For Shine Factory's Tim Devouge and his crew, their clean up begins with a waiting game from insurance adjustors.
"The water was two feet up the wall," said Devouge. "It came out of nowhere, starting at around 9 a.m."
With a full team behind him, Devouge began moving 65 vehicles, as well as equipment from inside the Shine Factory and Race Auto Group, out of the water area.
"We started moving stuff from the back lot to the front, but within an hour, the water was up to the walls out back of the building."
Of the vehicles the business has, three were lost in the water.
"We just ran out of time."
While Shine Factory wasn't the only business affected by the flood, Devouge said he can't imagine what homeowners, such as Brenda Tynes on Ford Street, are going through.
"For me, i can set up a trailer and get things going again. I don't have to live in this. I feel for those homeowners," he said.
On Ford Street in Truro, Tynes was taking a short break while waiting for her husband to arrive home.
"It's pretty devastating," said Tynes inside her basement. "It doesn't only drain you physically, but it drains you mentally."
Her and her husband have lived in the home since 1975 and have seen severe flooding before.
"We have water vacuums going and a sump pump. The water seems to be holding, for now anyway."
Tynes and her husband were lucky in the sense that they had enough time to elevate furniture in the rooms in their basement.
"Our washer, dryer, freezer and furniture is up there," she said, pointing to two-by-fours standing up to elevate the furniture and appliances to a ledge surrounding the outer walls.
Throughout the Town of Truro, water had receeding in various places, however some roads and parking lots were still closed.
The parking lot at the Fundy Trail Mall closest to Robie Street was still barricaded in the morning, and Juniper Street was closed to motorists. Kiwanis Park was still flooded, however Robie Street, and the ramps to Highway 102, were open.
On Highway 102, the ramps at Exit 14 by Walmart and the Irving Big stop were congested with traffic traveling into the town. Traffic had been backed up for about a kilometre in each direction.
There was still one area of Highway 311 in North River that was still covered with water.
