down.

It's been seven days since McGowen had to walk through soaking wet debris to get out of her apartment. And beneath it all, she says, are valuable items her severely disabled son needs. And at this rate, she'll likely have to start from scratch.

The best choice for shelter was her bathroom. It’s the only area where the ceiling is still in tact, but the intense heat and water damage fuels other problems.Throughout, household items and necessities are buried, including things three-year-old Tylon needs to thrive.A Spring Branch mother waited out the storm in the restroom. Today nothing is salvageable since wet sheetrock and installation debris has yet to be removed.

Need to request your landlord make repairs to your apartment or rental home damaged by storms? Here's how “And then they expect me to move it," she said."And then I have to go home. If I move all the stuff, I have to go back to the house with my three year-old who has chronic lung disease.”

 

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