L. Richard Billups woke up Christmas morning to find his 2000 Chevrolet Corvette ruined.
An overnight storm caused a flood of brown stormwater and sewage out front Billups' home on Ashton Avenue, where he has lived for about 50 years in San Francisco's Ingleside Terraces. The flood destroyed his car’s electrical systems, monitors, carpet and seats.
“The insurance company said the cost would be more than the car is worth as far as market value is concerned,” he said. “That's the price to them. It meant a lot more to me.”
Video footage provided to The Ingleside Light by a neighbor shows the brown water rushing from Ocean Avenue onto Ashton Avenue around 2:43 a.m. on Dec. 25, overrunning gutters and pooling on sidewalks and yards.
