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Paul
10-20-2003, 10:46 PM
damn monsoon here!

been fighting water for hours and I've done all I can for the moment.

whimpy little sump pump couldn't handle the frickin wall of water we are getting hit with.

house is ok but the garage had as much as an inch in areas

all hard stuff will be ok but I will lose a hundred or two car magazines

and books http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

I will be fighting it the rest of the night and will take tomorrow off to try to salvage what I can.

gotta go
FEDER
10-20-2003, 10:52 PM
The TV just said by 11;00 pm we will have gotten 4" of rain in just 24 hrs! thats a record they say.Hope you dont lose to much stuff.Thats why I bought a house on a hill,last one you could fish in the basement.Got sandbags!!!!!!--FEDER
warbird
10-20-2003, 10:59 PM
Yeah, what a mess. Hope you can get stuff dried out OK.

warbird
Toqwik
10-20-2003, 11:20 PM
go first thing in the am and get a good dehumidifier. I have been flooded a few times here, and mine is a godsend. Carpet been wet twice this year in the basement, and its still ok. Good luck.....Scott
The_Monster
10-20-2003, 11:27 PM
See man, I knew it rained more in Washington than here in Oregon. Someone messed up the rumor too many years ago!!

Its just cloudy with with a light sprinkle. Is it heading up or down? Will we be getting it down here next??
fab32
10-20-2003, 11:43 PM
60's, I can feel your pain. Our last house was a flood disaster during rainy season. Spent many a night bailing and vacuuming water in the basement. Flood control was a big factor when we built our new house. 8 yrs. and so far so good. I'll thinking about you and wishing you well (that and $1.50 will buy you a cup of coffee). HAHA!!!

Frank
Paul
10-20-2003, 11:57 PM
thanks guys,

I'm actualy making headway,

I will deffinately get the dehumidifier in the morning!

tell you what, of all my tools and toys, the one I appreciate the most right now is my wet dry shop vac!

(that and my fridge full of beer)

Paul
Jkustom
10-21-2003, 03:17 AM
yep, my basement is floodin too. I live on a slight hill, but there is the roots of a maple tree trying to make it through the concrete wall in in the basement, so the water just poors in. We usually put a few garden hoses in that room and run them out the door and down the yard to get some syphon action going on... its kinda a production, but it works. Good luck! -J.
Paul
10-21-2003, 09:17 AM
I just moved in a couple months ago and have a ton of my stuff still in boxes in the garage.

it sucks.

Paul
Nads
10-21-2003, 10:25 AM
Thats sucks, I feel your pain. I have a basement (in Florida????) and my air handler's down there. At least a couple times a year the system gets plugged and it gets flooded from condensation. I lost a pile of vintage Christmas ornaments last year.
Flooding is the leading financially ruining disater of all.
I would hate to lose all my books.

Good luck to you.
porknbeaner
10-21-2003, 10:42 AM
Bad break friend. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif
The news said this morning that your still gettin' hit today. Of course this is KC so I take it with a grain of salt.

I'm a long ways off but if there is anything...
Rocky
10-21-2003, 10:45 AM
We flood around here too. The main reason I bought our house is because it's almost at the top of a pretty good hill. The flood water hasta get about 75-100 feet high to flood me...
Sorry to hear about it. Hope everything works out ok for you.
el Roach
10-21-2003, 11:24 AM
Life is good over here on the desert side of the state ! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif Hi of 82 today! Drove the roadster to work!
Hope it doesn't get too bad for you guys over on that side.
Wierd fucking weather!
48_HEMI
10-21-2003, 11:26 AM
could be why there is a second story in your shop and also why it was up for sale when you bought it. being the rodder that you are, you'll figger out a way to protect the shop. maybe a moat with an overflow leading downhill to the neighbors place http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
C9
10-21-2003, 12:21 PM
Went through the flood bit a few years back.
four and a half feet of water in the house and one to two feet of mud.

If ... and I hope not ... you get some power tools flooded, open them up, run a stream of water through them rinsing out the mud etc.
A garden hose running slow works fine.
Afterward, hose the interior of the tool down with WD40.
Put the tool up to dry for a few days, re-assemble and you're in business.
I saved all my power tools doing that.
Including a good table radio that I still use in my garage.

WD40 will attack natural rubber, but that shouldn't be a problem with fairly new tools.
Modern rubber seals etc. don't seem to be hurt by WD40.