The aftermath of the Bighorn Fire two years ago led to mudslides slamming into some homes along Havasu Road in the Foothills. Now Pima County is considering buying those homes and tearing them down.
Enid Whittaker's home was about knee deep in water and mud last summer. It was the second time her home flooded after the Bighorn Fire.
Now after almost 30 years in her house, Enid is working with a Pima County program that buys flood prone properties, knocks them down and lets the land channel flood water away from other homes. “I thought it was too low. My option was to hire an appraiser, which I did. And it came in a lot, a lot higher. And so I passed that on to them this past Monday. And so it'll probably take two to three weeks to get an answer from them. And my belief is that most people want to help other people. And the county people have shown some empathy and care and I expect that they will be fair to me.”
And Cuffari says buying a home, clearing the land and using it to absorb flood water or carry it away helps other residents by protecting their property from the next big flood.
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