PIKEVILLE KY (March 10,25) Pikeville is a small town in the eastern part of Kentucky of roughly 7000 people. The devastating flooding on February 14th left the community submerged in water. Dozens of swift water rescues were made as a result of the heavy rain flooding entire neighborhoods.
When Greg Tackett was able to see his store from an overpass there were 2 people paddling a kayak in front of his store in swift moving waters.
“Seeing our store with the water halfway up the windows on the front of our store was devastating. We knew it would be a couple of days before we could even drive up to the store and see the damage. When we were finally able to enter the store, we saw the showroom was virtually demolished and boxes of products were floating on the floor. In the Install bay all the tools from the toolboxes were gone and the hoist inoperative. We lost two company trucks and the vehicles for two customers in the Install bay were also a lost. We had flood insurance but not contents. As soon as we could we cleaned and put racks, displays and products outside for a flood sale. Frequent social media posts have been made to help get the word out about the flood sale” Greg related.
As the news of the floor spread friends and customers came to the store to help. Many brought lunch and other items to help the Greg’s crew. Day after day, the crew has continued the process of the rebuilding process to reopen.
As of this date they have a plan to reopen before the end of March. See social media posts @gregsavc
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