Why were all the RV's left in the flood?
I understand that sometimes you can't move an RV when the water is coming up but it looks like there's a lot of RV's that were just left to flood. I mine were there I'd have moved it up the road and o...
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There is so much misinformation and speculation in this thread it's ridicules. You really think someone would tow their camper to Rockport just to make a claim? That's crazy to even think that!
If this happened 8 years ago or before my camper would have been in Rockport and I could not have driven down there to get it. I had too many other things to worry about. The camper would have been the least of my worries.
Wednesday afternoon Harvey was a weak Cat 1 expected to land south of Corpus. We are to expect rain. No big deal here. If my camper was in Rockport I would have blew it a kiss goodbye. I could not have drove down there to rescue it. Thursday afternoon it was expected to be a Cat 2, possibly Cat 3 coming into Corpus. It was estimated Houston would see TS winds and 30+" of rain. OK, that got our attention. It was advised people living in flood prone areas to take appropriate actions, including evacuation depending on your own situation. We know where it floods. This isn't our first rodeo. But we have never seen 50+" in such a short time span. Nobody expected this.
I wasn't worried about flooding but I did prep for an extended power outage on Friday.
As far as the flooding in the Houston area, in the past 5 days I have mucked and gutted 4 homes. None have ever came close to flooding before nor are they on a flood plane of concern. It just rained that much. The home I grew up in has never came close to flooding before and it took on a foot of water. My brother said he woke up Saturday morning to inches in the house and torrential downpours. Their street was flooded with no way out so they sat on their dining room table for almost 2 days. Even if he owned a camper that would have been the least of his worries.
Someone suggest I move to Oklahoma? Really? Leave my home, high paying job, family, friends, lifestyle, etc. to basically start over in Oklahoma? I would be lucky to find a job paying 25% of what I make here. And then what? We have lives here.
Say what you want or think what you like but as someone said, "You don't know what it's like unless you are there".
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There is so much misinformation and speculation in this thread it's ridicules. You really think someone would tow their camper to Rockport just to make a claim? That's crazy to even think that!
If this happened 8 years ago or before my camper would have been in Rockport and I could not have driven down there to get it. I had too many other things to worry about. The camper would have been the least of my worries.
Wednesday afternoon Harvey was a weak Cat 1 expected to land south of Corpus. We are to expect rain. No big deal here. If my camper was in Rockport I would have blew it a kiss goodbye. I could not have drove down there to rescue it. Thursday afternoon it was expected to be a Cat 2, possibly Cat 3 coming into Corpus. It was estimated Houston would see TS winds and 30+" of rain. OK, that got our attention. It was advised people living in flood prone areas to take appropriate actions, including evacuation depending on your own situation. We know where it floods. This isn't our first rodeo. But we have never seen 50+" in such a short time span. Nobody expected this.
I wasn't worried about flooding but I did prep for an extended power outage on Friday.
As far as the flooding in the Houston area, in the past 5 days I have mucked and gutted 4 homes. None have ever came close to flooding before nor are they on a flood plane of concern. It just rained that much. The home I grew up in has never came close to flooding before and it took on a foot of water. My brother said he woke up Saturday morning to inches in the house and torrential downpours. Their street was flooded with no way out so they sat on their dining room table for almost 2 days. Even if he owned a camper that would have been the least of his worries.
Someone suggest I move to Oklahoma? Really? Leave my home, high paying job, family, friends, lifestyle, etc. to basically start over in Oklahoma? I would be lucky to find a job paying 25% of what I make here. And then what? We have lives here.
Say what you want or think what you like but as someone said, "You don't know what it's like unless you are there".
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