Bayview float homes in danger

The sound of alarms going off in the marinas at Bayview meant it was time for Mark Streater to go to work Tuesday.

It was the sound of float homes on Lake Pend Oreille tilting and sinking due to heavy snow loads.

Streater and others were called upon by float home owners to shovel snow from rooftops to prevent them from sinking farther or tipping over.

“I’ve gotten calls from people saying, ‘Will you please save my house?” Streater said as he raked snow from the roofs and porch areas. “It surprises me that people don’t pay better attention (to the weather conditions).”

Streater said water was reaching sewage pumps in some of the homes, triggering alarms/ Brian Walker , Coeur d’Alene Press. More here.