A decision to stay put despite Irma floods

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The floodwaters rose faster than they could pile their things on top of the furniture: the family photos up onto the dresser, the rugs up onto the bed.
Her collection of hundreds of Beanie Babies was underwater before she could save them. Then went her 88-year-old husband’s model trucks and his favorite recliner where he likes to nap. They stuffed old records in the bathtub, but the water topped that, too, and poured right in.
“We lost everything we ow