Displaced couple told flood insurance won’t cover home

  • [photo by Gary Meyer]

    [photo by Gary Meyer]

By Patric Hedlund, TME

Retired wildland firefighter Martin Hinz and his wife Janet ‘Jenny’ Dollar are still at the Motel 6 in Lebec this week, with their two dogs, Blaze and Kerby. The couple’s Frazier Park home was buried by a mud slide Friday, Feb. 17 when a hillside behind them collapsed and flowed into and over their home, up to the eaves in back.

“We called the adjustor today and the…

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Martin Hinz and Jenny Dollar are reading insurance forms in the lobby of the Motel 6 in Lebec this week. Their Frazier Park home was buried in the massive storm Friday, Feb. 17. They escaped with their dogs and nothing else.

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