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"CTSenVy" (CTSenVy)
03/16/2019 at 15:55 • Filed to: None

Please check online about the flooding in eastern Nebraska and now western Iowa. We have blown past once every 100 years levels. Roads, bridges, levees, and homes have been wiped away and the rivers haven’t crested yet. I’m safe but my place is the evacuation area so I’m playing the waiting game at family friends place till I can see the damage.

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DISCUSSION (26)

Just Jeepin' > CTSenVy
03/16/2019 at 16:19

A shame. Best of luck, I hope everything turns out reasonably well for you.

Seems like widespread weather damage is going to be the new normal in much of the U.S.

Svend > CTSenVy
03/16/2019 at 16:20

Shit man. Have you started moving stuff upstairs and put wood sheeting around the lower edges of the doors (using silicone to fill gaps)?

CTSenVy > Svend
03/16/2019 at 16:33

Moved a bunch of stuff upstairs. Never got a chance to prep the doors. Spent too much time sandbagging. We made a barrier that held and we thought we may have saved the neighborhood but at 8 this morning a levee broke upstream and the flood came from a different path.

CTSenVy > Just Jeepin'
03/16/2019 at 16:37

This has been unreal, half of Fremont is being washed away.

Svend > CTSenVy
03/16/2019 at 16:39

Wrap up warm and hunker down but be prepared to move quickly if you need to.

You take care okay and keep safe.

Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks > CTSenVy
03/16/2019 at 16:48

Christ. And being above the 100 year line, you couldn’t get flood insurance either, could you? :(

CTSenVy > Svend
03/16/2019 at 16:50

All ready on the high ground now here at a my friends parents. Plenty of food a water just waiting till either I can check stuff out at home or I can leave town to either my Dad’s or Sister’s place. All the roads out of town or under water too so we are stuck until the river gives up.

CTSenVy > Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks
03/16/2019 at 16:54

Haven’t gotten that far yet. I’m one of lucky ones, I still think I have something to go back to (at least upstairs). A lot of people are going to have nothing at all.

HoustonRunner > CTSenVy
03/16/2019 at 17:06

Where are you? I have family in Fremont, Lincoln, Omaha, Broken Bow, Kearney, and Wayne (basically all my aunts and uncles and most of my cousins) . So far it sounds like they are all ok, but Fremont is pretty bad. Be safe.

CTSenVy > HoustonRunner
03/16/2019 at 17:12

Fremont. Omaha and Lincoln are good we just can’t get there. My dad is around Wayne and says things are okay there. Kearney and Broken Bow may have some water but nothing like Fremont. Fremont keeps trying to sandbag but things are changing so fast it is hard to keep ahead.

Dogsatemypants > CTSenVy
03/16/2019 at 17:20

On the plus side, in 6 months you’ll have tons o f cheap project cars....

My thoughts are with you. Stay warm and safe, eat plenty of food that tastes good and is terrible for you.

Svend > CTSenVy
03/16/2019 at 17:33

Take care and keep in touch with authorities and any alerts, radio broadcasts and Internet.

CTSenVy > Dogsatemypants
03/16/2019 at 17:34

I was told that we had to eat these steaks before they go bad. That’s a job I can do right now.

Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks > CTSenVy
03/16/2019 at 17:34

Yeah, and of course, they can’t afford or even purchase flood insurance because their insurer won’t sell it to them. And lots of them aren’t in SFHA’s that require flood insurance with the mortgage. Plus all the levee failures and dam failures... sigh.

CTSenVy > Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks
03/16/2019 at 17:44

It’s a mess. I’m dreading dealing with the insurance company when this done too.

Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks > CTSenVy
03/16/2019 at 17:57

Well, unfortunately, if you didn’t buy flood insurance it’ll be a short conversation. “None of it’s covered. Bye.”

CTSenVy > Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks
03/16/2019 at 18:06

It’s renters insurance so I have a little more leeway hopefully. At least that’s how it got explained to me when I signed up for it. Maybe I’ll just cut my loses and just live out of my pickup and be a nomad.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > CTSenVy
03/16/2019 at 21:18

just nuts, saw some of the footage on the news. Was it ice dams or a combo with the super rain?

CTSenVy > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
03/16/2019 at 21:42

Ice jams, warm temperatures out of nowhere, and rain. We had record amounts of snow in the last 3 months and it all melted in a few days with rain.

Duck Duck Grey Duck FTMFW! > CTSenVy
03/16/2019 at 22:52

God damn. So sorry to hear. I have been so busy trying to make sure my place didn't flood from the warm weather and rain as well.

CTSenVy > Duck Duck Grey Duck FTMFW!
03/16/2019 at 22:59

Fortunately for me the sandbags have helped a lot, I got to check my place tonight, I don’t think water made it in. Feels nice that some of this work has had positive benefits.

shop-teacher > CTSenVy
03/17/2019 at 01:09

I saw a bunch of pictures on FB. The damage is unreal. I've never seen anything like some of it.

CTSenVy > shop-teacher
03/17/2019 at 12:10

We still don’t how bad the highways are here. They are mostly underwater and the few the few that have receded have significant damage.

shop-teacher > CTSenVy
03/17/2019 at 13:02

Given the pictures of br idges and houses I’ve seen torn apart by ice, I’d be shocked if there wasn’t significant damage waiting to be revealed.

My best to you and your family and community.

CTSenVy > shop-teacher
03/17/2019 at 13:41

Thank you, I maybe able to go back to my place tonight. Taking a quick check I don’t think the water got to into my place at all.

shop-teacher > CTSenVy
03/17/2019 at 13:46

That's excellent.