Stubborn Arkansas homeowner decides not to take flood sitting down

[CrackRabbit]

That is incredible. That is truly amazing. LOL, Dude just built a make shift Holland.

Fixed that for you.

 

[eits]

Hmmm buying thousands of sandbags and filling them vs. buying flood insurance. Decisions decisions.

what if it was a house your grandfather built with his own hands or something? what if there were lots of sentimental items in the house and keepsakes that you couldn't afford to lose?

 

[adlep]

Makes me proud to be American

 

[TheVrolok]

Hmmm buying thousands of sandbags and filling them vs. buying flood insurance. Decisions decisions.

There are quite a few things to take into consideration aside from simply cost. Looks like this guy is a farmer/rancher of some sort so I imagine his home is also his place of business and livelihood, losing it all may set him back considerably in terms of opportunity costs.

Also, damned impressive.. the guy clearly has access to a decent amount of cheap/free labor (relatives, employees?) and to heavy equipment so it's not quite like Joe Schmo doing this to his home, but still really cool to see.

 

[Judgement]

I wonder how many man hours it took

 

[Lithium381]

epic

 

[Nebor]

I wonder how far in advance he started preparing. That's extremely impressive. And using his farm's water sprinkler thing to pump water out of the moat is ingenious.

 

[Ichinisan]

Brilliant. I wonder how he's getting gasoline? Hope it lasts long enough for the floodwaters to recede.

 

[KaOTiK]

Brilliant. I wonder how he's getting gasoline? Hope it lasts long enough for the floodwaters to recede.

Probably dug an oil well on the other side of the house

 

[tranceport]

Probably dug an oil well on the other side of the house

Lol. I hope he did.

 

[Blitzvogel]

LOL it's a miniature version of New Orleans!

 

[DangerAardvark]

Fuck you, nature!

 

[Eos]

Did it show how much water the pump was pushing out? Wonder how big a factor that was in the success.

Looked like a 10" pipe running at about 40%. It would be difficult to say what the flow rate was without knowing the pressure.

 

[Newbian]

Hmmm buying thousands of sandbags and filling them vs. buying flood insurance. Decisions decisions.

Last I checked but in another thread we found out flood insurance won't cover it if the army releasing the water caused the damage as it's not considered a natural cause.

Also I doubt flood insurance would be affordable if even you could get it when the area is considered a floodplain.

 

[goobernoodles]

Redneck has nothing to do with it, dumbass.

Yeah, really.

It really shows how divided we are as a society when people make comments like that. This has nothing to do with north/south, red/blue... People are just trying to save their homes from flood water by any means possible.

 

[Patranus]

Ya. So if this Chromebook wasn't such a POS I could watch the movie.
Oh well. I guess next time Google should make sure that you can use YouTube on their products.

 

[trmiv]

I think I'd keep it after the flood waters receded. It would be awesome for keeping away annoying solicitors and nosy neighbors.

 

[Blackjack200]

Last I checked but in another thread we found out flood insurance won't cover it if the army releasing the water caused the damage as it's not considered a natural cause.

Also I doubt flood insurance would be affordable if even you could get it when the area is considered a floodplain.

Flood insurance is required if you live in a 50 year flood plain and want an HFA loan, and I believe it is federally subsidized.

 

[Murloc]

Looks badass

Ya. So if this Chromebook wasn't such a POS I could watch the movie.
Oh well. I guess next time Google should make sure that you can use YouTube on their products.

not youtube player. It's some random flash player.

 

[mcvickj]

Impressive. I'm also curious how many man hours were put into creating the levee / moat.

 

[Gibsons]

I think I'd keep it after the flood waters receded. It would be awesome for keeping away annoying solicitors and nosy neighbors.

I'd be tempted concrete up a section or two, would make for a let less work if there's a next time.

 

[DesiPower]

mookbarked

 

[Gibsons]

Ya. So if this Chromebook wasn't such a POS I could watch the movie.
Oh well. I guess next time Google should make sure that you can use YouTube on their products.

Here's a youtube of the same video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU4ZopRNXXI

 

[Exterous]

:thumbsup: to the hard working people who constructed these

 

[Scotteq]

Hmmm buying thousands of sandbags and filling them vs. buying flood insurance. Decisions decisions.

Flood Insurance only covers structural damage to the house itself. So there is still plenty of reason to sandbag and protect your property yourself.