Monwara has given her bed, one of the only raised areas in her home still above water level, to her goats.

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"We believe there is water still embedded in the planet and maybe some creatures which might be at a certain level of life, " Fournier-Sicre said.

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Sadly, due to the nature of the seawater, even when the water has dried, what is left of his split-level ranch-style home will still smell like the bay.

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