<http://schema.org/articleBody>
"A large family from Bates City, Mo., has an ice nightmare at its house, and no one's home to deal with it.Adam Parker's house was flooded after a water pipe burst on the top floor, sometime after he, his wife and seven children left to attend a wedding in Florida last week.The water department said 44,000 gallons of water ran through the house before the service was shut off.A neighbor discovered the damage while checking the property.The inside of the house has been soaked. Ice is oozing out of the window frames on the main floor and the basement.\"We were just in shock,\" Parker said.Parker said a friend sent him pictures of where parts of the ceilings inside the home have collapsed.\"It looks like it's something out of a 'Poltergeist'-type movie,\" he said. \"Ice crystals coming out of the siding, the windows. We were astonished and overwhelmed that something like this could have even happened. We're still overwhelmed by the extent of the damage.\"For an idea of how much water 44,000 gallons is, the photo on the right shows a tank that holds 40,000 gallons.\"My husband and I started talking about it and equaling it out and how many swimming pools it would take,\" said neighbor Heather Potter. \"That's quite a bit of water.\"The school district said it was worried about the family, too. The Parker children haven't been on their regular school bus for several days and their driveway didn't get plowed until Wednesday.\u00A0Parker is a missionary who works with families who want to adopt children. He said he knows quite a bit about families in crisis and people who don't have homes.\"It makes me look at the families we help in a whole new perspective because they have no one to turn to,\" he said.The Parkers have been hoping to get home to start dealing with the damage, but the family van has broken down. He said the repairs to the van could cost $6,000.His wife and children have stayed in Florida, but Adam Parker said he can't get back to Bates City to deal with the problem because of the winter storm hitting the southeastern United States.The Orphan Justice Center has set up a link for anyone wishing to help the Parker family. People can donate through the Orphan Justice Center's site under Adam Parker's name."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://www.kmbc.com/article/frozen-pipes-flood-bates-city-home-while-owners-are-away/3680838>