New York flooded

[jimnyc]

And we got nailed hard in our basement, even with all of our sump pump upgrades and wells. Just too much too quickly. Slowly getting things out - but entire basement is ruined and everything in it, and includes our hot water heater which we had 3 feet off ground & our AC unit motherboard. All of my tools if you see what's left of my workbench. Just a ton of stuff. :( :(

This is what I first found that got me running late last night:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GZ30b_Qk0w

https://i.imgur.com/vSBE7Nsl.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/clbgtWUl.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/UT2NXDBl.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/GnxmRdrl.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/5zDENwil.jpg

Back yard from upstairs through the screen:

https://i.imgur.com/xfhBs46l.jpg

[fj1200]

Wow. That's brutal.

[Kathianne]

I've been thinking of you & @Abbey Marie. The videos are just awful 😖.

[LongTermGuy]

...oh Man!!

[Abbey Marie]

Oh no! I’m sorry Jim.

Tornadoes all around our area, but we were spared. Very lucky.

[Juicer66]

Commiserations , Jimmy .

Heartbreaking .

[SassyLady]

So sorry kiddo .. hope you have good insurance.

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

Damn, that is brutal. I am very sorry to hear of that serious damage done to your home my friend. --Tyr

[gabosaurus]

Holy Moley! I have never lived in a home with a basement, so how does this happen? I read where four people in the NJ area died because they lived in basements and they flooded to quickly, no one could escape. Sorry to hear of this Jim. Didn't realize it rained that heavily.

[jimnyc]

Holy Moley! I have never lived in a home with a basement, so how does this happen? I read where four people in the NJ area died because they lived in basements and they flooded to quickly, no one could escape. Sorry to hear of this Jim. Didn't realize it rained that heavily.

Too much water too quickly. Add in the slope of my yard, and that's what happens when you get over 6" of rain in a few hours. It just flooded in and there was no way to stop it. Try as quick as you can but mostly just watching shit go down the drain. :(

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I lost all kinds of tools that were scattered around and on the lower portion of my bench. The hot water heater needs to be replaced now as does a large portion of our HVAC unit. Then the wood from any of the interior walls and 2 doors. A portion of the garage door and the sensors destroyed. Just too much stuff to list and things to be checked out once we can finally get rid of all of the water. Even that, still have like 2-3 feet - but have some larger exterior pumps running as well.

NightTrain - the appropriate breakers were turned off!

[gabosaurus]

That sounds more like damage from an earthquake than a flood. Is there any way to stop water from entering your basement? Not sure if it is even possible. You can rebuild bigger and better.

[jimnyc]

Jekyll and Hyde

[jimnyc]

So sorry kiddo .. hope you have good insurance.

Insurance here in NY won't cover floods from natural weather aka an act of God.

If something breaks and causes it then it's covered, but otherwise you're basically on your own, like we are now. :(

[gabosaurus]

Jekyll and Hyde --------------------------------------> The weather is always Jekyll and Hyde.

[Kathianne]

Insurance here in NY won't cover floods from natural weather aka an act of God.

If something breaks and causes it then it's covered, but otherwise you're basically on your own, like we are now. :(
Really? In IL, usually similar to NY law, unless you are in floodplain and do not have that additional insurance policy, the house- not basement is covered. The basement needs a rider, you can choose up to i think 20k in contents..

[Gunny]

I just saw this. Damn.

[Russ]

Wow, I just saw your videos and pictures, Jim. I am sorry! That is terrible! :(

[fj1200]

I lost all kinds of tools that were scattered around and on the lower portion of my bench. The hot water heater needs to be replaced now as does a large portion of our HVAC unit. Then the wood from any of the interior walls and 2 doors. A portion of the garage door and the sensors destroyed. Just too much stuff to list and things to be checked out once we can finally get rid of all of the water. Even that, still have like 2-3 feet - but have some larger exterior pumps running as well.

Can you have your utilities raised up off the floor so that they're higher than the floodplain level?

[jimnyc]

Can you have your utilities raised up off the floor so that they're higher than the floodplain level?

We were already thinking of getting a raised system, hanging from the ceiling level. Now with the hot water heater, we already had it raised up and the top was as high as it could go. I need one that kinda goes sideways and then lift that off the ground.

I want to get one of those emergency gates like I saw at my local ymca. With these gates closed the water was able to come up several feet and not a drop got inside. Something like that would be sweet.

Better yet, a solution to the issue, of which I'm more than clueless there.

[fj1200]

^I'm not sure of a water heater with a tank of any size that would work but I'm sure they're out there. How about a tankless? Not very big at all. An HVAC unit hanging close to a ceiling shouldn't be a problem but if you need a whole new system not as nice.