They went to his brother Ben's house, where the two men decided to check in on Ben's son Scott Savory, who lives right across the cove from his Aunt Peggy and Uncle Lloyd. Peggy grabbed their cats, but Lloyd didn't stop to take even his wallet or his glasses. "There was a bit of panic in his voice, but I still didn't take it serious and I said, 'Well, I'm going for a shower first,'" Peggy said. He rushed back inside to tell Peggy they had to leave. Peggy and Lloyd had intended to stay home and wait out the storm last year - until Lloyd went outside briefly to get timber, and noticed the roiling sea was higher than he'd ever seen it. That'd be a little scary." 'Panic in his voice' "Now I just look at it differently … I can't imagine sleeping here at night, sleeping this close to it. Their new place is further inland, away from the ocean that "used to lull me to sleep at night," she said. The couple and their son, Josh, have since moved into a new house, albeit one that doesn't quite feel like home yet.
This section of wall is the last standing part of Savery's former home.
She visits the site a few times a week to see what the ocean has spat back, and try to wrap her mind around everything they've lost. She prefers to think of evenings on that deck with her husband Lloyd, stargazing and listening to the dark water lapping the shore below. It's not how Peggy likes to remember what she calls her "dream home," with ocean views and a deck that stretched out over the water. Moments after that photo was taken, a wave came over the top of the house and pulled it from the rocks it was built on. While the famous picture reminds the family of what they lost, it also attracted an outpouring of sympathy and kindness.Īs the storm receded last year, news reports around the world carried a picture of Peggy's house, already battered by the storm and slouching toward the churning ocean below. Almost a year later, some residents are grappling with whether to rebuild or move away - a question tied to whether they can ever feel safe again so close to the ocean.ĭuration 3:02 The now-iconic picture of Josh Savery’s family home in Port aux Basque, N.L., teetering on the edge of a cliff captured the terror of post-tropical storm Fiona in a single image. Jutting out into the ocean on the tip of southwestern Newfoundland, the fishing community is home to around 4,000 people. 24 last year, creating an enormous storm surge that destroyed 100 homes and killed one woman in Channel-Port aux Basques. " just maybe hopeful that maybe one time I might find something of sentimental value that's still hanging on."įiona made landfall on Sept.
"That's the hard part, I think, is finding all those things and knowing it's still sitting around," she told The Current's Matt Galloway. There are toys that once distracted her cats, and even a part of her old microwave. She's also found old coins and cutlery, and shards of her mother's fine china. "I just found these that was a Christmas plate I had … this one had a candle on it," said the Channel-Port aux Basques resident.
It's been a year since Peggy Savery's home was ripped into the sea by post-tropical storm Fiona, but she's still finding her old belongings washed up on the Newfoundland shore. The Current 23:26 Storm Fiona’s lingering impact in Newfoundland
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