The recent floods haven't just damaged people's homes and businesses, hearts have been broken too.
The trauma of dealing with all of the chaos can create toxic stress that can make you sick.
Here are some warning signs that you or your kids might need help learning how to cope.
Tears and heartache mix with the soggy mementos now ruined by flooding.
"It's tough on us," says Jon Thompson, as he surveys his flooded home. "It's a lot of stress people don't realize until you're in that situation."
"It's where our children have grown up," says Cecil Nettles, looking at his flooded house. "It's just a loss that you can't make up."
And according to area mental health experts, when it comes to the flood and our feelings, the worst may be yet to come.
"It's important to remember that the emotional side of this has not done yet, it's got a long way to be cleaned up," says Tom Duff, executive director of Catholic Family Services.
Duff says it's often after a crisis has passed, and we have a chance to catch our breath, that the physical impact of all the stress sets in.
"Look for a change in your behavior so maybe sleeping more or less difference in diet, irritability," advises Duff. Those are the warning signs of toxic stress.
It turns out, living through a flood is a lot like experiencing the death of a loved one. In fact, don't be surprised to go through stages of grief.
"But in cases of flooding, the reality is you've lost property, you've lost very cherished mementos, things that you connect to so there's a process of grief that you have to go through as well when it comes to your property," says Duff.
And because everyone is affected in different ways, don't forget to look for signs of toxic stress in your kids.
"They're going to feel very unsafe, they're going to feel a part of their property a part of their life they've been uprooted those are the things that will affect them on a level of needing more routine and structure," says Duff.
And because trauma like a flood can trigger stress from other traumas in your past, talking with a mental health expert can help.
"It's a journey that you walk with somebody, so it doesn't hurt so it's really a lot of taking and a lot of listening and the therapists job is to listen," says Duff.
In the meantime, taking care of yourself should be your top priority.
"Eating healthy, making sure you get sleep, taking a break from all of the cleanup that you're doing," says Duff. "And then you can take care of others as well."