Thanks Drew, Jon I went and shut off the valve behind my tank as you said. I always keep 6-10 gallons of distilled water for Coffee and my Sun Tea. I'll use that for drinking&Cooking. and my dogs of course. I ran some water in some spare jugs and put some Iodine tabs in it if and when the distilled water runs out. It's also 95 degrees with a 105 heat index, but Thankfully the Electricity is On. I spoke with my neighbors and some have lived out here for over 50+years. They have never seen anything like this. Good news. They changed the forecast to Clear and sunny skies for the next 3 days.I appreciate the advice given so far. It has helped me tremendously..Jon wrote:Southern Indiana is on the national headlines right now . Looks scary out there.
Use the water in the hot water heater for drinking. Just don't turn on the tap in the house as it will contaminate the whole tank. There should be an outlet on the bottom. Shut off the supply valve on top and crack the line behind it. (next to the tank). Clean out the debris on the bottom first as it will be full of minerals.
Good luck dude.
you should another front hit here last night , you should move it , cause if the storms hit colo, first especially denver that usually means the mid west is next , hey better safe than sorryairfuelEddie wrote:Thanks Barc, I appreciate that man. If you can get down here for a day or two let me know I have both my place and my Parents place you can stay at. I am seriously thinking about moving the R/T to my Parents home in the city of Terre Haute where the ground is a little higher elevation and will need some help with that. The forecast looks ver grim this next weekend coming up. They expect rain on Thur/Fri/Sat/Sun if this comes to pass their will be a flood of epic proportions here. The River which is 4 miles west of my location is at record flood stage. It's 26 ft. the flood stage is 14 feet! It's never been over 27 ft.(A new record) they expect it to go over 30 ft. if this heavy rain comes. The ground is already saturated very bad.
Thanks Drew! That front you are talking about will hit here on Wed/Thur then stay until Sun! I dont think I'll escape it this time. My R/T sits approx. 10" above the ground and we are at least 2 ft. above the water line. If however, the rain dumps another double digit amount, I'll be fucked pretty bad. Time to find a place for the Challenger. The owner of the Indy 500 lives on Farm about 3 miles from my place and he is on pretty high ground and my brother works for him so time to make a few phone calls. I appreciate all the advice, I can use it.drewcrane wrote:you should another front hit here last night , you should move it , cause if the storms hit colo, first especially denver that usually means the mid west is next , hey better safe than sorryairfuelEddie wrote:Thanks Barc, I appreciate that man. If you can get down here for a day or two let me know I have both my place and my Parents place you can stay at. I am seriously thinking about moving the R/T to my Parents home in the city of Terre Haute where the ground is a little higher elevation and will need some help with that. The forecast looks ver grim this next weekend coming up. They expect rain on Thur/Fri/Sat/Sun if this comes to pass their will be a flood of epic proportions here. The River which is 4 miles west of my location is at record flood stage. It's 26 ft. the flood stage is 14 feet! It's never been over 27 ft.(A new record) they expect it to go over 30 ft. if this heavy rain comes. The ground is already saturated very bad.
i hate hail,its caused by major up drafts and we had base ball size hail 20 miles from here, man good luck ,it looks like a favorable weather forecast for now hang in there ed!airfuelEddie wrote:Glad it didnt last long!
yea your right we get the crap there has been a record set for tornados, and its only june!!!!!!!dave-r wrote:It is a strange coincidence but it has been exactly a year since large parts of my country were flooded.
I think we must have swapped weather somehow Eddie because it has been glorious warm sunshine here this weekend.
Yes, Dave you are right man, I remember watching it on the news. The worst flooding in U.K. for over 100 years? Somehow we must have 'switched'! I awoke this morn. after raining all night and the flood waters are where they were a couple days ago. However, clear skies for the next 3-5 days. My wife has been stranded at Sams Club,(Wal-Mart), where she works as a manager because their store is flooded as well. Bastards wont give anything to the employees regarding 'damaged' goods. They will place it all in locked trash containers instead of giving it to the poor and needy. BTW, that landscape is absolutely gorgeous Dave!dave-r wrote:It is a strange coincidence but it has been exactly a year since large parts of my country were flooded.
I think we must have swapped weather somehow Eddie because it has been glorious warm sunshine here this weekend.
airfuelEddie wrote: Did you have Billy with you?