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re: Man builds levee around house to prevent flooding
Posted on 3/18/16 at 12:08 am to SuperSaint
Posted on 3/18/16 at 12:08 am to SuperSaint
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I'll be honest and didn't pull it up on the map.
I was sorta going off of some of the stuff I read in the Toledo bend lawsuit thread earlier.
I didn't mean ignorance about geography. I meant ignorance about trying find a reason why he lives there. I would never live in NOLA but I don't judge people that do.
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Am I way off base?
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYY!
This is a very rare event much like Katrina was a very rare event. Not comparing the two in any sense but you are ignorant if you think that the guy shouldn't live there because there is a chance that once every 30 years toledo gets 22 inches of rain in a few days when it was already high from a wet winter and causes historic flooding. In that regard, why live in NOLA if you are all about living in areas to mitigate your risk of flooding due to unprecedented weather events?
FYI, this guy is in Bon Weir which is on the TX side. He is dead center of Beaumont and LC. Both cities have areas that have dealt with flooding which normally don't have to worry about floods just because of the amount of water we have dealt with.
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Posted on 3/18/16 at 12:19 am to stout
Ten-4, thanks for breaking it down 
And yeah reading back, I sounded like a douche.
I understand the reasons (even if I don't get them) why someone would want to live out in the country or more rural non-urban area. But I guess I was trying to say with so much open land to choose to build, why build in what looked like some water-shed/river area when there are 100s of square miles around there to build not in a flood area (I was being an arse and assuming he built in an area more prone to floods since he went that far and pretty much had it guaranteed he was going to flood even before the 1st rain drop fell). To live in the city with all the amenities it has to offer you don't really have a choice. But out there when you are 10 miles from a store anyway, you have 100s of square miles that fits the same bill.
But that was all predicated on me thinking he knew he was building in an area likely to flood
And yeah reading back, I sounded like a douche.
I understand the reasons (even if I don't get them) why someone would want to live out in the country or more rural non-urban area. But I guess I was trying to say with so much open land to choose to build, why build in what looked like some water-shed/river area when there are 100s of square miles around there to build not in a flood area (I was being an arse and assuming he built in an area more prone to floods since he went that far and pretty much had it guaranteed he was going to flood even before the 1st rain drop fell). To live in the city with all the amenities it has to offer you don't really have a choice. But out there when you are 10 miles from a store anyway, you have 100s of square miles that fits the same bill.
But that was all predicated on me thinking he knew he was building in an area likely to flood
Posted on 3/18/16 at 12:20 am to stout
Damn double up again
This post was edited on 3/18/16 at 12:21 am
Posted on 3/18/16 at 12:25 am to SuperSaint
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why build in what looked like some water-shed/river area
The Sabine is literally MILES wider than what it normally is. It's not like it flooded a few feet and got to his house.
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you have 100s of square miles that fits the same bill.
No. A lot of that land is owned by timber companies more than likely and more importantly it's where HE wants to live. You aren't in a position to judge as to why.
Posted on 3/18/16 at 12:36 am to stout
Yeah i get that. The dude can live anywhere that floats his pickle.... If he want to build moats or levees around his house, more power to him. Looks like he doesn't have to deal with shitty HOAs at lease 
But I admitted I was just shooting from the hip and came across sounding like a judgemental arse without even pulling up a map.
I guess even in flood prone areas, people will just deal with the consequences to a certain extent to live in those areas they are drawn to most. Be it the 9th ward, Holly beach, or morganza spillway.
But I admitted I was just shooting from the hip and came across sounding like a judgemental arse without even pulling up a map.
I guess even in flood prone areas, people will just deal with the consequences to a certain extent to live in those areas they are drawn to most. Be it the 9th ward, Holly beach, or morganza spillway.
Posted on 3/18/16 at 5:18 am to SuperSaint
I'm not saying this a slight to you Saint, just speaking in generalities. But,
I find that city folk are way more judgmental towards people who decide they don't want the city life than vice versa.
They tend to call us country baws close minded and ignorant, yet in reality they are hippocrits.
When people try to give me shite about where I live, I always respond with " when you start paying my mortgage then you can decide where you want me to live."
I find that city folk are way more judgmental towards people who decide they don't want the city life than vice versa.
They tend to call us country baws close minded and ignorant, yet in reality they are hippocrits.
When people try to give me shite about where I live, I always respond with " when you start paying my mortgage then you can decide where you want me to live."
Posted on 3/18/16 at 5:25 am to Chuckd
Two pages and no one has mentioned how badass a name like Thor McCaughey is?
Posted on 3/18/16 at 6:06 am to Golfer
What do you think would be less of a headache?
Paying to have dirt hauled for 24 hours straight, or dealing with the NFIP and rebuilding your home for a couple of months?
I mean, his contents my be protected but his house would still get destroyed from the ceiling down.
Paying to have dirt hauled for 24 hours straight, or dealing with the NFIP and rebuilding your home for a couple of months?
I mean, his contents my be protected but his house would still get destroyed from the ceiling down.
Posted on 3/18/16 at 6:47 am to eyepooted
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It's great that he has the financial capability to do something like this and that he didn't lose his home. With that being said, why in the hell would you build in a area such as that?
You mean LA?
Posted on 3/18/16 at 6:47 am to CaptainsWafer
I would like to give props to the guy for stepping up and doing work to save what is his.
He may be swept away if the water keeps rising but he did what he could to put his finger in the dike.
He may be swept away if the water keeps rising but he did what he could to put his finger in the dike.
Posted on 3/18/16 at 6:56 am to Chuckd
Will his insurance reimburse him on the money he spent to truck in dirt?
ETA; If you were the adjuster would you reimburse him? I would.
ETA; If you were the adjuster would you reimburse him? I would.
This post was edited on 3/18/16 at 6:59 am
Posted on 3/18/16 at 6:59 am to Chuckd
Posted on 3/18/16 at 7:04 am to Chuckd
Since you don't know how to post pictures or care to learn, I'm happy to help those in need:
Posted on 3/18/16 at 7:07 am to Chuckd
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it was a miracle - a miracle
Well, no it wasn't. It was dump trucks dumping for 24 hours. That's not a miracle. They do not exist.
Posted on 3/18/16 at 7:10 am to Rhino5
I know the McCaughey family, super good people. Glad they were able to save their home. They are all from Vinton. To the people yacking about living in a flood zone, this is really a 100 year event. The river rises and falls all the time but never to this magnitude, pretty sad situation as a lot of people lost their homes.
Posted on 3/18/16 at 7:12 am to Chuckd
looked like a cool idea. but, i didn't see how he got the water out from inside the levee after 12" of rain.
Posted on 3/18/16 at 7:14 am to MorbidTheClown
A bilge would work, assuming they got that much rain
Posted on 3/18/16 at 7:15 am to CHEDBALLZ
No they wouldn't.
Posted on 3/18/16 at 7:16 am to stout
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FYI, this guy is in Bon Weir which is on the TX side. He is dead center of Beaumont and LC.
Wrong, he lives about a mile from nibletts bluff.
Posted on 3/18/16 at 7:18 am to TH03
Flood insurance has a maximum amount they will pay on both the building and contents. In my case if water came up to my roof, the money I would collect from flood insurance would cover about 50% of my loss.
Spending 10K to protect your house is a wise investment.
Spending 10K to protect your house is a wise investment.
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