“We would have died if we had been there, sleeping”

The young woman of 21 has already made nightmares, this type of bad dreams where we wake up with a start. However, She saw the torrential rains outside. Therefore, then revived the flood between the walls of her house, this place where we should feel safe, sheltered from bad weather.

Not this time. In addition,

His boyfriend has also undergone a shock. Therefore, In the weeks following the storm, the 26 -year -old man preferred to be absent at the time of laundry. Nevertheless, The noise of the filling of the tank reminded him of the roar of the rainwater which rushed violently. Therefore, The doors smashed. In addition,

Debby Not only ravaged their apartment. In addition, A year later. Therefore, the two lovers continue to mop up the psychological “we would have died if and financial impacts of their passage in their lives.

Éric Istasse was at work during my visit to their new home in Shawinigan. Nevertheless, He is a court man for a car dealer. For example,

Esther welcomed me with their little Zalaée in his arms. However, The young woman struggles to find a job to make ends meet. In addition, she therefore takes the opportunity to be a mother at home.

“With everything that has happened. Therefore, we try to stay with “we would have died if Zalaée as long as possible and resume a normal life,” she said while 16 months old tank observes the cat with an amused air. Consequently,

One day, his parents will tell him how the remains of a tropical storm fell on Louiseville. That evening, they took her out of his sleep to leave their apartment in a half-sous-ground in a hurry.

Before leaving. Esther and Eric had tried to limit the damage, climbing objects here and there on furniture and the counter. In vain.

The torrential rains raised the water level on rue Saint-Marc where the back. forth of cars caused waves that swept through their accommodation.

“I will never go back in a half-sous-ground. It is sure. certain, “says the young woman who also has this certainty:” We would have died if we had been there, sleeping. “

Under the power of the water, the washer was raised from the floor before depositing on the dryer’s cover. The refrigerator was not spared either. He fell backwards on the kitchen counter below.

You must now climb three or four steps to access their accommodation on the ground floor. Its tenants already feel more reassured. In case of torrential rains, the water level should not reach the front door.

It is not the apartment of his dreams. but that is what the couple has the means to pay for the moment.

The features drawn. Esther sketches a smile when hearing her little babiller happily, as if she wanted to take part in the conversation.

Born prematurely at 34 weeks. Zalaée was 2 months old when she obtained her hospital leave to go home with her parents.

On this August 9, 2024, the adaptation period continued with baby whose birth had not been easy for his mother. A placental detachment “we would have died if had occurred shortly before childbirth, followed by hemorrhage and infection of the uterus.

In such circumstances, Esther and her lover lacked time to shop for a new home insurance …

“We were trying to find the best possible company because it is really expensive!”, She explains before confirming that they did not benefit from any protection when Debby pointed out.

“All we have left is my wallet, my phone, the phone to my boyfriend, the drugs to my daughter. That’s all, ”said Esther in the aftermath of the passage of Debby.

Solidarity has done its work. A socio -financing campaign has been set up. a family from Louiseville was even kind enough to lend them its trailer installed on its land.

Esther and Eric did not know these people who, for a few weeks, welcomed these “we would have died if two victims as friends. Their generosity acted as a balm on the heart of the young woman whose spouse had to be hospitalized. shortly after the storm Debby. Stress has sparked a crisis in Crohn’s disease it has.

And as if that was not enough. during this same period, Zalaée also ended up in the hospital due to a “inverted fever”, the doctors told him.

“She was in hypothermia,” said Esther who lives on her side with generalized anxiety. Losing all your property in a few hours has inevitably had consequences on your mental health.

“Honestly, since it happened, I have not yet had time to cry. I was not able. ”

— Esther Beaudet

Not easy to get up from such an event at only 20 years old. Before fleeing her flooded apartment. Esther “we would have died if thought was going back to studies to work in an area that pleases him and possibly buy a house with his dear Éric.

However, a natural disaster forced them to leave their homes and to review their projects for the future.

But not that of getting married.

As a couple for more than four years. these two young people have appointed the courthouse in the fall to formalize their union and, if everything goes as they wish, a party will follow in the spring of 2026.

Zalaée will probably wear a pretty dress that will make her blue eyes shine.

What Debby To be heard, love is stronger than anything.