I as most of us have seen nice cars underwater and wondered why did they not move it? How hard can that be? My wife woke me up Thursday around 3 am saying it is really raining out and the far back yard is filling up. I looked outside and , yes there was water there, but have seen that before, no big deal. I looked over and my neighbor was also up and there was a County vehicle out . I threw on some clothes and went out to talk, found out that the sewer system was nearing capacity. Now I was unsettled, my garage was lower than my house so I thought maybe I would get some water on garage floor I got some items off ground. I went inside told my wife we would keep an eye on it. Maybe 10 minutes later I could see that our downstairs bathroom , the toilet was overflowing. I had to figure out what would get flooded with sewer water in basement. My wife stated that the water was really coming fast outside. We looked and determined we have to get the cars out of the garage and at least onto the driveway, way higher. The rain was coming so hard now, it was difficult to see. Water as now rising fast, we had 4 cars at house we needed to start moving them. got 2 out then hear backflow preventer in house explode. WE had to go, now sewer water was gushing in downstairs... 3 foot in maybe 10 minutes... power went out... we grabbed some clothes and cat figured we would move minivan and my pagoda (was last because only 1 car driveway and it was the farthest in garage. we stepped outside the water was barreling down the main street, I did not know if the minivan would make it out, the pagoda had no chance. I left it at the highest point on driveway and we sputtered out in minivan...still when I left all 4 wheels on pagoda were dry. just stuck on an island of dry driveway. Tried calling tow service... nothing... these photos are from my neighbor at 8AM. I am heartbroken. It all came so fast, I can armchair quarterback all I want , but when it is happening to you it all goes so fast, it is surreal. I do not know what insurance will do about the car, I already heard they will not cover my belongings in the house with my renters insurance you need special flood insurance. I know people say they are only things, but they are things I worked very hard to afford, worked very hard to restore and deserved to enjoy. My wife was besides herself, she say the pictures first, it was our car we dated in it, she learned about cars through it. A 1971 Mercedes does not just grow on trees. So thinking positively what would be the ideas for getting the water out of the engine and transmission?
