By: Marie WIlson
Source: Daily Herald

The “flood journey” that began April 18 for residents across the region still drags on a month later for many who make their home at the Towers at Four Lakes in Lisle.

None of the apartments in the eight-story towers took on water, but the parking decks and lower levels did. Six to eight feet of floodwaters entering those areas caused system failures and power outages that are keeping residents from their homes to this day — and are likely to continue doing so for another four weeks.

Many who live at the towers love their homes and all the perks they offer — free breakfast, movie rentals, summer weekend cookouts, scenic views of hills and lakes — but they say it’s just too much to expect them to wait until June 15 to move back.

“I am choosing to stay at the towers because I love where I live and I just want to go home,” said Debra Schulz, who lives on the eighth floor with her 15-year-old daughter, Haleigh. “But this is such a long period of time just to get back into our homes.”

Towers at Four Lakes management says the delay results from the power outage and the time it takes to special-order proper equipment to fix electrical systems at the roughly 30-year-old buildings. In emails and Facebook posts, Marquette Management of Naperville has updated residents as often as possible on the progress of flood-damage fixes, said Jim Cunningham, executive vice president.

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