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Title: Port Wine Country
Post by: Ron Scubadiver on August 29, 2017, 11:30:33
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4340/36877750525_fb3961b161_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/YbL7qV)Port Wine Country (https://flic.kr/p/YbL7qV) by Ron Scubadiver (https://www.flickr.com/photos/57349111@N08/), on Flickr

24-120 @ 62mm stitched in ACR

In case anyone was wondering, I/we am in Rome, Italy, returning to the US on 8/31.  I don't have a connection from Chicago to Houston because flooding closed the airport.

I don't have a house to go back to because it took at least 30" of water, 75 cm, (possibly more).  Everything in it is probably ruined and that could include a couple of lenses and the fastest of several computers.  Structural damage is probably equal to the pre flood value of the structure.  It's likely the house will not be repaired.  I will probably hold on to the lot and sell it in a few years.  People are building large elevated houses in the area.  I recall leaving my photo archive hard drives on high shelves.

It could have been worse.  Some of my neighbors were rescued by a Coast Guard helicopter.  One of my neighbors is a former US Army Ranger, an elite fighting unit.  He rescued his 71 year old next door neighbor who was sitting in a chair in the rain on a high spot in his front yard.    The neighborhood had not yet fully recovered from floods in 2015 and 2016.
Title: Re: Port Wine Country
Post by: Fons Baerken on August 29, 2017, 11:45:00
Bad times hope you will able to  recover from the loss, best of luck to you and M..
Title: Re: Port Wine Country
Post by: Frank Fremerey on August 29, 2017, 13:10:47
Hope you can recover as much as possible from your house and find a dry place to live. I never heared they produce Port Wine in Italy. I thought this was an Iberic/British phenomenon, as the name says in PORTugal.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_wine

Title: Re: Port Wine Country
Post by: ArthurDent on August 29, 2017, 13:19:09
Really sorry to hear about your loss, but I'm glad you didn't have to go through it in person. Coping with the aftermath will be bad enough.
Title: Re: Port Wine Country
Post by: Ron Scubadiver on August 29, 2017, 13:38:20
Quote from: Frank Fremerey on August 29, 2017, 13:10:47
Hope you can recover as much as possible from your house and find a dry place to live. I never heared they produce Port Wine in Italy. I thought this was an Iberic/British phenomenon, as the name says in PORTugal.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_wine

I am in Italy.  The photo is from last month in Portugal.  Thanks for the good wishes, everyone.
Title: Re: Port Wine Country
Post by: Anthony on August 29, 2017, 14:13:56
Very sorry to hear of your bad news, and also that of your neighbours.
Title: Re: Port Wine Country
Post by: armando_m on August 29, 2017, 14:40:34
Ron,

I was wondering what may have happened to your house, I was afraid it would be flooded again, so sorry to hear it is

the pano from Portugal is very nice
Title: Re: Port Wine Country
Post by: Mike G on August 29, 2017, 15:13:47
Ron, so sorry to hear of your troubles, god only knows what you got back to!
Title: Re: Port Wine Country
Post by: Tom Hook on August 29, 2017, 17:33:12
My best wishes to you and your family and all the besieged people of southeastern Texas. What a terrible, unprecedented storm.
Title: Re: Port Wine Country
Post by: Akira on August 29, 2017, 17:38:34
Ron, I wish you and your family a fastest possible return to the normal life.  Take care!
Title: Re: Port Wine Country
Post by: Ron Scubadiver on August 29, 2017, 21:35:29
Quote from: Akira on August 29, 2017, 17:38:34
Ron, I wish you and your family a fastest possible return to the normal life.  Take care!

Thanks.  It's hard to believe what happened.  A policeman drowned today, trying to help people. 
Title: Re: Port Wine Country
Post by: Bill Mellen on August 29, 2017, 22:45:24
My thoughts and prayers are with everyone affected by the storm. 

Glad to hear that you and your family are safe Ron.
Title: Re: Port Wine Country
Post by: Anirban Halder on August 30, 2017, 05:51:17
Very sorry to hear about this disaster Ron. Our thoughts are prayers are with you and others. Hope everything gets normal soon.
Title: Re: Port Wine Country
Post by: Ron Scubadiver on August 30, 2017, 09:19:07
We are making small steps at progress, and now have air connections back to Houston and a flood insurance claim filed.  My neighbors tell me the city is in chaos.  There is a midnight to 5 AM curfew in effect.
Title: Re: Port Wine Country
Post by: John Geerts on August 30, 2017, 15:07:12
Hopefully everything will work out for the best. Take care, Ron.
Title: Re: Port Wine Country
Post by: Ann on August 30, 2017, 17:33:35
Ron:

The degree of destruction in Texas is beyond anyone's worst nightmare.

Hopefully some of your most precious personal treasures were on high shelves and you will be able to retrieve some of them; and the insurance company will cover the rest of the damage and help you to get your lives back to normality as quickly as possible.
Title: Re: Port Wine Country
Post by: David H. Hartman on August 30, 2017, 23:04:40
Ron if you need a glass of Port in the USA be sure to specify "Porto" or you might get served Thunderbird. :)

I hope things get better. I can't imagine though I might have to if the Pacific and North American plates decide to dance. If the air is clear today I could probably stand on my roof and see the San Andreas Fault.

People say the earth is angry but it doesn't care.

Dave
Title: Re: Port Wine Country
Post by: Olivier on August 31, 2017, 02:08:27
Good luck Ron, and make sure the next house is on a hill!
Title: Re: Port Wine Country
Post by: David H. Hartman on August 31, 2017, 02:25:16
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