Yeah, I heard they have a bunch of extra mobile homes sitting around...

Seriously, Shane, I'm glad your home survived so well!!

I wouldn't wish those homes on Shane.

Goodness, me neither! But for some reason that was the first thing I thought of when you mentioned FEMA helping. Don't know why.....

We don't have insurance. Maybe I should buy some, huh? I have auto and life insurance but no home. But really, I don't think I would have a claim. Everything is in tact. We are very fortunate. The neighbors are thinking that the government is going to give us some assistance. I am not so sure the government will and,,, I don't think I need any. What I need is some sunshine to dry up the waters. When my boy saw all the water he said, Dad, it's just like Noah's flood and we are on the ark.

Glad all is well!!

Gotcha. Talking about that "other" metal roof.

Glad you guys are ok.

Glad you are ok! Been thinking of you there in Texas!

Praise the Lord that you and yours were not hurt, and your home made it through.

pkrause

Shane, you were certainly blessed this time. But I would look into insurance anyway. It would be nice, in the event of anything coming down the pike, to at least be able to purchase clothing and food and rent someplace if you did suffer devistating conditions like your neighbor.

I talked to my neighbor that lost his roof. He has insurance and is lucky. His house is built up on block piers so the water never got to his floor. The reason he is lucky is because if the flood water had reached his floor his insurance company could argue that not all of his damage is from wind and thus not pay him as much for the damage. Wind insurance is different than flood insurance. We don't live in a flood plane so we can't buy flood insurance. Well, that may change now.

I have been picked up as a part-time reporter for our local newspaper and am working on a flood story for next week's edition. Our storm sewer drains into a drainage ditches which empty into a flood way. Once the flood way reaches a certain height they have to close the gates from the drainage ditches so the floodway waters can be contained. Once they close the gates the drainage ditches backup and the storm sewer no longer works. What is needed is a lift station, which is a big pump, to pump the water from the drainage ditches into the flood way. Our flood way looks like it is only at about 25% capacity so there is a lot of room for these flood waters but no means to get them into the reservoir.

Once the waters go down we will need to pump out our septic tank. The City was out there today taking hot food and water to people still in their homes. They have a pump out there pumping the water out of the subdivision and into a field on the other side of a drainage ditch. One of our city commissioners was there distributing the food.

No one died in the storm. The last category 2 hurricane that hit here left almost 60 dead so we have come a long way in hurricane preparation but as my flooded subdivision shows, we still have a way to go.