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I spoke with my grandparents earlier. They are staying at my parents house after being rescued in Findlay. There house was moved off its foundation from the flood waters and their car was swept off the driveway and moved over 1/4 mile. The floods in Findlay are bad. I was told this will be the second or worst flooding ever to hit Findlay, even worse than the flooding a few years ago.

I am trying to find some news footage from 13abc but none posted as of yet. If anyone finds a link could you please provide it. All time record flood stage is 18.4 and the latest is the river will crest at 18.0 ft. Can only imagine how bad it is in Bluffton, Tiffin, Pemberville and Waterville.

gmartin wrote:I spoke with my grandparents earlier. They are staying at my parents house after being rescued in Findlay. There house was moved off its foundation from the flood waters and their car was swept off the driveway and moved over 1/4 mile. The floods in Findlay are bad. I was told this will be the second or worst flooding ever to hit Findlay, even worse than the flooding a few years ago.

I am trying to find some news footage from 13abc but none posted as of yet. If anyone finds a link could you please provide it. All time record flood stage is 18.4 and the latest is the river will crest at 18.0 ft. Can only imagine how bad it is in Bluffton, Tiffin, Pemberville and Waterville.

Waterville isn't flooded-I'm a little surprised. Came back from BG tonight and hit a flooded section of 65 just north of HAskins but nothing in Waterville. It may peak later-not sure how Grand Rapids is- it usually gets nailed hard. Our house was apprently flooded in 1902 (two years before I moved in) and everything was moved to the second floor to save it but when the new bridge was built a lot of the flooding here went away(something to do with ice flow breakup). We've only had water in houses on Water Street once since I've lived here. I'm on River Road and it never gets within 100 yards of us these days.

h2oville rocket wrote:

gmartin wrote:I spoke with my grandparents earlier. They are staying at my parents house after being rescued in Findlay. There house was moved off its foundation from the flood waters and their car was swept off the driveway and moved over 1/4 mile. The floods in Findlay are bad. I was told this will be the second or worst flooding ever to hit Findlay, even worse than the flooding a few years ago.

I am trying to find some news footage from 13abc but none posted as of yet. If anyone finds a link could you please provide it. All time record flood stage is 18.4 and the latest is the river will crest at 18.0 ft. Can only imagine how bad it is in Bluffton, Tiffin, Pemberville and Waterville.

Waterville isn't flooded-I'm a little surprised. Came back from BG tonight and hit a flooded section of 65 just north of HAskins but nothing in Waterville. It may peak later-not sure how Grand Rapids is- it usually gets nailed hard. Our house was apprently flooded in 1902 (two years before I moved in) and everything was moved to the second floor to save it but when the new bridge was built a lot of the flooding here went away(something to do with ice flow breakup). We've only had water in houses on Water Street once since I've lived here. I'm on River Road and it never gets within 100 yards of us these days.

So, you moved into the house in 1904? That is 107 years ago. Good Lord, how old are you?

footballguy51 wrote:
So, you moved into the house in 1904? That is 107 years ago. Good Lord, how old are you?

Well, it was only our second house and we only lived in the first one for forty years. Before that we were in the tipi and we moved in there right after Wayne came through and cleared out the Indians. Once I got out of the service in '65 my buddy Billy T. Sherman helped me get the down payment for the log cabin and then on to the current house in ought two. So I'm nearing Social Security eligibility age.

After a flood like that, how do you get the fish stink off of the furniture?

Flipper wrote:After a flood like that, how do you get the fish stink off of the furniture?

Don't know- I'm guessing you don't need to because, as I mentioned, you took everything up to the second floor before it got wet.

I still remember my first big flood though and it was pretty smelly. We had to hop a ride on a neighbor's boat and he had all these pairs of animals on there. It was a mess-violated I don't know how many EPA laws dumping waste over the side- it was a huge boat but there were sooo many animals. Not that we weren't grateful- a lot of folks didn't survive that one but still...it really reeked by the time we hit dry land on that mountain.

h2oville rocket wrote:

Flipper wrote:After a flood like that, how do you get the fish stink off of the furniture?

Don't know- I'm guessing you don't need to because, as I mentioned, you took everything up to the second floor before it got wet.

I still remember my first big flood though and it was pretty smelly. We had to hop a ride on a neighbor's boat and he had all these pairs of animals on there. It was a mess-violated I don't know how many EPA laws dumping waste over the side- it was a huge boat but there were sooo many animals. Not that we weren't grateful- a lot of folks didn't survive that one but still...it really reeked by the time we hit dry land on that mountain.

Wow...you get older by the post! Your real name is Adam, isn't it!?

BGFan wrote:

h2oville rocket wrote:

Flipper wrote:After a flood like that, how do you get the fish stink off of the furniture?

Don't know- I'm guessing you don't need to because, as I mentioned, you took everything up to the second floor before it got wet.

I still remember my first big flood though and it was pretty smelly. We had to hop a ride on a neighbor's boat and he had all these pairs of animals on there. It was a mess-violated I don't know how many EPA laws dumping waste over the side- it was a huge boat but there were sooo many animals. Not that we weren't grateful- a lot of folks didn't survive that one but still...it really reeked by the time we hit dry land on that mountain.

Wow...you get older by the post! Your real name is Adam, isn't it!?

Hey, cool pic of my folks!