On Sat, 17 Oct 2015 23:26:23 -0400, Alex wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Fri, 16 Oct 2015 06:33:46 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

As you all know, South Carolina was hit hard with the recent flooding, and some of the worst was right here in the area I live. While I was fortunate that our house is on a hill and we didn't suffer any damage at all, many were not that lucky and lost nearly everything.

One person that was hit hard is a fellow I work with. He lives with his elderly, disabled mother in her home, taking care of her while working a full-time production job. He's a really good guy. The water was three feet deep in the home. They lost all their furniture except for the dining room table and china cabinet. Most of the sheetrock and cabinetry had to be ripped out of the home. Also the home had recently been paid off, so the mother had cancelled their flood insurance. On top of that, a couple of days later the mother had a stroke and has just been released from ICU to a regular room at the hospital. Bad stuff happens to good people.

One of the ladies I work with started a GoFundMe page to help them out. I'm posting this in hopes that maybe some of you rec.boats regulars might be able to make a contribution to them. Anything would be appreciated.

https://www.gofundme.com/rc6dqats
Can you send me an address by email. Will send a check.
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gofundme.com is safe, John.

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On Sunday, October 18, 2015 at 9:40:06 AM UTC-4, John H. wrote:
On Sat, 17 Oct 2015 23:26:23 -0400, Alex wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Fri, 16 Oct 2015 06:33:46 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

As you all know, South Carolina was hit hard with the recent flooding, and some of the worst was right here in the area I live. While I was fortunate that our house is on a hill and we didn't suffer any damage at all, many were not that lucky and lost nearly everything.

One person that was hit hard is a fellow I work with. He lives with his elderly, disabled mother in her home, taking care of her while working a full-time production job. He's a really good guy. The water was three feet deep in the home. They lost all their furniture except for the dining room table and china cabinet. Most of the sheetrock and cabinetry had to be ripped out of the home. Also the home had recently been paid off, so the mother had cancelled their flood insurance. On top of that, a couple of days later the mother had a stroke and has just been released from ICU to a regular room at the hospital. Bad stuff happens to good people.

One of the ladies I work with started a GoFundMe page to help them out. I'm posting this in hopes that maybe some of you rec.boats regulars might be able to make a contribution to them. Anything would be appreciated.

https://www.gofundme.com/rc6dqats
Can you send me an address by email. Will send a check.
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gofundme.com is safe, John.

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Just sat down to look for your email addy. Thanks, John!

Went to my FIL's last night. He has a stack of new baseboard he's going to give the guy. Got to get new sheetrock up first. Guess I'll be sharpening that skill back up. I actually kind of enjoy it. Yeah, weird I guess.

On Sun, 18 Oct 2015 06:55:27 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Sunday, October 18, 2015 at 9:40:06 AM UTC-4, John H. wrote:
On Sat, 17 Oct 2015 23:26:23 -0400, Alex wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Fri, 16 Oct 2015 06:33:46 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

As you all know, South Carolina was hit hard with the recent flooding, and some of the worst was right here in the area I live. While I was fortunate that our house is on a hill and we didn't suffer any damage at all, many were not that lucky and lost nearly everything.

One person that was hit hard is a fellow I work with. He lives with his elderly, disabled mother in her home, taking care of her while working a full-time production job. He's a really good guy. The water was three feet deep in the home. They lost all their furniture except for the dining room table and china cabinet. Most of the sheetrock and cabinetry had to be ripped out of the home. Also the home had recently been paid off, so the mother had cancelled their flood insurance. On top of that, a couple of days later the mother had a stroke and has just been released from ICU to a regular room at the hospital. Bad stuff happens to good people.

One of the ladies I work with started a GoFundMe page to help them out. I'm posting this in hopes that maybe some of you rec.boats regulars might be able to make a contribution to them. Anything would be appreciated.

https://www.gofundme.com/rc6dqats
Can you send me an address by email. Will send a check.
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Ban idiots, not guns!

gofundme.com is safe, John.

OK. Done.
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Just sat down to look for your email addy. Thanks, John!

Went to my FIL's last night. He has a stack of new baseboard he's going to give the guy. Got to get new sheetrock up first. Guess I'll be sharpening that skill back up. I actually kind of enjoy it. Yeah, weird I guess.

