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[StormCrow]

So, Sunday morning 730am I was woke by the wife screaming. She stepped out of bed into a puddle of water. I jump up and I can hear water splashing, go into bathroom and water is spraying massive amounts from behind toilet. Luckily the shut off at toilet stopped it when I turned it off. Head downstairs to look, living room and kitchen flooded, water coming from roof in kitchen, i hear more water downstairs, head down to my mancave in a panic, water is coming like a waterfall from the light fixture in middle of room and theres 6 inches of water on floor!!! 4 acoustic guitars are in 6 inches of water, one being my Moms who just passed last month and another being my Dads who passed 3 years ago. My $2000 Marshall tube amp is soaked. Luckily ny high high end guitars were on guitar hangers on wall and undamaged, got a friend to come pick them up right away as the humidity alone will damage them. Like $10,000 in guitars on wall

Today insurance coming to get all the water damaged stuff and Sunday we are moving into the townhouse literally next door that was vacated last month and fully renovated.

Lost alot of precious to us things, stuff from my Mom and Dad and no money amount can replace

Going to be a hectic week, no pc desk as it was damaged (pc ok thankfully, was up on a side table and power bar/surge protector was on table too so out of water. Have to pack up house, ya normally got a month or two to plan a move, we have days and im stressing big time!

 

 

 

[StormCrow]

My babies that were on the wall and safe. One on left is one of only 100 made that year in that color, next one is older than me, '72 deluxe, used by my favorite band to record their debut album, 2 over from that is a custom The Walking Dead guitar, one of 215 made, my Dad won in a contest and gave me, and the one on far right is all signed by my favorite band. All invaluable to me, and luckily safe and sound

Edited April 2, 2025 by StormCrow

[Merlin007]

Holy crap Storm, that sucks. Never had a flood that bad so can only imagine what you and the miss' are going through.  Take care and hope you get all this sorted with insurance with as little hassle as possible.

[Timmah!]

I'm just glad to see you didn't get electrocuted!

[WeednFeed]

As @Timmah! said very lucky somebody didn't get electrocuted!

Hope the insurance fixes you up, can't replace the family stuff though.

Hang in there.

[Totty]

Wow that's terrible.

I hope you get it resolved quickly and painlessly 

[BlackRose]

OMG !

[NinjaBazZa]

Sorry for everything that has happened. Hope the clean up is quick and painless.

[TBB]

Important thing - everyone is safe - the rest can be replaced

[StormCrow]

So I MAY still be gaming at night, they came and took and the damaged stuff today, will be a month or so until I get word on compensation. In mean time I said fuck it, found a 2nd hand PC desk online for 30 bucks, went and got it, and ill sit in basement, just me, PC and some good times decompressing while gaming! Moving into new unit on Sunday

 

Cheers all and much love for the kind words!

Murphys Law... if anything can go wrong, it will LOL

Yes, I am a Murphy

[ShadyBrady]

Damn!  That sucks, man. So sorry this happened, especially at such an awful time for you and the family. Glad your guitars are okay (big SG fan, eh?) and you're still able to play while you recover from this crap. Good luck with everything, pal!

[ANGUS]

Sorry to see my friend, Water damage is a bitch. Good luck and hope all gets fixed and back to normal soon!!

[AbuXI]

That's bad man .. good luck getting it fixed. Same happened to us a few years back. Went on holiday at Xmas, got 2 taxis back from the airport. I'm in the 2nd one and when I get home everyone wife and kids are stood at the front door not going in. I think .. it's gotta be bad! It was! 3rd floor sink had cracked a pipe and water had been dripping through 2 floors for days. Took insurers ages to dry out the walls with massive industrial fans. Luckily no precious items lost. Wish you good luck & patience.