GOOD NIGHT, Irene!!

[reelapeelin]

Originally Posted by lumberslinger178

I just got done cleaning out my pool seems the leaves and branches like to bottom just about 3-4 trash cans full ....thank the lord thats all Ive got to complain about

Yeah...there's a lot of pissin' and moanin' about the media over-blowing Irene...but for some of the worst hit areas in VT and others, I bet they don't think it was overblown at all...

I've found there are those who are gonna complain no matter what...

[Destroyer]

This was the worst flood we've ever had. Worse than the 1984 flood that everyone used as a reference point. Lost everything in the basement when the foundation wall cracked due to the hydraulic pressure of the water and let the water pour into the basement through the crack. It simply overwhelmed my sump pumps. Appears that the house may have shifted about an inch. Havent told the wife yet, she's a wreck as it is. Real trooper, making due without hot water, no indoor plumbing (septic system is full) and yet she's putting food on the table and making plans.
Boiler, washer/dryer/workshop/tools/walls/paneling/lights/everything is gone. Waiting to see if they condem the house because of the foundation wall. Either way we're moving. Neither my wife or myself can take it any more. Took it 26 years, but the river's finally won. The water is still 4 feet deep in the street in front of my house, and about a foot deep around my house. My house is a raised ranch, so the main floor with all the furniture etc stayed dry.. So God spared us that much. I guess he has different plans for us than to stay here.

[phester]

destroyer, that sucks. Sorry to hear of your situation. If you go back to CTTs map [page 2], I am waterfront at Sunken Meadow state park. The terrain here is a bit more wooded and not as flat like the south shore is. Floods here aren't the concern as much as tree damage. CTT, I am surprised, and happy, to hear you didn't get murdered by the storm surge. I was w/o electric/cable/phone for five days. Even the cell phones didn't work. The "HURRICANE" wasn't nearly as bad as what was to be expected. I think our strongest wind gust was around 58mph and the 8-10" of rain predicted was more like 3- 4". I threw the cover on the pool sat. morning and had two generators gassed up and ready.[ you couldn't buy gas without waiting 1/2 an hour to get to pumps] No trees down in my yard, one garbage pail of sticks/leaves and one 50 lb. tree branch. I thought the power would back on the next day. WELL..., not the case. I couldn't believe that a good portion of Long Isalnds electrical grid was in ruins from a wimpy tropical storm. We got lucky as far as floods and wind damage and i count my blessings. My power came back on just a few hours ago but many are still without. Good luck to all who didn't fare as well.

[willy]

Destroyer, is there anything I can do for you to help?
Please let me know, I am ping u my cell
Willy

[reelapeelin]

Destroyer, I hate it you and your wife are going thru such a tough time w/this...wish there was something I could do from down here to help you guys out...lemme know if there is...we'll be thinkin' about you..

[RWilson2526]

Sorry to hear it Destroyer.....not sure why the Pasaic is so much worse than the other rivers this go around.....as the others have said let me know if there's anything we can do....I have access to all sorts of floor dryers/large fans and other construction related equipment once you get the water out and start the drying. Just let me know.

[RidgeRunner]

Destroyer, sounds like you got some problems. Wish there was something we could do. I remember you missing the Charleston get together over flooding issues. I can't blame you for wanting a change of address with the ongoing problems. Keep your head up, it will get better. Hydraulic pressure causes a lot of wall failures in FL. Not basements obviously but more along the lines of seawalls and retaining walls.

[Road King Cole]

Hey Destroyer,

Sounds like a mess. That certainly tops my pool damage. I hope your insurance helps you out. loss of words....other than man that sucks, hang in there, its only material things? man, so sorry,,,

rkc

[Destroyer]

Guys (all of you) It fills me with a ton of warm feelings just to know that you guys have offered help and condolances. I work for a construction firm with a really good boss (who's kept me on the payroll through all of this) so I'm sure that any equipment that I need will be forthcoming, from masons from the hall to restoration crews from the insurance company. (I carry a $1,000,000 blanket rider on my homeowners policy for just this reason) But all the money in the world cannot equal how great it feels to have all of your well wishes. We'll survive. We'll rebuild or move, but either way we'll survive.

And yes, the Passaic river has had a lot more problems than the other rivers around here. THe reason isn't the Passaic river though, it's the Pompton River that joins with the Passaic near where I live. THere is a dam upriver, and in 2007 the Army Corp of Assholes installed a new floodgate system on it. Since then we've experienced near catastropic floods every year.... far worse than anything ever seen in the last 20+ years we've lived here. Of course they deny any problems or responsibility, and I'm sure it's just a coincidence, but to my way of thinking when you lower the floodgates 6" on a lake that's almost 2 miles long and a mile wide that's a lot of water that has to go somewhere.....These greedy bas tards had 10 days that they knew this storm was coming, but they sell the water in that reservior, so they didn't drain it... and then, when the storm hit and they saw that they might have a problem, they opened the gates and raised the level in the river almost 4 feet in less than 8 hours. It's being hushed up for political reasons of course, but they are directly responsible for hundreds of houses being ruined.
Sorry to go on a rant like that, but I'm a tad upset over it. I don't mind when Mother Nature does her thing, I figure that we all take those chances, be it a Hurricane, Tornado, Drought, or whatever... but I hate it when it's manmade and the people responsible for it have been getting away with it for years... and everyone knows it.

Again, thanks to everyone for the well wishes... they really do mean a lot.

[reelapeelin]

Originally Posted by Destroyer

Guys (all of you) It fills me with a ton of warm feelings just to know that you guys have offered help and condolances. I work for a construction firm with a really good boss (who's kept me on the payroll through all of this) so I'm sure that any equipment that I need will be forthcoming, from masons from the hall to restoration crews from the insurance company. (I carry a $1,000,000 blanket rider on my homeowners policy for just this reason) But all the money in the world cannot equal how great it feels to have all of your well wishes. We'll survive. We'll rebuild or move, but either way we'll survive.

And yes, the Passaic river has had a lot more problems than the other rivers around here. THe reason isn't the Passaic river though, it's the Pompton River that joins with the Passaic near where I live. THere is a dam upriver, and in 2007 the Army Corp of Assholes installed a new floodgate system on it. Since then we've experienced near catastropic floods every year.... far worse than anything ever seen in the last 20+ years we've lived here. Of course they deny any problems or responsibility, and I'm sure it's just a coincidence, but to my way of thinking when you lower the floodgates 6" on a lake that's almost 2 miles long and a mile wide that's a lot of water that has to go somewhere.....These greedy bas tards had 10 days that they knew this storm was coming, but they sell the water in that reservior, so they didn't drain it... and then, when the storm hit and they saw that they might have a problem, they opened the gates and raised the level in the river almost 4 feet in less than 8 hours. It's being hushed up for political reasons of course, but they are directly responsible for hundreds of houses being ruined.
Sorry to go on a rant like that, but I'm a tad upset over it. I don't mind when Mother Nature does her thing, I figure that we all take those chances, be it a Hurricane, Tornado, Drought, or whatever... but I hate it when it's manmade and the people responsible for it have been getting away with it for years... and everyone knows it.

Again, thanks to everyone for the well wishes... they really do mean a lot.

Get a local TV reporter out there while the water is still high and call 'em out on it...