Big issues up here in Sodak!

[Tman]

I wont know our status for the week but we got slammed by rain,hail and flash flooding. HRLC and her crew got lucky and dodged the bad weather last night...............the rest of us had problems. Daves truck and house are hammered. We had a little water in the house. But our worst problem is the little town close to us was about 50% WIPED OUT BY A FLASH FLOOD. No lives were lost that we know of. We re all fine but Carla and I and my folks had separate storage units on the edge of town. We had between a foot and a foot and a half of water in them. I lost most of my magazine collection, several of our larger pieces of furniture etc. We prob lost half of our boxed stuff since we hadnt fully moved into the house. My folks lost all their furnishings and anything within 2 feet of the floor. They had it all packed away and were living in their RV getting ready for a move to a new house.

SO, Dave,Todd and I have no idea if we can even leave town yet. I have at least 2 days of hauling stuff out of storage before it gets funky.

We will keep ya'll posted. Hug your loved ones, life is more important that "junk".

The Vagabonds are all safe, our hotrods are fine.

[sgtmcd42]

sorry to hear that. glad everyone is ok, though. Good luck!

[BinderRod]

I wont know our status for the week but we got slammed by rain,hail and flash flooding. HRLC and her crew got lucky and dodged the bad weather last night...............the rest of us had problems. Daves truck and house are hammered. We had a little water in the house. But our worst problem is the little town close to us was about 50% WIPED OUT BY A FLASH FLOOD. No lives were lost that we know of. We re all fine but Carla and I and my folks had separate storage units on the edge of town. We had between a foot and a foot and a half of water in them. I lost most of my magazine collection, several of our larger pieces of furniture etc. We prob lost half of our boxed stuff since we hadnt fully moved into the house. My folks lost all their furnishings and anything within 2 feet of the floor. They had it all packed away and were living in their RV getting ready for a move to a new house.

SO, Dave,Todd and I have no idea if we can even leave town yet. I have at least 2 days of hauling stuff out of storage before it gets funky.

We will keep ya'll posted. Hug your loved ones, life is more important that "junk".

The Vagabonds are all safe, our hotrods are fine.


Could we throw a bucket for donations for the town that lost so much? Put me in for $20.00

[Tman]

Donate to the Red Cross, they were already set up and helping folks.

[rustyford1]

Man T, sorry to hear the bad news. I'm just glad to hear no one was injured. Take care of what you have to and hopefully we'll see friday.

[Tman]

Man T, sorry to hear the bad news. I'm just glad to hear no one was injured. Take care of what you have to and hopefully we'll see friday.

Thanks man, we will see what we can do. I talked to Dave this AM and they even had chunks of deck missing from the baseball sized hail. I am making room in the shop to haul what we can salvage outta storage. I have about 1000 magazines and most of our collection of bokks destroyed for sure. My 265 block should be ok. we lost some antique architectural pieces we fear. we would have been OK but they added several feet of fill in front of our unit to build more last week. I think most of the water would have stayed at our doorstep if they hadn't:mad: (they provided no drainage),.

Like I said before, it is just stuff.

[Tsquared]

Sorry to hear of your loss!!!
I had been worrying about the AUSTIN gang, with all the flooding they`ve been getting, and didn`t know anything was going on up there in GOD`s country,,,

Good Luck!

[CrazyD]

Lots of damage here, what a mess!!
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[CrazyD]

Few More
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[CrazyD]

Bad deal the 50 got a lot of damage:mad:

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[Tman]

Damn dude, I dont know who is more fucked?!

[BELLM]

Damn guys, that was some big hail. Hope you guys can still make the drags. Wish we were closer so we could lend a hand.

[Tman]

Thanks Eddie, I was just laying on the couch realizing all the stuff we own that was under water. Gee, really looking forward to cleaning out that storage unit.........not!

At least all of us have roofs over our heads. Others are not so lucky.

[rustyford1]

Damn Dave, that is some serious hail. We had a bout like that here a few years ago. That stuff'll beat the hell out of everything. Glad you're OK. Hey, that's what you have insurance for, right? :rolleyes:

[Tman]

1st pic is a trck washed downstream, this is just north of our place.The truck is a couple hundred yards from the closest ranchhouse. There is a car trailor in the trees in front of it that flaoted down.

2nd is the edge of the flooding in town

3rd is blurry, that little blue dot is a full size pickup I think that is 15 feet of water.The red dot is a full size Dodge. They came from the house a mile upstream. The RR tracks made a Dam until they washed out, there WAS a whole subdivision on the other side.

Pray for these folks.

[FiddyFour]

holy shit!

our prayers are going out to you all right now... dave, trent... stay home and take care of what needs done, the drags will always be there, the important thing is you all are OK...

any news on what you guys might need out there? chow, water, bedding... say the word...

[Asphalt Outlaw Hero]

Really sorry to hear it.My storage facility got hit by a tornado years ago on Christmas eve. It wasn't my best Christmas.

