Grandcheapskate
Veteran Member
Hi Guys,
Not knowing where to post this question, I figured this would be the best spot. As you have all heard, here in NJ we suffered a lot of rainfall. While my basement only got a minimal amount of flooding and nothing was ruined (everything is set up on blocks to handle a few inches of water), my garage did get flooded due to the negligence of the town heeding my warnings to keep the runoff area clear of debris. I'm sure I will be dealing with the town for the next several years.
My garage sits slightly below street level at the end of a dead end. By design when the neighborhood was built in the 1956, water rushing down the dead end from the rest of the area was allowed to freely flow through the dead end onto a golf course (which is now an office building). Over time, trees, debris and a chain link fence have created barriers to the free flow of water and despite my warnings water would back up, come down my driveway and flood the garage if the area was not kept clear and open, that is exactly what happened.
Luckily for me, although it does not feel like it, the water volume and ferocity was so great that once the water jumped the curb and headed down my driveway, my retaining wall (which is parallel to the end of the dead end) was washed away which allowed the water to release from my yard and head away from the house and into the building's parking lot (and wipe out their entire first floor).
Unfortunately enough water made it into the garage that everything on the lower shelf of every storage rack got wet. This includes a few computers and some old (hernia inducing) 21 inch monitors. I am estimating the water got about 12-16 inches high with the lowest shelf about 6 inches off the ground. I have yet to remove them from the garage although I hope to do that in the next day or two.
The computers were full towers so depending on where the components are located they may have escaped damage. In any case I will need to open them up, clean and test them. The monitors, if my aching back can handle it, will be taken out and tested as is and hopefully they still work (although if they do not, it gives me an excuse to take them to recycling). I do not believe the water stayed in the garage very long because I have some MDF boards which are not showing any sign of damage...which I cannot explain. I also opened the garage during the storm after the wall was blown out and there was no water in the garage.
Has anyone had experiance with computers and monitors getting wet? Should I expect them to work? Is there any precautions I should take?
Tomorrow I talk to a lawyer to see what damages I can recover.
Thanks...Joe
Not knowing where to post this question, I figured this would be the best spot. As you have all heard, here in NJ we suffered a lot of rainfall. While my basement only got a minimal amount of flooding and nothing was ruined (everything is set up on blocks to handle a few inches of water), my garage did get flooded due to the negligence of the town heeding my warnings to keep the runoff area clear of debris. I'm sure I will be dealing with the town for the next several years.
My garage sits slightly below street level at the end of a dead end. By design when the neighborhood was built in the 1956, water rushing down the dead end from the rest of the area was allowed to freely flow through the dead end onto a golf course (which is now an office building). Over time, trees, debris and a chain link fence have created barriers to the free flow of water and despite my warnings water would back up, come down my driveway and flood the garage if the area was not kept clear and open, that is exactly what happened.
Luckily for me, although it does not feel like it, the water volume and ferocity was so great that once the water jumped the curb and headed down my driveway, my retaining wall (which is parallel to the end of the dead end) was washed away which allowed the water to release from my yard and head away from the house and into the building's parking lot (and wipe out their entire first floor).
Unfortunately enough water made it into the garage that everything on the lower shelf of every storage rack got wet. This includes a few computers and some old (hernia inducing) 21 inch monitors. I am estimating the water got about 12-16 inches high with the lowest shelf about 6 inches off the ground. I have yet to remove them from the garage although I hope to do that in the next day or two.
The computers were full towers so depending on where the components are located they may have escaped damage. In any case I will need to open them up, clean and test them. The monitors, if my aching back can handle it, will be taken out and tested as is and hopefully they still work (although if they do not, it gives me an excuse to take them to recycling). I do not believe the water stayed in the garage very long because I have some MDF boards which are not showing any sign of damage...which I cannot explain. I also opened the garage during the storm after the wall was blown out and there was no water in the garage.
Has anyone had experiance with computers and monitors getting wet? Should I expect them to work? Is there any precautions I should take?
Tomorrow I talk to a lawyer to see what damages I can recover.
Thanks...Joe