Hurricane Aftermath

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i just experienced my first loss due to harvey. i dont have
flood insurance but did apply for fema yesterday. the house was spared except
for having water underneath. i heard water bubbling under house and shed at the worst time of the flood. pretty much everything got soaked on the bottom. im not a man to ask for donations but im at a cross roads on this. not sure what to do or think. i do understand its pretty much every man for himself. what has been others previous experiences? rebuild or sell off parts? do mircales happen at this point? i was hoping to have a museum at some point but
reality (and my worst dreams) has set in.....
 

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Brutal......I feel terrible for anyone going through this. Save what you can (when things settle down), hopefully local collectors not hit can help too, and yes parts selling can and will help you with the unforeseen expenses and bills.

Do what you have to, arcades are secondary at this point.
 
Sorry to hear about this buddy, hopefully it won't be as bad as your thinking once you get them dried out.
 
I always hate seeing this because I know how passionate we can all be about the hobby and how much mental and physical energy goes into it.

Health and well being of your family first of course and gratefulness that you are all OK... as others have said, once everything stabilizes you can assess the damages and put together a plan.
 
Get a heater with a good fan on it and use it to force dry the wood RIGHT NOW. The sooner you can dry the wood, the more likely you can save your machines.

Get the back doors off for air circulation too. Unplug all connectors that got wet so they can dry out quickly and not rust/tarnish.

At the very least blow a hair dryer set to hot in the bottom of the cabinets.

I've had plenty of experience fixing flood/fire damaged equipment.
 
That is unfortunate, gotya. I've been through Andrew and a few other Florida hurricanes, it always sucks.

I assume that you and your family are ok, and that's really the crucial thing here.

Getting your games out of the water, opened up, and in the sun will let them air out and dry. That'll help with the mold mitigation.

I've cut the bottom and replaced on a waterlogged side, it takes some work;I imagine after 2 you'll be a pro at it.

There's a video of a gent (Arcade Bodyshop) whose pac was completely submerged in the SC floods, he's got a series going with that:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxVHSO2R7Ic

Prioritize your self, home and the rest later. Good luck.
 
My condolences, just another reminder that we generally take a lot of things granted in this life. I was worried about our Houston area KLOV brothers, I'm sure they are having bigger issues. Hopefully, everyone is safe out there.
 
you'd have to scour the nitty-gritty of your insurance policy, but, if the games' conditions and value are well documented (details and photos) i think some policy issuers would cover items like that

Sorry this happened to you. I wouldn't wish this situation on anyone.

Would flood insurance even cover the games I wonder?
 
That sucks. However, as mentioned here, dry things out ASAP. Then evaluate what the conditions are. If you get it dry early enough, worst case might be some swelling near the bottom.

Also, plywood cabs will usually fair better than MDF. But you need to get them dry before the plywood starts to delaminate. If that happens, but not too badly, you might be able to get some glue in, and rig up some clamps.

Beyond that, you'd probably have to replace the bottom wood. Collectors here have done this before, I've seen some great threads on the topic here.

I hope you can save most/all of your games.
 
Sorry to hear that this happened. I've personally been very careful to find safe locations for my machines by examining flood plain maps prior to settling on a location for living or storage. We managed to make it through high and dry once again with no close calls other than a weepy brick wall that leaked a few cups of water into living room under the carpet. Good times.

Feel free to move your stuff up to the storage we use in Conroe and hang out with us! We could use a third arcade bud up there.
 
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Noooo I assume this is only a portion of the games though? That's something at least?

I got hit as well, but most of my games should make it or be restorable (may lose a few). I hope. Lost a fair amount of parts and art as well.

Small comfort though as I still have flood damage to 85% of the house. And really need to consider foundation raising/leveling.

Methinks games just got rarer in SE TX. :(
 
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