Clendenin- Residents are wrapping up the process of gutting their homes. Now neighbors are left cleaning what’s left behind and deciding if they can afford to rebuild.

Alisha Goff is hard at work again, washing, bleaching and rinsing off dozens of items she could salvage from her basement.

“Just trying to cleanup, everything and anything trying to cleanup the little pieces,” Goff explained.

Goff considers herself one of the lucky ones. Only her basement got flooded in the historic storms. After emptying out a truck load of damaged items, a friend came to help sanitize the things left behind.

“I saw the pictures on facebook and I saw how horrible it was. But it wasn’t until I actually drove down the road and saw house after house after house, and I just knew it wasn’t going to be a quick cleanup,” Sara Hampton added.

But Goff’s road is quiet today. Many of her neighbors already gutted their homes, and are now debating whether to return to their close-knit neighborhood.

“I’ve heard several people say they don’t want to rebuild, they won’t come back. But it’s a great neighborhood, it’s an excellent community, it’s wonderful for kids. It’s a great group of people, a wonderful area to live in. So I hate to see people leave,” Goff told 13 News.

But even those who want to stay are now facing major hurdles in rebuilding.

“My parents lost everything, their home. My sister, they lost everything, their home. My parent’s business. Everything just gone,” Goff said.

Now Goff like many others are working towards a new normal in their city. Tuesday Clendenin distribution sites are asking for shovels, tools, work boots and bedding.