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Happy (late) Birfday Rush!!!
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Had a very surreal night Sunday night as the level of the Verde River rose to a record 45,000cfs running through Clarkdale and Cottonwood. We ended up with 28” of water in the garage by 2am before levels began slowly receding. Got all the vehicles and high-dollar items evacuated, but ended up losing a lot of our family’s keepsakes and photos.
Made a last minute decision to go ahead and get the Cruiser out and down the road to a safe place, driving through a foot of water or so on its way (first wheeling adventure).
Everyone is good, we’re all just doing a bunch of cleanup now. Huge thanks to the many people who have helped us out in many ways.
Made a last minute decision to go ahead and get the Cruiser out and down the road to a safe place, driving through a foot of water or so on its way (first wheeling adventure).
Everyone is good, we’re all just doing a bunch of cleanup now. Huge thanks to the many people who have helped us out in many ways.
Glad to hear you all are safe. I’m sorry to hear of the loss of photos and keepsakes and all that mess to now clean up. You know every guy on this forum would be there to help if we were closer!
The SW has had some crazy weather lately!
The SW has had some crazy weather lately!
Dang, Glad you and the family safe!!! As someone that seems to spread a lot of good karma, I can only think and pray that good things will come out of this for you and the family!
Does Insurance help much in these situations?
Does Insurance help much in these situations?
Having been through 2 basement floods in our time together I’m sad to see this, the PITA goes away but the lost items are tough. Vibes
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I really appreciate that Jon. The Lord works in ways sometimes we don’t understand. The Southwest has been in a ridiculous drought for a long time, and suddenly it seemed like the time for catch-up to take place. Unfortunately, like the vegetation along the riverside, people have been encroaching on the waterways for years now without taking into consideration that this type of flooding does and will occur. We’ve been living with that realization since we’ve lived here - this same house had a similar amount of water in it in 1992/1993, so we know it can happen. This for me is a lesson of too much material accumulation in a home that can’t support it.
This first (I’m sure of many) Landcruiser related casualties is the original 2F engine that’s been stored on the side of my house since 2019. Hopefully I can get to it and get it cleaned out before too much internal rust sets in.
Glad you and the family are okay. Hopefully it’s mostly water with minimal mud. Mud is the worst.
glad you're all OK sucks when s*** like that happens.
Wow - glad it wasn’t worse than it is, hit my feed today that the Salt River is running for the first time in years. That encroachment thing happens around here as well, then Mother Nature decides to remind everyone what created all those valleys in the hill country.
Tucker
Tucker
Sorry Rush ! That sucks ... glad you and the family are ok. I'm assuming being down there, you guys do not have basements like we do.
Steve
Steve
Darn! That sucks! Sorry you’re going through it. Looks like a big mess.
My thoughts are with you.
My thoughts are with you.
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Thank you brother! We are having our needs met
We do not have a basement, but I’ve heard of some people who’ve been affected that do have basements.
My “dungeon” which is about a 6’ crawl space with a dirt floor, took on the same amount of water as the garage. It has more or less served as a shed for the last 25 years, and is the place where all the family keepsakes, pictures, holiday decorations, and Landcruiser parts are stored. Most everything down there has been living in large plastic Tupperware bins. When enough water gets around them they can float up (depending on how much weight is in them) and tip over. If the lids hold they still allow water through to the inside because they aren’t sealed. If they don’t hold the contents spill into the mud.
We got the water pumped out of the dungeon, but still waiting for the mud to dry out more until we get in there.
Ok good, up here a LOT of folks have finished basements with entertainment areas, couches etc. and it all gets destroyed.
Steve
Steve
Who Dat taking a Nap in da dungeonThank you brother! We are having our needs met
We do not have a basement, but I’ve heard of some people who’ve been affected that do have basements.
My “dungeon” which is about a 6’ crawl space with a dirt floor, took on the same amount of water as the garage. It has more or less served as a shed for the last 25 years, and is the place where all the family keepsakes, pictures, holiday decorations, and Landcruiser parts are stored. Most everything down there has been living in large plastic Tupperware bins. When enough water gets around them they can float up (depending on how much weight is in them) and tip over. If the lids hold they still allow water through to the inside because they aren’t sealed. If they don’t hold the contents spill into the mud.
We got the water pumped out of the dungeon, but still waiting for the mud to dry out more until we get in there.
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Mr. Skelly BonesWho Dat taking a Nap in da dungeon