My home was one hit by the midwest flooding

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Lifer
Aug 17, 2005
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I am in southern Indiana.

My basement has flooded to the brim and we just got it drained yesterday. Mud clean up and throwing out everything from there is going to take us at least 2 full days of work.


As for the top floor of the home, we got a half inch of water which was soaked up by the carpet. We have pulled the carpet/padding and have had fans blowing on it for hours straight. The top floor should be fine.

We were able to save all electronics and most items from the rooms downstairs.

If any of you guys have any advice for what to do during flood cleanups please let me know!



Oh and our town we live in was NOT considered a flood zone so nobody here has flood insurance. The state governor has already declared this county a state of emergency.

Everybody is waiting fema money... we are not the luckiest people in our neighborhood for the damages, but we certainly are not the worst. Everybody has good health and remember to all who want to complain about something on here.... at least you have a home and a car.
 

Foxery

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Bump for justice. All we have around my home lately are extremely flashy thunderstorms.
 

nanette1985

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Oct 12, 2005
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We had severe flooding from Floyd a bunch of years ago. Tried to save a bunch of things from the totally flooded basement, but it turned out not to be worth it. Ditto with the first floor - figured since it was only a few inches of water on the main floor it would be easy to clean, but it wasn't.

Severe mold was the problem. We thought we had cleaned pretty well but mold is hard to kill. Finally had to bring in some mold experts and spend a fortune. That worked pretty well but not perfect. We moved a couple years later and were amazed after we moved that we all stopped being sick all the time.

It might have been a better idea to tear down the house and start from scratch.

Best to you, glad you are okay. Those pictures on the news are intense.
 

EagleKeeper

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At $100-$200 a year, flood insurance is a good investment if you live anywhere near any type of water body.

Flooding can always happen, ever year there are stories about people getting soaked when it seemed to be impossible.