Rising water forces Omaha couple to evacuate home on 59th anniversary

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REBECCA S. GRATZ/THE WORLD-HERALD
With his American flag hung on the clothesline to dry, William Sibert uses a leafblower to clean up flood debris behind his home on 17th Street north of Ames Avenue this morning. Sibert, 75, and his wife, Nancy, have lived in their home 45 years and this is the third time they have been forced to evacuate for flooding.

POSTED: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 2014 1:00 AM

By Kevin Cole 
and Hunter Woodall / World-Herald staff writers

William and Nancy Sibert celebrated their 59th wedding anniversary Tuesday with a trip they would rather not have taken.

The Omahans were forced to evacuate their home at 4512 N. 17th St. because of rising waters as they were buffeted by high winds, hail and torrential rain.

William Sibert, 75, said the rain gauge in his backyard held more than 4 inches of water this morning.

“Instead of (leftover) cake and ice cream, we’ve got mud and leaves,” he said.

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