Follow me thru Harvey

[FLASH_OUTDOORS]

Ready for night #3. Keeps us in your prayers please. My wife's cousin is here to help


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[BmacBmac1]

Atta boy Jordan. Getsum of Harvey!


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[Buck Shot]

God bless ya

[JustinJ]

Keep on fighting. We're pulling for ya!

[Ryan81]

Don't give up!


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[txtimetravler]

Looks like the radar has slowed down. Get some sleep.

[FLASH_OUTDOORS]

Originally Posted by txtimetravler

Looks like the radar has slowed down. Get some sleep.

Took your advice last night and a pretty good 6hrs of sleep. Man I needed that. Thank god. I have been praying a for all the people in Houston and other areas who have lost everything. Kinda makes me feel bad for worrying about a measly 3" in my house.

I feel like the mayor will be getting a lot of heat in the coming weeks


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[BmacBmac1]

Stay safe and after it!


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[gneimeth]

Prayin for you and anyone affected! Hang in there!

[GarGuy]

Originally Posted by FLASH_OUTDOORS

Took your advice last night and a pretty good 6hrs of sleep. Man I needed that. Thank god. I have been praying a for all the people in Houston and other areas who have lost everything. Kinda makes me feel bad for worrying about a measly 3" in my house.

I feel like the mayor will be getting a lot of heat in the coming weeks


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He deserves it. Abbot advised people in flood prone areas to leave early on. The mayor directly contradicted him and told people to stay where they were. Many of the people on roofs right now should have been long gone as the flood was totally predictable.

I know areas flooded that never flooded before, thats understandable. Abbot said if it flooded in the past , LEAVE. Mayor said no,no, stay where you are..

[shiner78]

U still fighting? Update us

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[FLASH_OUTDOORS]

I beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel guys. I'm trying not to get too excited but, so far so good. I have measured a total of 24.5" to this point and all water is down around me. We flooded in the tax day floods with 13". My attempts have definitely made an impact. All the prayers are greatly appreciated. Thanks all. Just in case something does sneak in, I have all forces ready to go. Sump pump in the ground, and 2 2" water pumps.



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[Rubi513]

Well done!

[tps7742]

Great to see a plan come together! ��

[ccbluewater]

Well done, sir! Praying tonight isn't too bad!

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[SolocamShooter]

Outstanding work!

[Wits_End]

Great job, stay strong, hope you can get some rest during down times. We will continue praying.

[FLASH_OUTDOORS]

Originally Posted by ccbluewater

Well done, sir! Praying tonight isn't too bad!

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What's your opinion about what to expect?


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[BmacBmac1]

Great news!


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[BrandonF]

Well what's it like right now?

[FLASH_OUTDOORS]

Originally Posted by BrandonF

Well what's it like right now?

Right now we are still dry. Ditches have minimal water in them still running off.


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[DeerGeek]

Awesome. Glad your hard work paid off.

[Goldeneagle]

Hang in there and kick ol Harvey right in the taint!

[Bowhuntinonly]

Way to go Flash, glad you were able to stay ahead of it!

[BmacBmac1]

Great news


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[rjvero]

God bless!

[doright]

If you can make it through this anything else should be a piece of cake. Well done.

[stxhunter]

Glad you're ok!

[SolocamShooter]

Originally Posted by doright

If you can make it through this anything else should be a piece of cake. Well done.

x2

[SwampRabbit]

Originally Posted by FLASH_OUTDOORS

Right now we are still dry. Ditches have minimal water in them still running off.


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Good job buddy. Looks like we are through it. The sun just poked it's head out. Although the rescue choppers that just flew by overhead are sombering reminders that there is a lot more work to be done to help those that didn't fare so well.

[FLASH_OUTDOORS]

Originally Posted by SwampRabbit

Good job buddy. Looks like we are through it. The sun just poked it's head out. Although the rescue choppers that just flew by overhead are sombering reminders that there is a lot more work to be done to help those that didn't fare so well.

Yes I know. We loaded up every spare towel, blanket, and clothes and drove around most of the morning donating them to area shelters. My 3yr old son even donated a bag of toys. He wanted to carry it in himself.




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[SwampRabbit]

Originally Posted by FLASH_OUTDOORS

Yes I know. We loaded up every spare towel, blanket, and clothes and drove around most of the morning donating them to area shelters. My 3yr old son even donated a bag of toys. He wanted to carry it in himself.




