LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- As torrential rains continue in Kentucky, officials in the city of West Point want to keep the roads free from curious sightseers.
The request was posted on the city's Facebook page Friday morning, explaining the roads in the area need to be freed up as residents move their belongings to higher ground ahead of predicted flooding.
Another post lets residents know where they can park vehicles loaded with possessions from homes and businesses to keep them out of any flooding.
The Ohio River is expected to crest sometime next week and cause substantial flooding to low-lying parts of the city.
For some West Point residents, the threat of flooding means packing up and moving out. For others, it means battening down the hatches and staying put, which is exactly what Mark Misback is doing.
“My wife, daughter, and grandson are going to go to a hotel — and I’m thinking of staying," Misback said.
Yes, you heard that right. Misback is staying. If you're from West Point, this kind of decision isn't shocking — it's legend. Just ask Brittany Receivur, who’s been helping her aunt evacuate. Even she cracked a smile when she heard Mark was staying.
“Are you telling them how you’re staying, Mark? Are you telling them how you’re staying?”
Misback’s house sits on the site of his family’s old summer home. The home was built to last - built tall, built strong, built with the river in mind.
“This is the first test for it," he said. "It’s only been here two and a half, three years.”
He’s expecting five to six feet of water on the first floor, but he’s prepared. The basement has twenty-foot ceilings, poured concrete walls, and block construction. He even installed an elevator — not for luxury, but for practicality. It hauls up freezers, furniture, power tools — and occasionally, people.
“I already brought up a freezer, refrigerator, stove, and some tools… patio chairs, pressure washer," Misback said.
Misback built his house with river flooding in mind. He said he build the home above the 1964 flood plain.
Misback said he has a small boat just in case things get hairy. But for now, he’s staying. For him, it's a matter of pride, preparation — and maybe a little bit of stubborn love for the land he calls home.
For Receivur and her family, they are doing the exact opposite of Misback. They are moving out, quickly. Her aunt, Debra Tuttle, like so many others, lives along the river, and is bracing for high water. What was supposed to be just a few feet inside the home is now expected to reach the second floor of her aunt's home.
“We’re moving my aunt out," Receivur said.
Outside of her aunt's house, a moving van is nearly full. Inside, the family is doing triage.
“We’re going to leave the carpet; we’re pretty much stripping it all down," Receivur said. "Save what we can.”
They’re pulling out everything — the furnace, the basement sink, patio furniture, even the kitchen sink. The entire family is here, helping. There’s laughter in the chaos.
“Yeah, it’s expected. Live on the river, it’s going to flood. Sometimes it sucks when it does. But it’s part of it. Like I said earlier — we’re river rats. We love it,” said Receivur.
At the heart of it all is Tuttle, longtime owner of the home. She’s lived here her entire life, and this isn’t her first flood. Not by a long shot.
The family has photos of every major flood since 1964, and Tuttle has been through them all. Now, 2025 gets its own page in the family scrapbook.
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