#flood damage

[dollartreelobotomy]

Flood Damage, Wisconsin Rapids, WI 1880

[daniel-oneiroi]

This is Vash. Vash likes to eat rice and teriyaki cabbage. Or just rice. He loves rice so much.

This is Vash, perhaps worried that there is not MORE snacks.

Now that I have your attention

My friends got flooded out of their home (thanks Helene!) Insurance will cover much of the damage, but I've easily spent $300 since Saturday, and they've put out maybe $500 so far.

The kitchen is unusable so all food must be eaten out, and even McDonalds is $12+ in our area, per person. A sushi lunch special is $15, so. The appliances are unusable, so they've just packet wet clothes into bags. We'll see if it can be salvaged later.

The cpap machines are dead. I'm still trying to convince one that sewer + river water in plastics like hoses CANNOT be sterilized.

Plus, they are 70+ years old. They *cannot* do all this, and I have EDS. Everyone we know is either also flooded, helping flooded friends, or also medically unstable. It's costing even more to pay people to lift boxes and such.

I've been working for 5 days so far. Today was short, only 4 hours not including logistics like driving and securing storage.

If you can help with $5, please $@ me with note TKO (helps me separate btw other job payments.)

[scholarofgloom]

[sweaterkittensahoy]

Why you should have renter's insurance

AKA "What a water leak two floors above can do to your apartment when everyone's sleeping."

Demo's done. Likely a couple of weeks before the repairs happen; the expectation is that the homeowner's insurance company will set us up in a hotel so all our shit can go in a storage unit, and the drywall/floor teams can knock out replacement in about a week.

[mostlyclimatechangeweatherlog]

A rare but dangerous flesh-eating bacteria is infecting Florida residents

Hurricane Ian caused storm surges of up to 12 feet, leaving behind warm, brackish floodwaters where Vibrio vulnificus thrives.

[ceevee5]

100 companies contribute 70% of the world’s emissions. But, you know, dishwashers.

[allcolourbuttheblack]

a flood destroyed my hometown. after the second time it rained, my friend took these while I waded to my apartment to lock it.

the entire day felt like somewhere between a fever dream and a horror movie