Hurricane Helene caused storm surge of up to 10 feet in some parts of Citrus County, devastating many of the communities close to the Gulf.In Homosassa, residents are beginning the long process of cleaning up, trying to get back to normal.Just about everywhere you look west of Highway 19, there are piles of debris dragged out of homes.The shock is now wearing off as people are working to repair the massive damage from Hurricane Helene.Last week, Mother Nature unleashed a wall of water on the Nature Coast as Hurricane Helene arrived."It's just stuff" At ground level, mattresses, couches, soaked sheetrock, and piles of once-treasured belongings show the depths of devastation.We met Wade Manis while he was getting ice. "We have a lot of moving parts right now with pods, dumpsters getting drywall," Manis said.He took us to his home on Deepwater Point in the Riverhaven Community. Three feet of water filled his home, destroying nearly everything at ground level."At the end of the day its just stuff, right? Weve got people helping us and were still alive," Manis said.A lucky escape Two houses down, Jerry Bass was lucky to escape with his life."I fell asleep and I had a Ring camera right there," Bass said.At around 3 a.m., as she watched floodwaters rise from the place where she evacuated, Jerry's wife Eve began shouting at Jerry through the Ring camera's speaker."I heard something. Jerry Jerry wake up, wake up," he said. Jerry climbed out a window because his doors were sealed from the outside. "I walked to the road, got in the middle of the road and then walked to the house," he said.Bass managed to get to a neighbor's home on higher ground."Right when I got to the house, I felt something alive get on my leg and then I jumped," he said. Pictures he took show the mess inside his home. Jerry says hell never ignore an evacuation warning again."If it hadnt been for my wife, itd have been bad,"" he said. "It kicked my butt." Kevin Flaherty and his wife Merry spent the day at the Spin City Laundry cleaning mud out of their clothes. "Jeans and more jeans,"Merry said. "Everythings soaked in mud its a mess," Kevin Flaherty said. Their mobile home was filled with two feet of water and is now covered in muck. Cabinets, flooring, and furniture will all have to be replaced, and they dont have flood insurance."Fortunately, we got out of there in time. Car is fine. Staying in a hotel for the last five nights. Its going to be a lot of work," Kevin said.For some of the people weve talked to, this will be the third time theyve had to make storm repairs in the past year, and a few say they are considering moving away.