Last Monday evening there was a torrential downpour. This is NOT that unusual for Alabama. One of my friends owns a motel. It is NOT near any stream, river, lake or other body of water. It does happen to sit in a bit of a depression that is not otherwise remarkable.
Well, something odd happened last Monday evening. Somehow a large volume of water descended on the motel which was housing a few guests. Suddenly the water rose to about 3.5 feet above ground level, wiping out the entire ground floor (well everything lower than about 40 inches).
Well, something odd happened last Monday evening. Somehow a large volume of water descended on the motel which was housing a few guests. Suddenly the water rose to about 3.5 feet above ground level, wiping out the entire ground floor (well everything lower than about 40 inches).
We got the word Thursday, late morning. I got there just before noon to see the above disaster. There were 58 rooms to clear out. In the middle photo you see some of the desk lamps and floor lamps we salvaged. Some were so full or water and mud there was no hope. It was a disaster. And there was NO flood insurance.
Take a little while and let it soak in. Pun intended. The walls were wet, the mattresses were all wet. the carpet and carpet pads were full of water.
If this were YOUR disaster, how would you handle it? What would you think/do?
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