Topic: Homemade Flood wall (Read 70609 times)

joel · « **Reply #30 on:** March 23, 2009, 09:47:14 PM »

The water last week on thursday...

The watter today...

wpgredteg · « **Reply #31 on:** March 23, 2009, 09:49:29 PM »

we're also expecting some flooding in manitoba soon after it hits you guys. hopefully it's not as bad as it was in 1997. Good Luck!

slappynuts · « **Reply #32 on:** March 24, 2009, 02:07:49 AM »

Quote from: joel on March 23, 2009, 07:45:44 PM

Sandbag filling stations on the street in front of my house

The city has ordered everyone to tie their dikes together... Fuck my life.

Tie up all the dykes!

Oh dikes. NVM. Good luck up there.

7808 · « **Reply #33 on:** March 24, 2009, 02:16:00 AM »

seems like alot of hassle, id probly just move, or if i was set on living there, id build my shit up on stilts, make a hill, or a permanent wall

joel · « **Reply #34 on:** March 24, 2009, 02:30:55 AM »

Quote from: 7808 on March 24, 2009, 02:16:00 AM

seems like alot of hassle, id probly just move, or if i was set on living there, id build my shit up on stilts, make a hill, or a permanent wall

I don't think anyone gets it. This is the highest predicted flood in History PERIOD. This doesnt happen every year, or even every 5 yrs.

levelzero · « **Reply #35 on:** March 24, 2009, 04:03:08 AM »

Someone needs to come up with a sandbag filling contraption.

d-rail · « **Reply #36 on:** March 24, 2009, 04:13:01 AM »

Quote from: levelzero on March 24, 2009, 04:03:08 AM

Someone needs to come up with a sandbag filling contraption.

Someone would forget it and leave it for the flood water to take it back to china.

joel · « **Reply #37 on:** March 24, 2009, 07:17:10 AM »

Quote from: levelzero on March 24, 2009, 04:03:08 AM

Someone needs to come up with a sandbag filling contraption.

Fargo(other side of the river) uses 2 giant sand bag filling contraptions that can do 500 bags / hour. But, the sand we have here has a lot of clay in it, so it clogs up the machines. The cone contraptions we have can do 2 bags every 5 seconds if your going quick. now mind you there is probably a hundred stations in Moorhead with those cone things, so were going plenty fast. Plus Fargos sandbags are built at the fargodome, then palletized and shipped out from there. Some bags are traveling 5 miles on a trailer. Moorhead has a filling station in each neighborhood so the bags have to go maybe a quarter mile max. They brough a bag filling machine into our neighborhood last night. The one Moorhead uses is portable and works pretty well, but it sews the bags shut. That makes clean up way harder.

onlyflash944 · « **Reply #38 on:** March 24, 2009, 11:57:54 AM »

insane

i think it would only take one flood till i moved

joel · « **Reply #39 on:** March 26, 2009, 10:10:52 AM »

Video from my walkout basement at 38.3 ft(River is supposed to Crest at 41.)
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v294/atmospere_adikt/?action=view&current=floodwall382.flv

We are really only worried about Seapage at this point the flood wall has proven itself strong enough to hold. The top pieces are on because the city ordered us to build another foot on top It isnt projected to get that high so we didnt worry about putting plastic over it, just enough to make the city happy.

joel · « **Reply #40 on:** March 26, 2009, 10:49:02 AM »

Quote from: rawr on March 26, 2009, 10:28:57 AM

Do you realize you've built a house around your house to protect your house? That's a lot more work than I'd like to do.

Spening 1200 dollars to protect a 200k home isnt a big deal I dont think.

This mornings project... There will be more to come like this. I think this should work....

wpgredteg · « **Reply #41 on:** March 26, 2009, 02:07:59 PM »

it's for sure a ton of work to do but it's necessary. we've got some sandbagging going on along the red river over too but it has been slowed due to the blizzard that just came through. also the red river is ice jammed, so the water is rising even faster.