[Tman]

Fiddy, we are all fine, just lots of cleanup. Dave from the hail and us from the water. Carla and I had most of our day to day stuff moved in already. My folks had their winter clothing in their unit, they salvaged that yesterday.

A side note, a guy down the road just moved here from Florida. He said what we went through was worse than the last few hurricanes he sat thru. The neighbor was watching his weather station and when the wind speed monitor quit was at 98 when the post was torn outta the ground! Abouth that time a full semi tipped over on the highway a mile East of us.

[Zeke]

Damn dude I'm glad everyone is all alright. Take care bro.

[Rocky]

Yikes! Hope you can still make the drags. I'll bet your mind needs a little vacation from all that.

[G V Gordon]

CrazyD, Tman, Glad your all safe. Your right, stuff is just stuff. Been through hail like that. I know it aint funny, but looks like the 50 faired far better than the red PU. They put a little more iron in'em back then.

Hope you guys get to come this weekend. Terry and I will say a little prayer for ya both and all the others affected.

GV

[atch]

CrazyD, Tman, Glad your all safe. Your right, stuff is just stuff.what gv said...

Been through hail like that.yeah, we get hit with hail like that around here occasionally too. wish i could say something that would help, though.

Terry and I will say a little prayer for ya both and all the others affected.me, too.

hope to see you guys this weekend.

is there anything us flatlanders can do from here to help?

[Roothawg]

Tman we got 8" here last night. They closed I-40. People underwater everywhere.

Hopefully we'll see ya'll at the drags.

[Tman]

We are OK, Dad, Todd and I took all day and cleared our stuff outta storage, I only lost my Rodders Journals and my collection of Hotrod book. Carla lost some 100 year old Primary Readers.

We saved 95% of our stuff, my folks stuff is tomorrow. Lots of lost furniture there.

The Terex Scraper in front of the storage unit had water 8 feet up on the windows.

[Kerry]

Man, what a mess! Glad you are all ok. You guys are in my prayers.

[Rusty]

Sucky News. You are bound to have a better week after all that tragedy

Rusty

[jerry]

I'll check for any duplicate Rj's. They are yours if you want.


jerry

[Tman]

Thanks Jerry, no worries for now, those things are minor in the scope of life. I feel bad that all the Books I got from Steve H were lost. Before he died we traded some T doors i had for a collection of Flathead books................

[Tman]

Sounds like Dave and Danielle are coming down to the drags for sure. There is nothing they can do for the house, it is keeping the rain out.

My lil Bro might make the trip as well. I am still leaning towards not going, I have everything we own scattered in my shop. even the stuff that wasnt soaked is humid. We may have to repack all boxes.

[FiddyFour]

like i said Trent, you an Carla take care of bidniz. . . just knowing your family is OK makes things seem a lil brighter here, and is for sure an answer to prayer bro.

if you gotta stay home, so be it. the drags'll be there in '08. . . and dont worry about this years feed. a GREAT HAMBer (GV Gordon... Sorry George, dont wanna embarress ya, but i gotta slap shoulders when they deserve it!) has stepped up and taken on some of the things you were going to be supplying. not to mention a number of offers of "helping hands", so it's still a "go" for friday... but you'll be missed! :(

[Tman]

Fiddy, I will call you about the room I have reserved that you and Louver Dude were talking about using. This also means I should have a spare room free. I will get with Bob. Any other Vagabonds that may need a room?

[FiddyFour]

nope... i'm good with a room... bob hooked me up long ago... that's steve an billy's room holmes

[hotrodladycrusr]

Trent, sorry to hear about the issues. We "Salt Cured HAMB Tourers" owe you big time for saving our cars from what surely would have been disasterious. It was a white knuckles ride into town that night for sure.

The next night I swear we hit it the same system again in the Winona, MN area where we stopped for the night once we found lodging. Major flooding with mudslides, closed roads and lives lost in the area. Very scary, very sad.

Glad to hear it was only stuff lost and not people.

[DumbWhore]

Holy Cow guys... glad everyone is safe...... Mother Nature can be a biatch for sure.

Prayers for ya.

[Kerry]

You do what you need to do but you will be missed.

From the last time you were at the drags...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/evilfirbolg/Hamb%20Drags%2005/HambDrags05479.jpg

I wanted to run ya again!

[Tman]

Thanks for all the thoughts. My mom, brother and I spent about 10 hours today going through my folks stuff. We managed to save most of it minus 3 beds, half a sectional sofa and ssome little items. (my pops had to go off to an accident scene for work).

We rigged up some barrels in the truck and gravity fed the pressure washer to clean the wood furniture. Most stuff will survive with a little touchup.We even save two new couches that were in the shit! I have my shop full our families personal belongings and furniture. We will be spending several days getting stuff back in order.

Kerry, thanks for that pic, made my night.