Don't know if I've mentioned a pinhole leak that developed in a pipe above my
kitchen. The plumber says it's probably been leaking a year or more. Lots of mold in
the walls, behind the cabinets, and even under the ceramic tiles in the kitchen and
powder room. All that has been pulled out, and the restoration should start this
coming week. Hopefully your friend will get things aired/dried out before any mold
sets in.

Luckily, I had insurance which is covering the $20,000 + in damages.
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On 10/18/2015 9:55 AM, wrote:
On Sunday, October 18, 2015 at 9:40:06 AM UTC-4, John H. wrote:
On Sat, 17 Oct 2015 23:26:23 -0400, Alex wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Fri, 16 Oct 2015 06:33:46 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

As you all know, South Carolina was hit hard with the recent flooding, and some of the worst was right here in the area I live. While I was fortunate that our house is on a hill and we didn't suffer any damage at all, many were not that lucky and lost nearly everything.

One person that was hit hard is a fellow I work with. He lives with his elderly, disabled mother in her home, taking care of her while working a full-time production job. He's a really good guy. The water was three feet deep in the home. They lost all their furniture except for the dining room table and china cabinet. Most of the sheetrock and cabinetry had to be ripped out of the home. Also the home had recently been paid off, so the mother had cancelled their flood insurance. On top of that, a couple of days later the mother had a stroke and has just been released from ICU to a regular room at the hospital. Bad stuff happens to good people.

One of the ladies I work with started a GoFundMe page to help them out. I'm posting this in hopes that maybe some of you rec.boats regulars might be able to make a contribution to them. Anything would be appreciated.

https://www.gofundme.com/rc6dqats
Can you send me an address by email. Will send a check.
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Ban idiots, not guns!

gofundme.com is safe, John.

OK. Done.
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Just sat down to look for your email addy. Thanks, John!

Went to my FIL's last night. He has a stack of new baseboard he's going to give the guy. Got to get new sheetrock up first. Guess I'll be sharpening that skill back up. I actually kind of enjoy it. Yeah, weird I guess.



Doing the rough sheetrock is easy enough ... at least in my experience.
Taping, plastering and finishing it smooth ... that's a whole different
ballgame. I don't have the patience (or skill) for it. I've done
some in a loft above the apartment in my house that was unfinished.
Got the sheetrock up fine but then finished it with plaster with a
sponge to give it that "stucco" finish look. Hides a lot of sins. :-)

On Friday, October 16, 2015 at 9:33:49 AM UTC-4, wrote:
As you all know, South Carolina was hit hard with the recent flooding, and some of the worst was right here in the area I live. While I was fortunate that our house is on a hill and we didn't suffer any damage at all, many were not that lucky and lost nearly everything.

One person that was hit hard is a fellow I work with. He lives with his elderly, disabled mother in her home, taking care of her while working a full-time production job. He's a really good guy. The water was three feet deep in the home. They lost all their furniture except for the dining room table and china cabinet. Most of the sheetrock and cabinetry had to be ripped out of the home. Also the home had recently been paid off, so the mother had cancelled their flood insurance. On top of that, a couple of days later the mother had a stroke and has just been released from ICU to a regular room at the hospital. Bad stuff happens to good people.

One of the ladies I work with started a GoFundMe page to help them out. I'm posting this in hopes that maybe some of you rec.boats regulars might be able to make a contribution to them. Anything would be appreciated.

https://www.gofundme.com/rc6dqats

For those of you that contributed...

On behalf of Tim and his mother, thank you. His mother is going to be evaluated and hopefully released tomorrow from rehab at the skilled nursing facility. Unfortunately, she'll have to go to Tim's brother's house, as her home is still in limbo. The state/county officials have not ruled yet what the fate of the homes in that area will be. The possibilities are issuing permits for repair, requiring them to be raised some amount before rebuilding, or being condemned. Repairing is bad enough, but option two or three is financially devastating for them.

Tim had run out of vacation time here at work, so the company allowed a bunch of us to donate our PTO time to him so he'd continue to be paid while he's out dealing with this stuff. They had to turn some people away. Pretty cool.

BTW, I told him that some of the contributions had come from complete strangers that leaned about his situation on a internet discussion group. It brought a brief smile to his face. He hasn't had much to smile about lately. Good stuff.

Thanks!

Thanks for the update.