4drcivicmaster · « **Reply #42 on:** March 26, 2009, 02:20:54 PM »

best of luck. im in st.cloud,mn and i've heard how bad it is.

ryan89crx · « **Reply #43 on:** March 26, 2009, 05:18:43 PM »

damn dude, good luck. hope your wall holds up

Conceptz-X · « **Reply #44 on:** March 26, 2009, 08:37:50 PM »

Quote from: joel on March 26, 2009, 10:49:02 AM

Quote from: rawr on March 26, 2009, 10:28:57 AM
Do you realize you've built a house around your house to protect your house? That's a lot more work than I'd like to do.
Spening 1200 dollars to protect a 200k home isnt a big deal I dont think.

This mornings project... There will be more to come like this. I think this should work....

So at what point do you call it a loss, abandon ship and call the insurance company, and pray they don't need to ask for a bailout to cover the current flood event?

Conceptz-X · « **Reply #45 on:** March 26, 2009, 09:14:01 PM »

Quote from: c0mpl3x on March 26, 2009, 08:54:03 PM

yo dawg, we heard you like houses so we put a house around your house so your house can be in a house

lol

t_cel_t · « **Reply #46 on:** March 26, 2009, 09:20:04 PM »

just heard on the radio that the national weather service now says it will crest at 43 feet tomorrow

ghettoturbo · « **Reply #47 on:** March 26, 2009, 11:12:04 PM »

good luck man

robus · « **Reply #48 on:** March 27, 2009, 12:28:48 AM »

why not build a stone wall and be done for evah with it

granted it'll cost you more than 1200 but you won't have to worry or think about it anymore

good luck though

Zeniceguycrx · « **Reply #49 on:** March 27, 2009, 12:40:21 AM »

did he sink yet?

HiProfile · « **Reply #50 on:** March 27, 2009, 02:22:29 AM »

I'm guessing he got a taste of what we got in WI, his whole town washed away, and he's in some Canadian refugee camp w/o internet.

caged · « **Reply #51 on:** March 27, 2009, 05:18:41 AM »

THats a shit load of water in that vid $:-\$ good luck but if it gets up to you extended bit i think your fucked. That looks cold too.

Zeniceguycrx · « **Reply #52 on:** March 27, 2009, 08:36:41 AM »

Id go help if I was a bit closer

I also heard on the raio today a dam broke, 50 dead, and a whole town is gone

onlyflash944 · « **Reply #53 on:** March 27, 2009, 09:35:22 AM »

its sad when there is only one line of defense, if that gets breached everyone is screwed

92CXyD · « **Reply #54 on:** March 27, 2009, 10:42:38 AM »

Quote from: Zeniceguycrx on March 27, 2009, 08:36:41 AM

Id go help if I was a bit closer

I also heard on the raio today a dam broke, 50 dead, and a whole town is gone

What? Where?

My MSN link is down for some reason.

Tim · « **Reply #55 on:** March 27, 2009, 10:45:13 AM »

Quote from: Zeniceguycrx on March 27, 2009, 08:36:41 AM

Id go help if I was a bit closer

I also heard on the raio today a dam broke, 50 dead, and a whole town is gone

That really sucks. I was just thinkin there is no way in hell I'd be standing behind that wall taking the vid-that shit breaks and you're dead. I hope his house didn't wash away, with him and his family in it.

wpgredteg · « **Reply #56 on:** March 27, 2009, 11:01:53 AM »

i saw some people rescued off the roofs of their houses because they thought they could handle it. although i dont think they had a wall defense like you do. is the crest still expected for this weekend?

wpgredteg · « **Reply #57 on:** March 27, 2009, 12:43:06 PM »

these are some pictures from grand forks i found on another site.

onlyflash944 · « **Reply #58 on:** March 27, 2009, 01:42:38 PM »

id have a cooler of beer and a few intertubes tied to the top of that monument and ride it out there for a week

jeffsciv23 · « **Reply #59 on:** March 27, 2009, 03:24:38 PM »

holy shit thats alot of water, hope your wall holds up

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