flood flood flood...call the coast gaurd

zaireguy · #1 08/21/2007, 10:44 AM

man we got smashed today.I had over 5 feet of water in my basement first time I ever got water.It filled my sump with sewer water then into my main tank.It was 4.5 feet off the ground!

I am making up new water to change it out.all fish are still alive.We had 10tv down here.my parents got a bout 5 .5 in their basement.

Some people had to be taken out in boats in low places..what else can go wrong..I am just not ment to have this tank running,its one thing after another I would say everyone on my street and my parents lost their water heater and furance,xmas stuff its just a mess all around town.I hope no one got hurt!!!

just had to vent

http://www.wbcowqel.com/news.html

szwab · #2 08/21/2007, 10:58 AM

wow! it's hard to magine 5 ft of water in my basement. did it rain that bad or was something just backed up in the lines?

dew2loud1 · #3 08/21/2007, 11:23 AM

Yeah, roads were all closed north of marion around bucyrus, several places got 8"+ of rain, in marion we got around 4-5 i think, roads were all a mess, for once we didn't lose electricity though,
Zaireguy, if you need a temporary tank or anything let me know, I'm just down 98 in marion,

Hormigaquatica · #4 08/21/2007, 11:28 AM

Real sorry to hear that man. Here I was mad when I woke up to a power outtage, then a leaky bulkhead when the power came back on. You win. Hope the cleanup goes as smoothly as possible for you, and glad everyones alright.

kwgozy · #5 08/21/2007, 12:21 PM

Sorry to hear about your situation, I hope everything goes well in the clean up efforts.

Kyle

Buckeye ME · #6 08/21/2007, 12:44 PM

My hometown not far from you (Shelby) got hit hard too. My parents have 18" of water in their basements.

slicksammy · #7 08/21/2007, 01:34 PM

I live in Shelby and made it to work with some lucky driving thru water. Now they say there is no way back into town, the roads are all worse than when I left. The Shelby High School football field had water 5 or 6 rows high in the bleachers at 7:00 AM and now its worse.

zaireguy · #8 08/21/2007, 02:54 PM

thanks all ,clean up is almost done.changed 30 gallons of water so far have more being made..cleaned the sump and skimmer and am soaking the pumps.

so far all fish are counted for besides the black tang and one clown fish,have no idea on the corals yet

tye_c · #9 08/21/2007, 03:21 PM

Let me know if you need anything. I only ended up with about 60 gallons of water in the basement.

The bad thing is, we could get rain for the next 5 days.

Here is a shot from the Shelby football field.

http://www.wmfd.com/slideshow/082107...w.asp?slide=48

Treg · #10 08/21/2007, 08:24 PM

Holy Crap! Flood water in the sump!

How do you plan for that one?!?

Man our weather in the Marion area has been crazy lately.

szwab · #11 08/21/2007, 08:29 PM

use flexible pvc and a put your equipment on a floating boat dock!

TCKTME · #12 08/22/2007, 05:29 AM

zaireguy- Get ahold of me if you think I have something you need. I hope you recover from this.

On a side note, it's like night and day around here. I'm about 5 miles North of Shelby and all is well here. The drive home from Shelby, well, it was deep. 3' in some spots. St Rt 61 had atleast 4' just North of town.
Jason

Thinslis · #13 08/22/2007, 12:40 PM

You guys are making national news, I'm in New Jersey at the moment and the Ohio flooding is all over the news.

MJAnderson · #14 08/22/2007, 01:15 PM

Maybe your missing fish made a swim for it. =)

"All drains lead to the sea, kid..."

Reefdiver72 · #15 08/22/2007, 04:57 PM

did you find your black tang and clown yet?

zeppelin · #16 08/24/2007, 04:15 AM

Here's a pic of the new Firebird minisub, spotted in Findlay yesterday. I think the date on the camera is way off though.

zaireguy · #17 08/24/2007, 05:00 AM

have found all the fish.they finally came out....but I hate to see the water bill coming

icu2 · #18 08/24/2007, 08:37 AM

water bill should be pretty cheap; in fact they should pay you because of all of the water you are wanting to give back!

zeppelin · #19 08/24/2007, 11:37 AM

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Originally posted by zaireguy
have found all the fish.they finally came out....but I hate to see the water bill coming

Good to hear. Water bill is better than having to replace a bunch of fish anyways.

It really shouldn't add THAT much to it.

zaireguy · #20 08/24/2007, 12:17 PM

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Originally posted by icu2
water bill should be pretty cheap; in fact they should pay you because of all of the water you are wanting to give back!

Amen! Thanks to the city and putting in new sewers cause they are suppose to help with stuff like this, they sure did a "CRAPPY" JOB! Our neighbors have lived on this street for over 40 years and said they have never had water in their basement until now. The mayor said that NO sewer system could have handled what we got. I think someone is trying to cover for some very bad decisons that have been made.

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Originally posted by zeppelin
Good to hear. Water bill is better than having to replace a bunch of fish anyways.

The clown came out on it's own. The baby and I went a search and rescue mission to find the black tang. I was not going to rest until I either found a body or it swimming around. So I got a tube and started poking it around behind and in between rocks. Then there he was, popped out from behind a rock.

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It really shouldn't add THAT much to it.

The cost of our water is really high. There have been town meetings about the price of our water and someone did some research and we pay 10 times more then people in Columbus do.

Ronna {Mrs. Zaireguy}