Storm owned me

[12secondv6]

Sigh...... we got hit..... bad.

I couldn't get the bird out, spent ages trying to jump it.... didn't happen. It is under a considerable amount of water.

All other cars are fine.

Water heater is gone.

Washer and dryer are fine right now..... but I dunno for how long.

Wayne township advised around noon that water will be rising considerably.

Structurally... the house is fine..... I can deal with losing the water heater..... and maybe the washer and dryer....... but the bird is causing me great pain..... if you know me..... you then know how many years of blood, sweat and tears are in that car..... been in multiple magazines ... held lots of records....etc.....

I'm kinda numb right now.... stuck at work.

[Blackbirdws6]

damn man. I couldn't imagine how I would feel in that situation. Good luck and hopefully it will turn out better than expected.

-Brian

[GrandmasterCow]

yeah man thats horrible. hope everything works out, the bird rest of your property is fine

[BonzoHansen]

Oh my, I am so sorry.

[firehawk1120]

you should have called me i could have towed it w/ the truck.... i can still do it let me kknow.

[GP99GT]

well the car is mostly down to metal and plastic anyway, maybe the water will just run out

jk, that sucks man. ive been hearing about rt 23 being closed all day and i was wondering what it was like down by you

[JL8Jeff]

I was wondering how you guys were making out. I couldn't remember which river you were next to though. That sucks big time. Is this flood worse than anything the previous owner's had to deal with?

[j0n]

im very sorry to hear bro...im sure when it comes to drying/repairing the bird there's a ton of people(myself included) willing to make the drive and help you out.

[GP99GT]

everyone grab a hair dryer and meet at james' tomorrow night

[LS1Hawk]

I'm really sorry to hear, man. I know a guy last year when we had one of these big storms had just bought a brand new Dodge Ram and the water came up into the engine bay. Hopefully you can get it running.

[foff667]

aww man that sux horribly James.

[NJSPEEDER]

with the interior so empty it will be easy to dry the car out. wet exhaust and oil pans don't hurt stuff, so that is no big deal. as long as water didn't get deep enough to get to the intake and fill the motor that will be fine too. even if water get into the engine you can just drain all the oil/water out, put in fresh dyno oil, run it up to operating temp, then do an oil change and call it a day.
good luck with it. lemme know if you two need anything, it's a short drive

[V]

thats rough, but like tim said, its not too bad.

since im kinda local, ill be willing to lend a hand too.

[1_Hot_SOM_WS6]

Yikes...Sorry to hear!! Good luck with everything!!

[trashman01]

just dont start it when its in the water, pull it out nad let it dry for a couple days and remove the plug and crack it couple times to make sure water aint inside the motor

[Teds89IROC]

ah I was wondering how you guys were down there, I hope it all works out..and what j0n said...I'm not far at all if you need an extra set of hands.

[Savage_Messiah]

Let me know when you need a hand.

[12secondv6]

Coming up to 72 hours later..... bird is still under water..... sigh.

[The Fixer]

James, how deep is the water?

[V]

if you want, ill come pull it out.... i got straps, chains and a diesel.... a little water doesnt bother me

[firehawk1120]

A little water is an understatement. I believe they are about 7' under I don't think your truck will do much good right now.

<---- plays tap for the poor bird.

[V]

oh ok, i was hoping maybe it was just down a driveway or something and i could run cables/straps like "x" amount of feet then attach it to my truck(has been in up to 4' of water). id even go swimming to hook it up. lol, but anyways i'm still willign to help with the clean up of the car anytime.

[bad64chevelle]

another one who is up for a drive to help you out, just let me know what I can do...hope all goes well.

[ShitOnWheels]

In our area there was as high as 11 feet of water. By our house, it probably got up to about 5' high, if not higher. No cars or trucks will be in the area for probably another week I'd imagine, and that's assuming we don't get anymore rain.

We have yet to get to the house to check on it. We only get to see it from a distance. We will be trying today to get to it, but I'm not holding my breath. And it'll only be to get clothes and some other necessities.

We won't be living in the house til the insurance adjuster comes and then replace the appliacnes that are damaged (we assume water heater, furnace, washer, dryer, and we won't be able to use the tap water for a while since it's well water and we have a septic system = unsafe water for a while).

We thank everyone for their willingness to help. We won't know how much help we'll need/use til the water goes away and we can survey the damage.

[JL8Jeff]

Sorry to hear about the whole flooding problem guys, but that's what worried me when you first posted pictures of the house when you moved in. Have you guys started to think about raising the house onto pilings like they do at the beach? Here along the Delaware, a good number of homes on the PA side have been elevated on pilings becase the people don't want to move but the insurance companies insist on raising them so they don't have to replace appliances and drywall every year. For some reason, I don't think this flooding problem in NJ is going to get any better in the near future. Let us all know if you guys need a hand with anything.