WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) – More than a million dollars is heading to the Pirate Cove neighborhood in Wilmington for a project focused on reducing flooding. Not everyone, though, supports the plan to address the issue.
Pirate Cove resident Ed Samuels has lived in the neighborhood for decades. He says when it storms, his property floods. That’s why he took matters into his own hands.
“I built a dam around the house. If you look, you can see it there… it goes all the way around,” Samuels said…