Flash Flood Hits Ririe Home

Flash flooding devastated a home near Ririe Wednesday.

The extremely high winds and warm temperatures caused snow to melt in the higher elevations and flow toward the home on Birch Creek Road. Flood waters filled up the home’s basement and washed out the sewer. Much of his front yard is now a mud pit.

Todd O’Dell has lived with his family in the home for 9 years and says he’s never seen flooding like Wednesday’s.

?I’m at the bottom of the hill and it just piled up right in my front yard,? he said.

O’Dell said he was nearly done remodeling the basement when the flood waters completely knocked out all progress.

?This winter has been a really weird winter weather-wise,? he said. ?The ground’s frozen. (The water) just comes everywhere you can possibly imagine.?

Wednesday was a rough day for O’Dell, but he says it will all work out.

?You gotta deal with it. There’s a lot of people out there who are in worse conditions than I.?

O’Dell said he’s thankful for the Bonneville County Road and Bridge crew as well as friends and neighbors who responded quickly to the emergency.

One other home on Birch Creek Road flooded Wednesday, but luckily it was contained to the front yard.