Mud Lake residents find temporary quarters in air force barracks

Residents of Mud Lake, Labrador who were displaced by flooding are making themselves at home at5 Wing Goose Bay.

"The units themselves are really really comfortable," said Roland Saunders, one of 18 people living in the temporary quarters.

"I need a room to get organized again and regroup and try to put back together what was left of my life ...it's not a lot."

Saunders and the others have at least 30 days in the military housing after which the federal governmentwill reassess the situation.

His house, along Mud Lake roadon the Happy Valley-Goose Bay side of the Churchill River, had about 40 inches more than a metreof water in it and he doesn't think it can be repaired.

"All the furniture, everything is destroyed. I figure when I'm finished by my calculations, I'll have about four, maybe 5 of those Rubbermaidtubs to carry out," Saunders said. "That's what's left of 58 years of my living ... was wiped out in a couple of hours."

Potential lawsuit

Saunders hasheard about the potential class action lawsuit flood victims are planningagainst Nalcor and plans to put his name in.

"If I could have been, I would have been the first one on the paper," he said.

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"I was mortgage free. I shouldn't have to leave Mud Lake Road and my home down there to come to Goose Bay with a few hundred thousand dollars and carry a mortgage, it's not acceptable to me."