flooded

[JohnTRourke]

of course we're not in a flood zone, no sirens or warning either.

Thursday morning was watching the river rise and packing up expensive stuff out of the garage (it sits about 2 feet lower and separate from the house)

friend comes over to help pack guns and ammo and such

all of sudden, from the wrong side (behind us and uphill, not below us and river side)
friend drives up and says "hey, the water is coming over the ditch behind you"

within 20 minutes, I had my friend move his truck and he's calling and yelling "GET THE FUCK OUT NOW!!!!!!!!!!"

there was TWO FEET of moving water crossing the road and i drove the RV out pushing a bow wave

finally let back in for an hour or two to assess on saturday afternoon and they finally shut down the new river bed on monday and let us back in for good.
unbelievably, the main floor was untouched.

crawl space full of water, furnace trashed (ugh), half the chickens dead, garage and shed 3 feet deep in water, most of the expensive stuff in the garage I had gotten out mostly just cleanup now

everything is still muddy, driveway pretty washed away (got in new rock yesterday, that helped a lot, we were tracking more mud around than cleaning), the road is pretty hammered (dirt road) but the neighbors worked on it quite a bit on monday and it's passable (mostly), we need a couple hundred tons of road base. Dear FEMA, bring us some road base. most of the fences are down.

honestly, all in all pretty lucky, it's going to be a big hit and it's a big mess, but lots of people are in worse shape. (lyons)

watch your six.

whatever you are prepared for, it's not what is coming.

you are not as prepared as you think.

[BPTactical]

Damn Brian, sorry for your misfortune.

I get the feeling Class 6 base is gonna be in short supply for a while.

[Bailey Guns]

Sorry...

[JohnTRourke]

yeah
but i ordered 3/4 mtn grante for the driveway and it showed up within 2 hours
i wasn't even ready for it

so, ya never know
but i would think so too

[buckshotbarlow]

Man, sorry to hear that. I grew up in longmont, and am glad u got out of there. Things can be replaced, lives lost cannot.

[kwando]

that sucks, just as long as the loved one and pets are safe, almost everything else can be replaced.

[hatidua]

lots of people are in worse shape

that sucks, just as long as the loved one and pets are safe, almost everything else can be replaced.

Sorry to hear about the flooding but those are two great sentiments quoted above.

[sniper7]

wow, sorry to hear about that. good thing for your neighbors for being there to help and watch out for you.

[Brian]

Anything you need help with at this point?

[Rabid]

Good to hear the main floor was not touched. If you need any help just ask.