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[bobc]

Originally Posted by FLASH_OUTDOORS

Yes I know. We loaded up every spare towel, blanket, and clothes and drove around most of the morning donating them to area shelters. My 3yr old son even donated a bag of toys. He wanted to carry it in himself.




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You're raising a quality young man there, sir.


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[BmacBmac1]

Like FATHER / Like SON!


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[SolocamShooter]

That's awesome!

[Hart8]

Well done sir!

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[quarterback]

What a powerful picture. To see your boy donating some of his toys for others is beyond inspirational. He's been through a lot and yet he gives for others. You are doing something right.

[BW96]

They don't make those decisions on their own. He's been watching someone. You, your wife, or both. Good parenting for sure.

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[FLASH_OUTDOORS]

Originally Posted by quarterback

What a powerful picture. To see your boy donating some of his toys for others is beyond inspirational. He's been through a lot and yet he gives for others. You are doing something right.

Originally Posted by BW96

They don't make those decisions on their own. He's been watching someone. You, your wife, or both. Good parenting for sure.

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Thanks guys.


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[Dusty Britches]

I cried when I saw your boy carting in his toys.

Well, hows the home front?

[GarGuy]

Well Mr Flash, i prayed for you. Great job of keeping up with the Good Lords help. Nothing but respect for this entire thread. Good job sir.

[FLASH_OUTDOORS]

Originally Posted by Dusty Britches

I cried when I saw your boy carting in his toys.

Well, hows the home front?

Thank the good lord we are dry. All of the prayers were heard.


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[FLASH_OUTDOORS]

Originally Posted by GarGuy

Well Mr Flash, i prayed for you. Great job of keeping up with the Good Lords help. Nothing but respect for this entire thread. Good job sir.

Thanks Steve. And thanks for the prayers too. If we can keep Irma off of us I just might get to make a few trips out to the piney woods this year.


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[Slew]

So glad it worked out for you.


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[Dusty Britches]

Originally Posted by FLASH_OUTDOORS

Thank the good lord we are dry. All of the prayers were heard.

That was fun! just kidding - please let's not have to go through this again!

I showed your post to my husband and he totally didn't understand the sump pump and water thing.

So can you briefly explain how and where you put the sump pump and how it captured the water to divert? He comes from Iowa and kept saying "a sump pump goes in a basement. That's not a basement."

[FLASH_OUTDOORS]

Originally Posted by Dusty Britches

That was fun! just kidding - please let's not have to go through this again!



I showed your post to my husband and he totally didn't understand the sump pump and water thing.



So can you briefly explain how and where you put the sump pump and how it captured the water to divert? He comes from Iowa and kept saying "a sump pump goes in a basement. That's not a basement."

I have some drains around my yard that drain to a sump basin buried in the ground. Similar to a small septic or holding tank. The sump pump is located inside this basin. When the water level is high enough the sump pump pushes all the water to the front ditch. In a normal storm the front ditch will carry the water away from my property with no problem. But with the amount of water we received my front ditch was backing up towards the house. For this reason I had to dig a hole in my ditch to temporarily get another sump pump below grade. I did this by burying a 2.5 gallon bucket and putting an additional pump at the ditch. I pumped that water over my driveway. That ground slopes towards a drain that goes to a detention pond the school put in.

These two pumps were enough to keep the Yard around my house dry. Once the ditch started to back up to the house there was more wAter than the pumps could keep up with. I then had to get the 2" trash pump and pump out my whole yard over the driveway.


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[Pushbutton2]

Originally Posted by Dusty Britches

That was fun! just kidding - please let's not have to go through this again!

I showed your post to my husband and he totally didn't understand the sump pump and water thing.

So can you briefly explain how and where you put the sump pump and how it captured the water to divert? He comes from Iowa and kept saying "a sump pump goes in a basement. That's not a basement."

Your husband's giving us have a bad name. Must be a Cyclone's Fan :-)

Did a hole in the low spot, in this case years instead of basement.
Friends on how fancy you want to get. Take a blue 55 gal drum drill holes in the sides of it like a colander line the outside with landscape fabric, to help keep febris out. Sick it in the hole you dug out 2 or 3 centre blocks in the bottom to keep it from floating set submersible sump pump in cinder block run hose away from house.
When done fill the hope you dug back in