[Tman]

Trent, sorry to hear about the issues. We "Salt Cured HAMB Tourers" owe you big time for saving our cars from what surely would have been disasterious. It was a white knuckles ride into town that night for sure.

The next night I swear we hit it the same system again in the Winona, MN area where we stopped for the night once we found lodging. Major flooding with mudslides, closed roads and lives lost in the area. Very scary, very sad.

Glad to hear it was only stuff lost and not people.

Denise, we all got lucky on that one. I found out today that there was hail about everywhere I DIDNT Go, when I dodged the shit Friday. By us staying in Rockerville we missed the really bad stuff (minus my drive home), besides we got to hear ol Pete sing to the Snowbird Reunion:D .

We tried to lend a hand today to some others that needed help, lots of the folks that had stuff in our same storage facility had homes that were washed away, they were tring to just save some little part of their lives.

Ironically, many of the folks were in the same boat as us(no pun intended) they were moving and kinda in limbo, many were in the process of moving stuff to new houses.

Kharma will only bite one family though, the landlords didnt call anyone for a day and a half, dodged phonecalls from renters. Then, after they said they would have dumpsters there, they never showed. Even though the lady lives a couple miles away, we didnt see her at all this weekend. Thanks for caring bitch.:mad:

[Short Bull]

Hey Trent,
I'm glad you guys did alright I seen that house that floated a mile and a half from its foundation I got worried about you guys. I was in Rapid that evening.....that was one mean looking storm.

[Tman]

Good to hear from you Jesse, we were wondering. I heard a house got hit by a Tornado at Red Shirt Table?

[FiddyFour]

Jesse!

glad to hear from you as well my friend... :D

[TRIUMPH TERROR]

Hey Trent,
I'm glad you guys did alright I seen that house that floated a mile and a half from its foundation I got worried about you guys. I was in Rapid that evening.....that was one mean looking storm.

Glad for everyone being okay and hopefully not to many losses all material things can be replaced.


Jesse what you can go to Rapid a week after I leave there?:o Damn missed seeing ya kept waiting for ya to roll up to Daves house anytime.We had a wonderful time out there sure would have like to seen ya.Maybe another trip that way before the snow flies.I should would like a tour of the area from ya next time.Heck my wife and kid did not want to leave they are trying to get me to move out there.You coming to Mokan????

Shoe

[guiseart]

stay home and take care of the loved ones, there is always next year man - I always give to the red cross, year round... hang in there.

[hotrodladycrusr]

. I was in Rapid that evening.....that was one mean looking storm.

YOU were in Rapid City that night?????:eek:
I'm bummed:(

[Tman]

Jesse has a girfreind now. I think the little head is in charge!

[Short Bull]

Glad for everyone being okay and hopefully not to many losses all material things can be replaced.


Jesse what you can go to Rapid a week after I leave there?:o Damn missed seeing ya kept waiting for ya to roll up to Daves house anytime.We had a wonderful time out there sure would have like to seen ya.Maybe another trip that way before the snow flies.I should would like a tour of the area from ya next time.Heck my wife and kid did not want to leave they are trying to get me to move out there.You coming to Mokan????

Shoe

Yea...I apologize for not making it....I was looking forward to seeing your mug again! Hey you know there is alot of cool places in Lakota country!! Unfortnately I will not coming to this years drags, as cool as it would be I need every nickel for my 55.....

YOU were in Rapid City that night?????:eek:
I'm bummed:(
My apologies Miss Denise....I did keep an eye for you guys till the storm raised a ruckus

Jesse has a girfreind now. I think the little head is in charge!
Yes thats right Tman.....but she likes ol cars.....

Jesse!

glad to hear from you as well my friend... :D
good to hear from you....I hope all is well....my fifty five did alright in the storm....

[Tman]

Well Jesse, I think dad and I will run to Deadwood this weekend for a bit. Are you up for the HAMBDrags losers event?

[Short Bull]

Yea Tman.....I will be there on Saturday in the afternnon sometime.

[CrazyD]

Well the holes in the roof are all patched, Insurance adjusters are coming sometime this week, Not much more we can do, looks like lots of rain tonight:(

Packed up and heading to Joplin early am

Last chance Tman, will be going right by your place about 4am?????

[Tman]

Well the holes in the roof are all patched, Insurance adjusters are coming sometime this week, Not much more we can do, looks like lots of rain tonight:(

Packed up and heading to Joplin early am

Last chance Tman, will be going right by your place about 4am?????

Tempting but the work here is too important. Rememb er to buy that Engine Raffle ticket, the drag car needs an engine!

[CrazyD]

You sure are on here all the time for having so much to do!!!:eek: :D :D

[G V Gordon]

I was thinking the same thing Dave!

Seriously, Tman, as much as I was looking forward to chatting with ya, gotta respect the commitment to family.
GV

[Tman]

Dont rub it in Dave...............but, did you happen to leave any beers in the Fridge? I may swing out tomorrow night and fix the Touring so I can pick it up this weekend.