This hour was worth gold for the affected residents. After the serious rock fall in Steyr on Wednesday morning, they were allowed to return home for the first time – albeit for a short time – on Friday morning. An affected person describes the “Krone” their impressions.
“It is unimaginable, the purest catastrophe. In reality it looks even worse than in the pictures. Where our garden used to be, there are now boulders that are as big as the house,” says Eva Wieser in an interview with “Krone”. Her in-laws live in one of the affected houses and luckily got away with it. The two are currently staying with family Whether they will ever be allowed to return to their beloved home is yet to be seen.
Construction engineer has to check house
“There must have been a huge shock. A structural engineer has to decide whether the house is still habitable or whether it should be demolished,’ says Wieser, who is not only concerned with the material damage. “My husband was born in the house. In the summer we were always there a lot because the garden was so beautiful. The house is full of memories and stories, even the best insurance can’t cover that,” the family says desperately.
Neither electricity nor water
On Friday, they were only allowed to take the bare essentials, such as money, documents and medicines. They also temporarily repaired the broken roof and kitchen window. Because there is currently no electricity or water, they also had to empty the fridge and freezer.
The two bodies, which still could not be removed, have now been protected with tarpaulins against external influences. A salvage is still not foreseeable, even for the requested army a deployment is (still) too dangerous.
Source: Krone
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