My TBird drowned

[Laurel]

Two weeks ago tonight our neighborhood was hit by a flash flood, we had 6 inches of rain in a matter of hours. The rain had nowhere to go. Flooding the basements and the neighborhood. We lost 5 cars. My 2002 TBird, 84 Mustang SVO, 04 Mach I Mustang, 06 Super Charged Mustand and my daily driver, a Ford Freestyle. All were in top condition. And the insurance company totalled all of them. Water was up on the consoles. And water still in some of the trunks and backseat areas. We have lived here for 37 years and have never had anything like this.
Our basement was a finished basement. It has now been gutted.There will be months of work down there if not years.
They are towing the cars away tomorrow. They smell awful! It has been a very trying 2 weeks. Tomorrow will be a very sad day.
We bought a Ford Flex Friday to replace my Freestyle--LOVE IT!
Then our dealer called on Saturday to tell us of a TBird-03. We bought it tonight. Black on Black. Very nice condition! Pick her up on Wednesday--have to get the others out of the garages before we can put anything in them. And I don't want the new one to be the way of damage!
Thanks for listening!
Laurel and James

[PaulD]

Re: My TBird drowned

I like your new color choice

[texasbird]

Re: My TBird drowned

So sorry to hear about your recent hardship. It sounds like you are trying to put the pieces back together. Best wishes for all to get to some form of your former lifestyle soon.

[FEsTbird]

Re: My TBird drowned

Wow! Hope you can see the bright side of the recovery from such an event.

[Laurel]

Re: My TBird drowned

I keep trying to just say it was just stuff. Thanks to God that no one was hurt or died during this. My neighbors lost parts of their foundations! And a friend told me that "what doesn't kill you, makes you stronger!" Thanks for the kind words.
Laurel

[AZTB]

Re: My TBird drowned

With all your hardship, I love the way you bounce back, getting right back into the fray. Good for you...God bless you and your family.

[merlot4]

Re: My TBird drowned

You have a terrific attitude toward life! I'm glad that only the cars were harmed and that you have found some replacements that you really like. Pictures of the new ones!

[darsinewman]

Re: My TBird drowned

Oh, Laurel, that's awful. We had a bad hailstorm here in April that totaled one of our cars, damaged my enclosed trailer, and damaged our house. We're just now settling with the insurance company, and it has been such a stressful process. I can't imagine dealing with 5 cars (and difficult-to-replace cars, at that!) and the house - you are obviously handling it much better than I did! Congrats on your new purchases, and best of luck on the rest!

[Rondor]

Re: My TBird drowned

Living in hurricane country We see this sort of thing all tooo often. I too am glad you are moving forward and had insurance. Fortunately most of what you lost is replaceable at least in some similar form, but I recognize that it is NOT the same
Best of luck

[5bird7]

Re: My TBird drowned

Sorry to hear of your loss, Laurel. Sickening to even think about it and then the smell on top of that. Glad you were able to find a replacement for the tbird so quickly.

[V8 Cat]

Re: My TBird drowned

Sorry to hear of the results of that awful event. Keep us informed of how you are doing going through the repairs to your home and the replacement of your vehicles - you had a few unique ones.

[islandtime]

Re: My TBird drowned

Very sorry to hear of your loss and all the mess that I know will take a lot of time to remedy. I've never heard of a flood in Akron before (I lived in Kent in the '50s & 60's)! Nature sure can turn on you. Glad you found another Bird, though, and I hope things will be back to normal soon.

[redbirdsal]

Re: My TBird drowned

Very sorry to hear of your loss and all the mess that I know will take a lot of time to remedy. ....I hope things will be back to normal soon.

Y'all hang in there, Laurel. The best of luck to you!

[FritsB]

Re: My TBird drowned

Sounds like you lost some real beauties Laurel. Sorry to hear that.
Hope all works out and you can enjoy your new toys soon.

[Randall]

Re: My TBird drowned

Hang in there Laura. U will make it back with Gods help. Down in Chas. S C years ago. we came back from Hugo. It will take time but all will work out.
Randy