Families lived in rough-hewn wooden houses set atop two-foot blocks that kept the floors above the level to which the sea or sound had been known to rise during storms.
(Families; lived; L:in rough-hewn wooden houses) (rough-hewn wooden houses; set; atop two-foot blocks) (two-foot blocks; kept; the floors above the level) (the sea or sound; had been known; ) (the sea or sound; to rise; T:during storms)
Families rough-hewn wooden houses two-foot blocks the sea or sound the sea or sound
lived set kept had been known to rise
L:in rough-hewn wooden houses
atop two-foot blocks
the floors above the level
T:during storms