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In reply to the discussion: Unfortunately, this is not the worst part of the flooding. [View all]LuckyCharms
(17,410 posts)61. That's right, trof. Everything needs to be discarded.
About 5 of my neighbors who just escaped the flooding came to help me.
They dried out apx. 3500 to 4000 photographs by carefully laying them out between layers of paper towels. I then finished the drying process by taking a blow dryer to each and every one of them. They were slightly damaged after this, but they are at least scanable. That is a future project.
But pretty much everything that the water touches has to go to the curb. Then you wait a few weeks for the Town to come with a backhoe to take it all away. In the meantime, you get to watch people pull up to your curb to scavenge through your stuff.
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Someone made a sign for the entrance to the subdivision " no tourists please"
NightWatcher
Aug 2017
#13
After Gilbert we discovered that the Bob Marley statur near the stadium had a fresh water pipe
malaise
Aug 2017
#40
If they are dependent on the national flood insurance program they may have to wait.
Igel
Aug 2017
#43
So, are you saying that even if the first floor if your home is flooded to the ceiling
stopbush
Aug 2017
#45
my pvc pipe outside drains are connected to -front-city/road storm water drains. back-city sewege
Sunlei
Aug 2017
#56
The bad part is that there could very well be a worse storm in Houston next month
Not Ruth
Aug 2017
#11
No one will be rebuilt by next month and there could very well be a worse storm all along the
ToxMarz
Aug 2017
#20
Houston is one of the most vulnerable major cities in the world in terms of climate change
Not Ruth
Aug 2017
#21
Still, in a couple of weeks, we will see what we always see on cable news...
BamaRefugee
Aug 2017
#19
Floridians do it year after year and are used to the drill. I learned that
OldHippieChick
Aug 2017
#41
And to top it off, the Texas legislature and Governor Abbott gave the insurance lobby
Dustlawyer
Aug 2017
#38
FYI: I have FEMA Flood Insurance. A bit of my driveway got torn away in some hurricane. FI does NOT
WinkyDink
Aug 2017
#46
I pray, give what I can, and mostly just bawl for all of people living in and near all the areas.
a kennedy
Aug 2017
#47