Bay Area doctor impacted by Hurricane Helene uses social media to help others with flooded homes [Video]

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Hurricane Helene isn’t the first time homeowners in the Shore Acres neighborhood of St. Petersburg have seen flooding, but it’s the worst they’ve dealt with.

Dr. Meghan Martin, a local ER doctor who lives in the area, said her home has flooded multiple times in four years. But after Helene, it’s down to the studs. They had just moved back into the home nine months ago after renovations from Hurricane Idalia.

In December, they started the process of raising the home, but ran into a long process with a lot of red tape.

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“Our plan is to lift 12 feet in the air, which would have completely avoided any water in the main living space. We would have been totally fine if we had been able to get lifted,” said Martin.

The pediatric ER doctor was working her shift, watching …