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U.S.WEATHER AFTERMATH

California coastal homes battered after weekend of waves and flooding

Remnants of Tropical Storm Rachel also hit Mexico's Baja California and Las Vegas; Long Beach's boardwalk was destroyed, and the sea is still not paying rent.

On air: Vera Bullock on BBN Newsroom
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  1. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSouthern California is cleaning up after a weekend of huge waves and flooding that overtook streets and wrecked the boardwalk in Long Beach.

  2. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorOctavia Lindqvist owns a bike rental shop there. Octavia, how bad is it?

  3. Octavia LindqvistWe're technically open, Vera. The door opens. There's also about a foot of the Pacific Ocean in the lobby, but the door opens.

  4. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo let me ask you: are customers coming in?

  5. Octavia LindqvistOne came in Saturday, and he was a crab. Technically a customer.

  6. Octavia LindqvistThe cruisers are technically floating, but the tandem bike has relocated itself two blocks inland to a different business.

  7. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA different business.

  8. Octavia LindqvistTwo blocks inland.

  9. Octavia LindqvistI'm hoping they'll return it, but they've started renting it out, so now I'm technically a competitor to a tandem bike I own.

  10. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe remnants of Tropical Storm Rachel also hit Baja California in Mexico and Las Vegas.

  11. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorOctavia, your insurance company must be calling. What are they saying?

  12. Octavia LindqvistThey said waves are technically a flood, but a flood is technically not a wave, so I should call back after the weekend.

  13. Octavia LindqvistIt was the weekend.

  14. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorHold on, I want to get this straight. You're being told the weekend hasn't happened yet?

  15. Octavia LindqvistThat's the paperwork's position. Meanwhile the ocean has been in my shop since Saturday and nobody's asked it for a deposit or a signed waiver.

  16. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorOctavia, your shop's a total loss. What's your next move here?

  17. Octavia LindqvistI see a laminated sign that says Back in Ten Minutes, and I'm hanging it on the door right now.

  18. Octavia LindqvistIt's the only thing that survived.

  19. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorTen minutes from when, exactly? Because the boardwalk you're hanging it on is gone.

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