Spare a thought for us guys. Update: June 15th

..... Some of you know that our house was was flooded with river water back in January 2005.

Well it happened again yesterday and we took in two feet of dirty stinking water to the ground floor despite  sandbagging all the doors etc!!

Our internet access is down so I'm using a friends in the village, This means I won't be posting much but I'll try to keep you updated every couple of days via my friends web access.

That's a shame, buddy. Keep us in the loop. You are both in our thoughts.

If there's anything that you cant sort yourselves ... i'm only a couple of hours away

Hi Al,

Here if you need anything Sir, I know I'm a little far but if you need a break away for a few days your always welcome...

Andy...

bugger

i take it it will be a while before you can even move back in?

Will be praying.

Very best of luck with getting back to normal Al, will be thinking about you.

G.

Bummer Al, but you will hang in there. Our best to you and yours !!

Sorry to hear about your flooding. It is a bit far to come to help out, but I will be thinking of you and hope for the best.

I'm sorry to hear of your misfortune Al. I hope you can get the damage repaired quickly.

Sorry to hear that Al. I wish I was there. This is just the type of work I do. Restoration from water damage, mold, smoke and odors.

PM me if you need any advice.

I can't believe it could happen again so soon. Sorry to hear about it Al. I hope your animals are safe and well.

BUMMER !!!

Never mind his animals ... They can swim ..... Think of the poor kit-car trapped in the barn

And yes I'm just trying to make light of a crappy situation ... Successfully I hope

Not again Al!!! I'm so sorry I can't be there to help Bro. Is there anything that can be done from a long distance? You and Justine will be in our prayers whether you like it or not. Patricia send her love. John

Thanks guys.

My internet connection won't be back up for a few days and I'm having to use that of a friend. As soon as mine is back up again, I'll post some photos!

On the plus side, I managed to rescue all my completed models in my display cabinets. Well, need to get the priorities right....... right? LOL

Onwards and upwards!!

Good news, Al.

Having e-friends all over, I am more aware of weather.  I saw the forecast a while back for the NW and had that sinking feeling.  So sorry it hit you again.  My thoughts are with you.  Cleanup is hell, I've done a few muddy basements in my time.  Here's to better days ahead!

Hi Al,

I heard on the radio that a few areas have been hit again, I really hope yours was not one of them and hope that all is ok...

Take care and please keep safe Sir...

Andy...

I've been rereading old mystery, "THE NINE TAILORS" about murder in the fen country.  Flooding figured in the tale.  I hope your battle with water ends soon.

Thanks for all the good wishes and kind thoughts guys, they really do mean a lot.

beowulf wrote:bugger

i take it it will be a while before you can even move back in?

2whl wrote:I'm sorry to hear of your misfortune Al.  I hope you can get the damage repaired quickly.

We took in the same two feet of black water back in 2005 Paul and the repartations too over eleven months!!

Speed Racer 65 wrote:Sorry to hear that Al. I wish I was there. This is just the type of work I do. Restoration from water damage, mold, smoke and odors.

PM me if you need any advice.

I appreciate that Mitch.

coyote wrote:I can't believe it could happen again so soon. Sorry to hear about it Al. I hope your animals are safe and well.

Blue was in his stable and had to stand in several inches of water for a few hours until I was able to get to him but he's a hardy west European work horse and he is fine. On the upside, he has nice clean feet now. LOL

Snake wrote:Never mind his animals ... They can swim ..... Think of the poor kit-car trapped in the barn

And yes I'm just trying to make light of a crappy situation ... Successfully I hope

As last time Colin it was up on axle stands and only took in about 2/3 cm of water. Now drained away....
it will be fine. Onwards and upwards bonnie lad.

JohnJ wrote:Not again Al!!!  I'm so sorry I can't be there to help Bro.  Is there anything that can be done from a long distance?  You and Justine will be in our prayers whether you like it or not.  Patricia send her love.  John

Nothing at all John, just keep us in your thoughts. I'll be in touch via Skype as and when.

Johnag wrote:Hi Al,

I heard on the radio that a few areas have been hit again, I really hope yours was not one of them and hope that all is ok...

Take care and please keep safe Sir...

Andy...

The river is well down now and although we have had more rain, it's not got anywhere near flooding again. More
rain forecast though.

To put it into a bit of perspective, we had over 350mm (about 13.5") of rain fall in the preceding 24 hours!!

MY land line an internet connection is still down but at the suggestion of a member on another site, I have bought a dongle thingummiejig which has go me back on line with my laptop, although I can't get it to work with my desktop yet!!

Here are a few few photos for you:

Hi Al,

Many thanks for the update and the soul destroying photos, my heart really does go out to you and your wife Sir, as I said, if you want a few days away from it your both more than welcome to come down for a few days...

Take care and please keep yourselves safe...

Andy...

John put it pretty well, " soul destroying photos".
What a mess.
Condolences.
Good thing the cat found high ground.
Cheers,

So sad to see.  Memories of me cleaning up my neighbor's basement...twice!  The thought of the smell (not really earthy, but swampy) makes me gag.  Take your time,  they say one benefit of age is wisdom that we can survive and return.  May the bad days pass into memory soon and lives get back to normal.

Unbelievable.....but hopefully the spirits you salvaged are helping to keep yours up.

We are going through a bunch of storms right now and having lots of flooding, slides, and trees down. Fortunately we are on higher ground than you.